Jai alai, one of the most popular sports in the U.S. in the 80s, ... Chris Bueno returns a ball in a Jai Alai match at the Magic City Casino fronton, Sunday, March 13, 2022, in Miami.

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.

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… ...

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.

What could be jai alai's curtain call is playing out at Magic City Casino, the ... Instead, just a few dozen family members and die-hard fans turned out for a recent match.

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.

Dennis Dalton, known as “El Barba,” competes in a jai alai doubles match in 2022 at Magic City Fronton in Miami.

Last summer, I went with Mikel to a jai alai match, and as we walked through the lobby to our seats, we couldn't go five feet without some important-looking person coming up to him, shaking his ...

Now Wayne and Olate — jai alai players all go by one name — have six points, and are serving for the match. In the seats, Jerry Sanders, a beefy man with a tightly cropped goatee, has a ...

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 ...