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  2. Jai alai - Wikipedia

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    The sport once held the world record for ball speed with a 125–140 g ball covered with goatskin that traveled at 302 km/h (188 mph), performed by José Ramón Areitio at the Newport, Rhode Island Jai Alai, until it was broken by Canadian 5-time long drive champion Jason Zuback on a 2007 episode of Sport Science with a golf ball speed of 328 ...

  3. Pelota - Wikipedia

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    Pelota (Spanish for ball) can refer to the popular and shortened names for a number of ball games: Basque pelota; Chaza; Jai alai; Mesoamerican ballgame; Palla; Pelota mixteca; Valencian pilota; Frontenis; Pétanque; Racketlon; Pelota (boat), an improvised skin boat for crossing rivers.

  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. Sport in South America - Wikipedia

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    Jai alai or Basque pelota is played in many parts of South America. Although this sport is mostly played in Spain and France, there are federations of Basque ball in Argentina , Bolivia , Brazil, Chile , Ecuador , Paraguay , Peru , Uruguay , and Venezuela .

  6. Basque pelota - Wikipedia

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    The ball is made out of a boxwood core from 20–36 mm (0.79–1.42 in) in diameter. This is wrapped in a latex wire (for Hand Pelota, Grand Chistera, Jai-Alai, and open-air Pala). The core of the ball is different for individual age groups so that the weight limit is respected.

  7. Ocala Gainesville Poker - Wikipedia

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    The establishment also had a jai alai team when in season. [2] The facility was 60,000 square feet and on a 50-acre property. [5] 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]

  8. 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."

  9. Jueteng - Wikipedia

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    Masiao originally was played based on radio broadcasts announcing the winning players in jai alai. However, as jai alai's popularity has waned, illegal masiao operators now often base their winning numbers on the official ones announced by the PCSO. [65] Other similar games played in Mindanao are "last-two" and "suer-tres". [23] Following a ...