[DOC] [TLE] Jai alai - Wikipedia [PAR] Jai alai is a sport involving a ball bounced off a walled space by accelerating it to 
high speeds with a hand-held device (cesta). It is a variation of Basque pelota. ... 
The game is called "zesta-punta" (basket tip) in Basque. ... A jai alai game is 
played in round robin format, usually between eight teams of two players each or
... [DOC] [TLE] What happened to Jai Alai? - SBNation.com [PAR] Feb 28, 2013 ... ... on the Miami Jai Alai roster. He's the only American jai alai player he knows. .... 
There, jai alai is called, simply, pelota. It started in small town... [DOC] [TLE] jai alai | sport | Britannica.com [PAR] Ball game of Basque origin played in a three-walled court with a hard rubber ball 
that is caught ... Called pelota vasca in Spain, the Western Hemisphere name jai 
alai (Basque merry .... The game was imported by Cuba in 1900, and there it got 
its new name. .... Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article. [DOC] [TLE] JAI ALAI - AN IMPORTED SPORT FOR ALL-AMERICAN DREAMERS [PAR] Nov 4, 1987 ... ''We got a good crowd tonight, but it's a Saturday night,'' said the fronton's ... As 
each point is played, the rockhard ball, called a pelota, flies around a ... ''A lot of 
people don't know about jai alai,'' said Jamie Jorge, 19,... [DOC] [TLE] National Jai-Alai Association -- History of Jai-Alai - NJAA [PAR] Jai-alai was first played professionally at the Miami fronton in 1926, and exciting 
... Jai-alai is a distinctive sport which requires its own special equipment. The 
cesta, a Spanish word for basket, is a long, curved basket a player uses to catch 
and throw the pelota and is ... Jai-alai is played on a special court called a 
cancha. [DOC] [TLE] The History and Return of Jai Alai - The Art of Manliness [PAR] Nov 19, 2009 ... Often called the fastest sport in the world, jai alai consists of men with weird .... 
Jai alai is played in a large three walled court (front wall, left wall, and back ... it's 
the only material strong enough to withstand the pelota's impact. .... a ball to the 
head, and you know what he did when he got out of bed again? [DOC] [TLE] Jai alai: The sport that almost caught on in the U.S. | MNN - Mother ... [PAR] May 27, 2015 ... Jai alai is similar to racquetball, but instead of racquets, players have ... The goal 
is to catch the ball, or the pelota, in the basket, called a cesta, and then ... At the 
height its popularity in the 1970s, some Florida venues would routinely ... Their 
Facebook page is all in Spanish (which I know many players are... [DOC] [TLE] h2g2 - Jai-Alai - the World's Fastest Sport - Edited Entry [PAR] Mar 20, 2000 ... Jai-Alai (pronounced 'hi-lie') is the world's fastest ball game, and it's unlike ... 
Games of Pelota Vasca were played at festivals, and it wasn't long before the ... 
lash to their playing hand to catch and throw the pelota are called cestas. .... 
Players know how opposition players think and play, and reading their... [DOC] [TLE] Basque Pelota the Sport - Topend Sports [PAR] An all you need to know summary of the sport of Basque Pelota. ... It is mainly 
played in just a few countries: in Spain and France, especially in the Basque 
Country and its neighboring areas. ... The game is also operated as a gaming 
enterprise called Jai Alai in this part of the world, and it is seen in southern parts 
of the US. [DOC] [TLE] JAI ALAI: FURY AT THE FRONTON - SI.com [PAR] The Basques, who invented it, call it pelota. ... is pressing to have jai alai (or 
simply

Question: Jai alai players know it's called the pelota
Answer: Ball