Southern boxers dominate world boxing arena By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. LIKE my other blood country Mexico, that keeps boxing as its number two favorite sport (after football), I believe we Filipinos should also pursue this sport with the same fervor. Undoubtedly, our enthusiasm for boxing started during the…
Battle royale in Calasiao By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. TWO days before the event I was informed that the second day of hostilities of the 2016 UCAAP Jimmy Fernandez Basketball Challenge will be held in Calasiao at the newly built Calasiao Sports Center. Surprised because for the last six years…
DAGUPAN- based Filipinas Wado Ryu Karate scored 10 gold, 5 silver, and 2 bronze medals in the Philippine Karatedo Federation National Sports Association Inc. national championship held on Sept. 9 to 10, 2016 at Fisher’s Mall in Quezon City. The winners are John Enrico Vasquez (2 gold for advance cadet…
Lopsided wins in UCAAP cagefest By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. LIKE what I’ve always done in the last five years, I attended the opening of the UCAAP (Universities Colleges Athletic Association of Pangasinan) last week. Basketball is my third much-loved sport and used to play this game a lot…
Flip-flopping Pacquiao By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. WITHOUT a doubt we Filipinos fervidly adore our boxing icon Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao for lifting our country in the field of professional sports. After his monumental loss in his last fight against Floyd Mayweather, he unabashedly said to the world that he was…
PH’s ‘Firsts’ in Rio Olympics By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE 2016 Rio Olympic Games concluded last Monday, August 22 PH time, and I’m sure, many like me, followed the quadrennial meet from day 1 to day 15 and noted how our 13 athletes fared. Alas, it was only…
Enmity in Dagupan college caging By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. SOME college basketball coaches came to me to ask why some of Dagupan City’s well-known institutions do not try to patch their differences particularly in tertiary basketball competitions. The enmity between the two basketball groups (UCAAP and PRISAA) is already…
Cycling buff Engr. Boy Dion By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. LIKE the first edition of the Ricky Diocares Criterium Race, I have no choice but to cover the second segment of the bikefest conducted at Judge Jose de Venecia, Sr. Boulevard early morning of July 24 that was participated in…
Ransacked By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. LIKE in previous years, I covered the first leg of the Milo Marathon qualifying race that started at Judge Jose de Venecia, Sr. Boulevard and finished at the compound of CSI Mall dawn of July 17. For the first time in this annual footrace, my two sons participated in. My eldest and my…
Bad day for boxer Albert Pagara By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. IT’s a must for me to watch major international boxing events live on television, or if I can to be there at the venue especially if the protagonists involved are Mexicans and or Filipinos. Boxing is my second love…
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