Back in the 1980s, Becky Smith would walk into the bar at the Miami Jai Alai Fronton, a glamorous, high-stakes gambling palace often referred to as the “Yankee Stadium of Jai Alai.” She wasn’t there ...

Riki Lasa, president of the International Jai-Alai Players Association, has a bold, innovative plan he believes not only will resuscitate his ailing sport, but stimulate interest in it worldwide. His ...

DANIA BEACH, Fla. — Players and others who make a living from the once-popular sport of jai alai hope the closing of the last fronton, or court, at The Casino at Dania Beach is not the end of their ...

Miami legend Udonis Haslem recently retired after a 20-year-long career and gave us his last stardom appearance in Miami Heat’s final regular season game against the Orlando Magic. As he concludes ...

Benny Bueno did not want to play jai alai when he was introduced to the game at 10 years old. Seven years later, he went pro in 1981. Steev Ramsdell was told he would never go pro when he began ...

MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — Jai alai, the world's fastest ball sport, originated in the Basque region of Spain and France but took root in Miami during the go-go days of the 1970s and '80s. However, for the ...

The world’s fastest moving ball sport of jai alai is making a triumphant return to the fronton at The Casino at Dania Beach. The 2022-23 Dania Beach Invitational Jai-Alai Tournament will feature over ...

"To me, jai-alai is a destination," Raminsky said, sitting in the front row of a near-empty Dania Jai-Alai at a recent Tuesday matinee. "For most people, it's just a stopping point, or something to ...

The world’s fastest ball sport has been dying a slow death for decades. Now, a group of committed enthusiasts is doing all it can to save jai alai, a game that originated in the Basque region of Spain ...

It's a Friday night at Miami Jai Alai and the place is dead. Only 46 seats are taken — 47 if you include the center-court spot occupied by a garbage can cordoned off by yellow police tape. Evidently, ...

Reports of the death of jai alai in Dania Beach, it turns out, were premature. Owners of The Casino at Dania Beach, which pulled the plug on the longtime parimutuel sport a year shy of its 70th ...

MIAMI—Michael Carballo used to play center field in the minor leagues for the Chicago White Sox. Now, three times a week, he dons a helmet, straps a basket-like contraption to his arm and rifles a ...