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, ...

BERLIN -- For a few Connecticut residents, the memory of jai alai still lingers fondly. The distinct sound of an unyielding ball, called a pelota, slamming up against a massive granite wall; the ...

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 ...

MIAMI — 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 Basque region ...

Jai alai peaked as a professional sport in the United States in the 1970s and 1980s, when the “longest player strike in the history of professional sports” halted its momentum and started what became ...

Jai alai in Dania Beach won’t be around to celebrate its 70th birthday. Owners of The Casino @ Dania Beach confirmed in a statement Tuesday that the sport will not return in 2022 to the venue where it ...

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 Basque region of Spain ...

It is the end of a glorious era for fans of the sport of jai-alai as The Casino at Dania Beach will close its doors to the fronton on Nov. 28. It has been a spectacular 69-year run of thrills for what ...

MIAMI (CBSMiami) -- At Magic City Jai Alai, opening day on Friday went off without a hitch and without any fans. The place was bound and determined to make it happen even if it meant implementing some ...