A few years back, I drove by Casino Miami, an old-school, slots-heavy joint frequented by working-class Hispanics, and decided that today would be the day I’d check out the long forgotten and most ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

If you thought Jai Alai was a fictional sport invented solely for Mad Men and the opening credits of Miami Vice, you'd be wrong. It is in fact a dangerous ball game where a wad of wire and goatskin is ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MIAMI (AP) — The world’s fastest ball sport ...