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 ...

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 ...

Steve Rastocky was just 16 years-old when he witnessed a jai-alai match for the first time at the former fronton in Bridgeport. It didn’t take him long to catch the bug. “Just the speed got my ...

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 ...

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, ...

The fastest-moving ball sport in the world is still generating interest in South Florida for sports enthusiasts seeking the thrill of competition and gamblers looking to cash in on the action with the ...

For much of the 20th century, the sport of jai alai was a big deal — not just in Basque Country, where it originated, but around the world. In the '60s, it was marketed to Americans as the next big ...

The next entry in Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto franchise is returning to the Miami-inspired locale of Vice City. That means a new, high-fidelity version of the city, and if Grand Theft Auto 5’s San ...

MILFORD If you have never seen the sport of jai alai played live and you're looking for something different to do, it might be a lot of fun for the whole family to check out Milford Jai-Alai on ...

Gonzalo Vivanco, left, and Inigo Calzacorta own a company that builds jai-alai courts. They hustled up to build one in Florida City. Nick Sortal A new pari-mutuel facility opens this month, way down ...