ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - For almost 50 years, Tampa Jai Alai was where many players and longtime fans of the game came out before the fronton closed in 1998. However, not everyone has forgotten.

“I fell in love with the game,” she says. “I was hooked!” Jai Alai, a sport played for centuries in the Basque country between Spain and France, once ruled the Miami betting scene after ...

Forget Demolition Man. This 25-year-old reliever (a Florida native) is the unheralded star of our mediocre team. He works hard, pitches at better than 90 miles per hour, and closes games as easily ...