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Gilas five’s continuing saga

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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…

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Gilas five’s continuing saga

By July 29, 2022Sports Eye

PH national basketball squad is crumbling

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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…

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PH national basketball squad is crumbling

By July 24, 2022Sports Eye

It has been said and done

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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…

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It has been said and done

By June 26, 2022Sports Eye

GSW will be champions, again

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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…

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GSW will be champions, again

By June 19, 2022Sports Eye

Donaire should hang up his gloves, now

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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,…

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Donaire should hang up his gloves, now

By June 12, 2022Sports Eye

Picking GSW to win

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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…

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Picking GSW to win

By June 5, 2022Sports Eye