Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DANIA BEACH, Fla. — Players and others who make a living from the once-popular sport of jai alai hope the closing of the last ...

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, ...

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 Basque ...

MIAMI (CBSMiami) -- Florida is one of the few places in the country where you can still watch and bet on jai alai in local casinos. The heyday of jai alai was decades ago, but there are signs of a ...

MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — Jai alai, the world's fastest ball sport, originated in the Basque region of Spain and France but took root in Miami during the go-go days of the 1970s and '80s. However, for the ...

Actual scene from a South Tampa restaurant: A man orders a locally brewed Jai Alai beer. Pronounced "high lie," it's a retro-cool name going back to Tampa's rich cultural history and a sport that's ...

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 ...