Unfinished Mangaldan cagefest finals By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. A UNIQUE cagefest was conceptualized in my town Mangaldan. This is for the aging people (40 years old and above) and the tourney was called “First Sarag Mi Ni Inter-Barangay Basketball Tournament” initiated and organized by the self-important Mangaldan sports consultant…

Nietes, my hero and idol By Jesus A. Garcia Jr MANY of us who had a chance to watch on TV the World Boxing Organization (WBO) light flyweight title battle last July 12 in Cebu City between Filipino world champ Donnie “Ahas” Nietes against former IBF-WBC minimum weight titleholder Francisco…

Missing the world title fight By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. IT WAS TWO months ago when I read about the WBO light flyweight title defense of our very own Donnie “Ahas” Nietes against former IBF-WBO minimum weight titleholder Francisco “Chihuas” Rodriguez of Mexico to be held on July 4 at…

A boxing referee’s blunder By Jeus A. Garcia Jr.   ANOTHER two world title fights in different divisions last Sunday were marked by a blunder and poor officiating and consequently failed to end in convincing results. The first was the Timothy Bradley vs. Jessie Vargas in an interim WBO welterweight…

Long overdue By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE failure of our Philippine national cycling men’s team to win any medal in the just concluded 28th Southeast Asia Games (SEA) in Singapore is the worst performance that our nationals yet since we began participating in this biennial meet. The debacle turned…

Another PH failure in SEA Games By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. WATCHING the 28th Southeast Asia Games Singapore 2015 in the flesh was my first time to do it abroad. To minimize expenses, I and my son Jazy planned only on staying there for three days and three nights only…

Can the Cavaliers win the title this year? By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I’M SURE many of you followed the first three games of the best-of-seven series NBA finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors. The first two games were a split at the Warriors’ turf with…

Curry versus James By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. UNDOUBTEDLY the talk now in the world of sports is the NBA championship between Stephen Curry’s Golden State Warriors and Lebron James-led Cleveland Cavaliers. Filipino diehard basketball buffs say the battle is really between the season’s reigning Most Valuable Player (MVP) Curry…

Mangaldan cagefest’s ‘basketbrawl’ By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. WE have seen a lot of brawls in basketball matches. Many say this is common now in basketball games particularly if big prizes are at stake in spite of slogan that says the tournament’s purpose is to foster sportsmanship, camaraderie and solidarity….

Shame in our local sports By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I WAS shocked to learn that our Region 1 Athletic Association contingent majority of which were Pangasinenses (being the champion of this year’s Region 1 Athletic Association Meet), placed 17th and last in the just concluded 2015 Palarong Pambansa held…