By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AFTER five years, the revival of annual Mapandan bikefest regularly conducted in the past in conjunction with the celebration of its Pandan Festival, will finally be realized on March 18 under the leadership of the town’s new chief executive Karl Christian F. Vega. According…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. UNKNOWN to many, our province already has six professional cyclists competing in many international races sanctioned by the world governing cycling body called Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). Our latest entry to the world of cycling was the Philippine Navy (PN), headed by 2018 Ronda…
6 Pangasinan cyclists join PN continental team
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I didn’t plan on doing this Part 2 of my article last week about Pangasinan cyclists’ declining performance in the last five years but there have been nagging queries from numerous cycling fans and overseas, who I believe were from our co-Pangasinenses, asking for…
Pangasinan cycling popularity on the decline? (Part 2)
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. MANY of our cycling diehard enthusiasts in Pangasinan say that competitive cycling in the province is fast losing interests and support. I tend to agree because I have noted, to my own dismay, that our provincial cyclists’ performance in the last five years have…
Pangasinan cycling popularity on the decline?
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AS avid buffs of basketball, we watched the six games of the best-of-seven PBA Commissioner Cup 2023-2024 championship series on TV between San Miguel Beer and sister company Magnolia. It ended last February 14, Valentine’s Day, with more experienced and taller SMB squad winning…
Meet PBA cager CJ Perez from Bautista
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AFTER four times of tryouts in Calasiao and in Alaminos City gyms, the formation of our provisional Pangasinan Heat team quintet for the coming 2024 Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) was finally known last Thursday by our Pangasinan squad head coach Jun Marzan, the…
MPBL Pangasinan provisional quintet, bared
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. BESIDES being the most strenuous sport, many say that cycling is one of the riskiest sports that this world ever produced. Yes, I agree, sans doubt. The two-wheeled sport already killed thousands of avid cyclists all over the world either as their means of…
Umingan young cyclist dies in road accident
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AVID fans of basketball in Pangasinan who may still not know must be made aware that there are already two professional basketball leagues in the country. First was the PBA. The latest that emerged six years ago was the little-known Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL)….
Pangasinan joins 2024 MPBL tourney
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I WAS not surprised at all on learning that international pool veteran Carlo Biado won the 2nd Chinese Taipei Open 9-Ball Pool Championship in Taiwan last January 12. I’ve been following Biado’s career since his climb to Asia’s top level that rates him today…
The pool sport and player Biado
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AFTER three years of hiatus due to the pandemic, the world’s big sports activities like football, baseball, basketball, boxing, cycling, marathon, to name some, are on the rise again. Officials of five towns of our beloved province are finally ready to stage sports activities…