Tag: basque handball
Pelota, the Basque sport, Pancho Villa’s passion, and its spread through...
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
On this occasion, we’re going to bring together news from several sources. One was published on the website...
Do you like Jai Alai? This Saturday, we’ll stream the final...
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This Saturday, December 17, starting at 5:00pm*, at the Jai Alai court at the University of Markina-Xemein, the Xistera...
Observing the decline(?) of Basque handball from Ireland
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The Irish daily Irish Times has published an article today penned by Guy Hedgecoe, their correspondent for the...
‘Pelotaris’ in the Republic of Togo, and a Pelotari Club in...
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We've come across a small article with two photos about the development of Basque pilota in some towns in...
The Havana Jai Alai, the Tree of Guernica, and Cuban Independence...
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There are times we find a loose thread in an article, and when we pull on it a...
The Havana Wedding of a Friend of Hemingway’s, Officiated by the...
They say an amazing story is just the antechamber to an even more amazing story. The other day, we posted one of those entries...
Extraordinary Basque Friends: From Cantinflas’ Pelotaria to Hemingway’s Abertzale Priest
We recently received this photo from a friend in the Vascos en México group (a must-read website for all those interested in Basques in general...
Basques in Canada: Saint Pierre et Miquelon, 1902-1954-2012: Zazpiak Bat
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Thanks to @ybarralde for tipping us off to this Canadian documentary
Director Gil la Roche and journalist Pierre Gauvreau...
The old “French Town” in Los Angeles should have been called...
KCET, a public television station in California, and one of the most important in the US, has published a really interesting report on their...