Basque Derby Dispatch: Athletic Outruns Alavés and the Collapse of Civilization, 2-0
Athletic Club 2 – 0 Alavés: A Basque Derby in the Twilight of the World San Mamés, Thursday night—while half the planet doom-scrolled its way through another 24-hour news cycle of melting ice caps and crypto scams, 46,000 souls wedged themselves into a cathedral of cracked concrete and throbbing larynxes to watch 22 millionaires boot…