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The day the Basques became San Lorenzo fans

El tercer gol de Lángara con el San Lorenzo contra el River
The Argentine daily El 9 de Julio, named after the day of Argentine independence, was founded in 1909 in the town of Nueve de Julio,...

What is Athletic? The ‘NYT’ Knows

Players like Inaki Williams understand, and embrace, the connection between Athletic and its Basque identity.Jon Nazca/Reuters
It's hard for even a month to go by without having to make some reference to the New York Times.  We've always felt (and said)...

This Friday, the Basque National team is playing–and it’s a lot...

Selección Vasca en la URSS (1938)
This article was translated by John R. Bopp Today, making the most of the fact that the traditional Christmas game of the Basque National team, the...

The Times of India summarizes the “Athletic model” for its readers

Athletic Bilbao’s Raúl García (22) after his team scored in a 5-1 victory over Partizan Belgrade. All of Athletic’s players have Basque ties. Credit Alvaro Barrientos/Associated Press
This article was translated by John R. Bopp In these six years that we’ve been doing this blog, we’ve made many references to information we’ve collected...

From Italy: “Poetic Justice”. Eibar remains in the “First Division”

El Eibar en Primera
This article was tranlated by Iustrans   Marco Madeddu has written a beautiful article on the Italian football website called Calcioesteronews about the difficulties that this...

First meeting of Athletic’s official fan club in New York

This article was tranlated by Iustrans   This month, About Basque Country covers the two most "important" events to take place in the "Big Apple". First, the...

Athletic’s official fan club (Peña Athletic) founded in New York

Peña Athletic New York
This article was tranlated by Iustrans On May 1, 2015, was the official announcement of the creation of the official fan club of the Athletic...