Sports
Charles Butler is an addict--he’s hooked on jai alai.
Oct. 28, 1992
While most people may visit south Florida for the sunshine and the beaches, some of us have always come here for the gambling.
Feb. 12, 1995
California
A federal judge dismissed a $40-million suit filed by a jai alai fronton operator against television reporter Geraldo Rivera and the ABC News program “20/20.”
Jan. 1, 1987
A proposal to deregulate jai alai and greyhound racing in Florida was rejected today by a House committee.
May 19, 1989
Olympics
Ernest Hemingway did not write Jose Garate’s Hemingwayesque life.
May 24, 1992
The game is not racquetball, but there is a resemblance.
July 4, 1986
Travel & Experiences
Here are other games played with a ball to look to
Oct. 17, 2019
World & Nation
New computer safeguards have been ordered at Connecticut’s three jai alai frontons after two parimutuel clerks admitted they were able to place their own bets on a game after it started.
Aug. 25, 1985
In a major step in the probe of official corruption in Boston, mob informant Stephen “the Rifleman” Flemmi pleaded guilty Tuesday to racketeering charges, and he accused the former FBI agent who recruited him of helping to arrange a killing.
Oct. 15, 2003
John J. Connolly Jr. is charged in a plot to kill a financial advisor to a Boston crime family.
May 5, 2005