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  2. Jai alai - Wikipedia

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    The first jai alai fronton in the United States was located in St. Louis, Missouri, operating around the time of the 1904 World's Fair. From 1988–1991, the International Jai-Alai Players Association held the longest strike in American professional sport. After the 1988 season, the players, 90% of them Basque, returned home and threatened not ...

  3. Francisco Churruca - Wikipedia

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    Francisco Maria Churruca Iriondo Azpiazu Alcorta (born 1 April 1936), also known as Patxi, is a Spanish former jai alai player. A native of Mutriku, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, [1] [2] he is regarded as the game's greatest player [3] [4] and has been called "the Babe Ruth of jai alai."

  4. Whirlyball - Wikipedia

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    Whirlyball is a team sport that combines elements of basketball and jai alai with players riding "Whirlybugs", small electric vehicles similar to bumper cars. Because play requires a special court, it is played in only a handful of locations in the United States and Canada. Amateur Whirlyball game in progress

  5. The fall of the frontons: What happened to jai alai? - AOL

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    There used to be 14 frontons in the United States. Today, only two in the country offer performances year-round -- Dania and Miami.

  6. Jai-alai player "Danny," center, hurls the pelota during a game at Fort Pierce Jai-Alai & Racebook in April 2004.The court on which jai-alai is played is called the cancha and is 178' 8" long, 34 ...

  7. Dolphins weren’t only show in town in 1972. Jai alai, horse ...

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    He did a segment for “Good Morning America” in which he played Jai Alai against Bruce Jenner at the Miami fronton. He recalls a charity event at the Omni hotel in downtown Miami. Howard Cosell ...

  8. Ocala Gainesville Poker - Wikipedia

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    The institution was first established in 1973 as Ocala Jai-alai, which was a branch office of the Miami fronton. [6] [7] At one time, the jai alai performances could attract about 2,000 people. [8] However, jai alai declined in popularity, so in 2008 the name was changed to Ocala Poker & Jai Alai with the focus shifted to poker. [7]

  9. Goodbye, jai alai? Players and fans hope to save the sport in ...

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    Players and fans of jai alai hope the closing of the last fronton or court in Florida doesn't mean the end of the sport.

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