Jai alai Jai alai Jai alai (; Basque: ) 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 term, coined by Serafin Baroja in 1875, is also often loosely applied to the fronton (the open-walled playing area) where the sport is played. The game is called "zesta-punta" (basket tip) in Basque. The Basque Government promotes "jai alai" as "the fastest sport in the world" because of the speed of the ball. The sport once held the world record for ball speed
Alai Kalaniuvalu Falcons in 1994 and was released before the start of the regular season. He was then claimed by the Washington Redskins and placed on injured reserve. Later in the season, he was claimed off waivers from the Redskins by the Green Bay Packers and was placed their practice squad. Alai Kalaniuvalu Alai Kalaniuvalu (born October 23, 1971) is a former American football guard in the National Football League for the Atlanta Falcons, Washington Redskins, Philadelphia Eagles, and the Denver Broncos. He played college football at Oregon State University and was drafted in the third round of the 1994 NFL Draft