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 ...

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 ...

Riki Lasa, president of the International Jai-Alai Players Association, has a bold, innovative plan he believes not only will resuscitate his ailing sport, but stimulate interest in it worldwide. His ...

Chris LaRosa caught the jai alai bug as a child but hung up his cesta 10 years ago after Tampa's fronton closed. "I was heartbroken but figured it was some kind of sign," he said. Since Tampa's ...

TAMPA -- A new church will be built on South Dale Mabry Highway on part of the property where the Tampa Jai-Alai fronton once stood. Holy Trinity Presbyterian Church paid $3.3 million for the 13-acre ...

Southern Living editors named Cigar City Brewing’s Jai Alai IPA their favorite craft brew from Florida. Editors of Southern Living named Cigar City Brewing’s Jai Alai IPA their favorite craft brew ...

MIAMI (AP) - It’s a Wednesday morning, and one by one, the familiar Hurricane faces make their way into the nondescript North Miami warehouse near the corner of Northeast 150th Street and 19th Avenue.

They’ve been playing jai-alai in Dania Beach for 69 years. There will not be a 70th season. The Casino at Dania Beach is shutting the sport down in November. “Jai-alai has been part of Dania Beach for ...

Florida gambling regulators this week gave a Miami dog track permission to ditch greyhound races but keep more lucrative slot machines and card games, in a first-of-its-kind ruling. The Department of ...

MIAMI — It's a Wednesday morning, and one by one, the familiar Hurricane faces make their way into the nondescript North Miami warehouse near the corner of Northeast 150th Street and 19th Avenue. In ...