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Jai-Alai players compete in a night match, Wednesday, November 24, 2021 at The Casino @ Dania Beach. After almost 70 years the sport of Jai-Alai is ending at the casino. It’s the end of an er… ...
Dennis Dalton, known by the moniker “El Barba,” Spanish for “The Beard,” competes in a doubles Jai Alai match in the fronton at Magic City Casino, Sunday, March 13, 2022, in Miami.
Dennis Dalton, known as “El Barba,” competes in a jai alai doubles match in 2022 at Magic City Fronton in Miami.
Jai alai came along four decades before the Miami Dolphins, ... 2009: Fernando Orbea serves the pelota during a Saturday night match inside the court at Ft. Pierce Jai Alai.
The Casino at Dania Beach has been hosting jai alai since 1953 and is looking at a resurgence of the sport with nostalgic fans coming back to join a new generation.
Chris Bueno returns a ball in a Jai Alai match at the Magic City Casino fronton, Sunday, March 13, 2022, in Miami. A group of committed enthusiasts in Miami is doing all it can to save jai alai ...
Chris Bueno returns a ball in a Jai Alai match at the Magic City Casino fronton, Sunday, March 13, 2022, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) But the one advantage of having fallen so far is ...
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 ...
A group of committed enthusiasts is doing all it can to save jai alai, a game that took root in Miami during the go-go days of the 1970s and ‘80s.
MIAMI (AP) — 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 ...