By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. OUR national basketball squad called “Gilas” did not pass the FIBA Asia Cup qualifying round held weeks ago. Although we won twice against India, we suffered a humiliating defeat twice, first frqwom New Zealand, 106-60 and 92-75, in the first and second windows. Then we…

By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. UNDOUBTEDLY, our country’s number one favorite sport then and now is basketball. But sad to say that two of our latest and prestigious international stints by our Philippines national basketball team called “Gilas Pilipinas” unexpectedly suffered humiliating defeats. The first was in the latest biennial…

By Jesus A. Garcia, Jr.   THE world title fight between our very own world champion Mark “Magnifico” Magsayo versus Rey Vargas of Mexico for the WBC featherweight crown last Sunday in San Antonio, Texas was not shown live on television, unlike before. But being ardent boxing fans, we watched…

By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.   I received several queries from some sports aficionados after Gov. Ramon Guico, III officially took his oath of office as the new chief executive of our province Pangasinan. They asked me if I know what’s in store for sports in the province with Gov….

By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.   UNDEFEATED Filipino World Boxing Council (WBC) featherweight champ Mark “Magnifico” Magsayo who acquired the world title from American Gary Russell, Jr. last January 23 via a 12-round majority decision held in Atlantic City, New Jersey, will defend his title for the first time on…

By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.   DESPITE the numerous titles they won since they entered the NBA league in 1946 with a record of 17 championships, there were basketball specialists, pundits and analysts that said the Boston Celtics were still slightly underdog against their archrival, the Western Conference champions Golden…

By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.   MANY basketball connoisseurs erred, (including this writer) when we boldly predicted two consecutive victories for Golden State Warriors (GSW) against Boston Celtics being the host of their first two games of the best-of-seven series NBA championships. Our reasons, the Warriors will enjoy the ‘home…

By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.   WE saw on tv how our country mate World Boxing Council (WBC) bantamweight champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire suffered a humiliating defeat against Naoya Inoue, his counterpart in the bantamweight division (118-pound) the World Boxing Association (WBA) and International Boxing Federation (IBF) titleholder,…

By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE talk in the world of sports today is the NBA championship between 17-time champion Boston Celtics against 6-time winner Golden State Warriors (GSW) in the best-of-seven championship series. The San Francisco, California-based Warriors easily entered the 2021-2022 NBA Finals by beating 2011 NBA champions…

By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE 31st edition of the Southeast Asia Games (SEAG) held in Hanoi, Vietnam concluded last May 23. It’s sad that our contingent this year, being the defending champion, was not successful in its mission this time. Yes, our nationals tried their best to defend the…