At 27, Pattie is approaching his prime jai alai years, and he has become one of the top American jai alai players. Pattie puts the poor effort behind him. “It’s the breaks. You play one. You stop.

I DECIDED TO take up a sport. I’m 55 years old, and it’s time I did something good for my body, other than occasionally burp it. But which sport? A lot of men my age play golf, but as f… ...

Jai Alai players play with their chisteras, a large wicker glove, during a Cesta Punta match in Anglet in the Basque country, France, January 30, 2019. (REUTERS/Regis Duvignau) ...

Jai alai is played in a round-robin style, eight players (or pairs when they play doubles) at a time. When you win a point, you get to stay on the court. The loser sits at the end of the bench and ...

The last jai alai frontons in Miami are actually part of casinos because gambling is the only thing keeping the sport alive, albeit on life support. That’s poetic as hell . 5.

Although jai alai is something that Thomas didn’t get to see her mom play much over the years, she would be around to experience her mother getting invited to play in the Mexican 2019 tournament ...

It is here that World Jai-Alai (of Miami, Fort Pierce, Tampa and Ocala) invests $100,000 a year in a jai-alai school. So that nobody has to pay to learn to play.

Two rhythms work in jai alai like the separate yet dependent movements of a fugue. ... They keep strict training, eat no dinner the nights they are to play. They wear blue and orange uniforms.

Jai-alai, known as the world's fastest ball sport, marks its centennial year of play in South Florida. To celebrate this milestone, the World Jai-Alai League will present a special community ...

This is about live jai alai in Connecticut coming to a close — after a 25-year run. ... “I got a chance to play a great game for 15 years,” he said.