Tag: basque sport
From the US: an extraordinary documentary about Basque rural sports (Video)
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
It's called “Levantadores: the Basque Strongmen”, and it's a production by an American sports gear company called Rogue....
‘Pelotaris’ in the Republic of Togo, and a Pelotari Club in...
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
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...
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
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
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
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...