Benny Bueno did not want to play jai alai when he was introduced to the game at 10 years old. Seven years later, he went pro in 1981. Steev Ramsdell was told he would never go pro when he began ...

When Becky Smith was 14 years old, she knew she wanted to play jai alai. She grew up in the 1970s surrounded by the sport. Her father was an amateur player whose air conditioning business was just ...

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 ...

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 ...

Back in the 1980s, Becky Smith would walk into the bar at the Miami Jai Alai Fronton, a glamorous, high-stakes gambling palace often referred to as the “Yankee Stadium of Jai Alai.” She wasn’t there ...

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 ...

The fastest-moving ball sport in the world is still generating interest in South Florida for sports enthusiasts seeking the thrill of competition and gamblers looking to cash in on the action with the ...

For much of the 20th century, the sport of jai alai was a big deal — not just in Basque Country, where it originated, but around the world. In the '60s, it was marketed to Americans as the next big ...

The next entry in Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto franchise is returning to the Miami-inspired locale of Vice City. That means a new, high-fidelity version of the city, and if Grand Theft Auto 5’s San ...

Ten former University of Miami athletes are among the 18 players making their Jai-Alai debut at Magic City Casino on Sunday July 1, 2018. They will compete for $430,000 in prize money over the ...