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.

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 ...

In a doubles match the players move so fast that without their bright shirts in solid contrasting colors you could not tell the teams apart. Two rhythms work in jai alai like the separate yet ...

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 jai alai match at Casino Miami in 2004. Photo: Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images Catch up quick: Jai alai, which originated in ...

The sport's Spanish federation had strongly opposed the recognition of the Basque team, citing alleged illegalities in the recognition process by the international body. It denounced “pressure, ...