Guam invites Pangasinan, Dagupan youth cagers   By Jesus A. Garcia, Jr. MY first child Jazy just came back from his one month visit to Guam bringing with him an official invitation letter addressed to our province chief executive Amado I. Espino, lll and Dagupan City Mayor Belen T. Fernandez…

Another woeful result in 2019   by Jesus A. Garcia, Jr. THE 29th Southeast Asia Games (SEAG) held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ended last August 31. As of this writing, August 30, our delegation only collected 24 gold medals to finish sixth overall, a far cry from the 50 gold…

What went wrong Gilas, PH cyclists?   By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. INDUBITABLY, basketball is our country’s number one favorite sport. In fact, world sports pundits are wondering why we love this sport so much knowing that this is a game of height which obviously Filipinos lack. But yes, we…

Usain Bolt’s sad farewell race   By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I WAS in my room for ten days, glued to the television in the evening watching the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championship Games held last August 3-13 in London. Of all the athletic games that were conducted…

15-30 employees?   By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I WAS stunned to learn that a national government entity like the Bureau of Customs (BOC) can hire some active or former athletes to the bureau for positions like technical assistant or as intelligence consultants. I thought only the barangay, municipal, city,…

Idiotic predictions By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. HERE we go again. Like in the past, our insensitive national sports leaders are again predicting and embellishing our national team’s chances at gold medal hauls in regional meets in Southeast Asia Games. It was only in 2005 when our nation hosted the…

54 seconds By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I NEVER failed to watch the annual Tour de France (TdF) on TV, either via live or delayed telecast. Frankly, the TdF was one of the reasons why I was inspired to become a cyclist. Like the participants of TdF, I was ambitious…

Magnificent boxer Magsayo By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I NEVER missed watching on television the Olympic final matches in cycling, boxing, basketball, my three top favorite sports. I admire how the U.S boxers won the gold medals in Olympic Games like Floyd Patterson in 1956 Melbourne, Cassius Clay (later known…

Me and boxing sport By Jesus A. Garcia, Jr.   WHY am I so addicted to and passionate about the sport of boxing? Perhaps it’s because of the Mexican genes in me. Yes, like the Mexican hombres whom I met and talked to like my brothers and cousins (father side),…

Unpopular decision. Rematch? By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. WHEN the verdict was announced declaring Jeff Horn as the new champion, winning over our boxing icon Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao, of the World Boxing Organization’ (WBO) welterweight title, netizens all over the world, including world celebrities, were quick to cry “foul, that…