The Basque people are credited with the development of the modern game known as Basque pilota, which is a ball game played against a wall. Early versions of handball games were played by the Greeks and the Romans. The Roman Empire helped spread the game to western Europe. In early France, a popular version...

Basque immigrants flocked to the American West from the late 1880s through the mid-1960s. The pioneers operated boarding houses, built handball courts and started businesses in places such as San Francisco, Mountain Home, Idaho, Jordan Valley, Oregon and Salt Lake City. Many of the buildings that housed...

In 2021, while driving back to Colorado from her daughter’s wedding in Palm Springs, Colorado Basque Club President Mayi Berterretche Petracek stumbled upon Plaza Urrutia in the town of Grand Junction. She had known that there was a Basque handball court somewhere in the area, but had never seen it....

I’m always looking for healthy main dishes that don’t take too much time or are easy to cook. These pork chops with piperade sauce that are partially cooked in the oven got rave reviews from the men in my family, particularly because of the juicy and tender result. While the recipe is time-consuming,...

This summer, a song in Euskera about the famous Basque poet sheepherder of Urepel, France is making its way from state to state, played for many audiences across the United States who have never heard lyrics in this language. I’m telling you this moving story from my personal perspective, as the...