A different tour By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA – – -AFTER visiting some of my sports-minded relatives and friends in Texas, I flew to California to visit my other children, townmates and cycling friends and where I had so much fun reuniting with co-Mangaldanons in San Jose,…

Barnachea raced against all odds By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA—I followed the 2015 Ronda Pilipinas here in this cool and sunny city through its website from day one to eight to the final stage. Fortunately, unlike last year, our local bets this time performed impressively winning four…

“Fistory” By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. FORTH WORTH, TEXAS —At last the much-awaited showdown of the world’s two boxing greats in this generation will finally clash on May 2 (May 3 PH time) at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Yes, the Floyd Mayweather, Jr.- Manny Pacquiao clash, both champions…

Trip to Houston By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.   FORT WORTH, TEXAS—-AFTER six days in Houston and three days visiting the farthest southern part of the state of Texas like McAllen, Alamo, San Juan and Pharr, my father’s hometown, I’m back here at Fort Worth where my twin daughters Raina…

Humiliation By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. PHARR, TEXAS—-AFTER staying eight days in Fort Worth at the house of Mr. and Mrs. Giles Honeycut where my twins Raisa and Raina reside, and three days in Houston compliments of the Caguioa cycling brothers Amor and Blann and Gilbert Mangahis, I decided to…

January’s cycling and basketball events By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. NARITA, JAPAN—- I’m making this piece at the Tokyo International Airport during my four-hour stopover in this cool and foggy city of Narita on my way to Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas to visit my relatives (father side) and my Texas nurse…

Heartbreaking title victory By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. WE watched how the powerful San Miguel Beermen escaped with a heartbreaking victory over the ‘never give up’ Alaska Aces last Wednesday night to earn their 20th championship tiara in the PBA since they entered the professional league in 1975. Up to…

Pangasinan chess By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. UNKNOWN perhaps to many sports fans here, our many Pangasinenses have become chess lovers over the last four years. The Pangasinan Chess League (PCL) under the leadership of Lingayen son Don Juan Vicente Sison as its president, and the provincial government headed by…

Picking the Aces to win the finals By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. Last Wednesday, basketball buffs watched the first game of the best-of-seven championship series of the PBA’s Philippine Cup and saw how the Alaska Aces recovered from a 22-point deficit, 27-5, in the first quarter but eventually won the…

National sponsorships By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.                   THERE has been a stiff competition and rivalry of two big national cycling tours being held annually for the last five years for sponsorship in 2011. These are the world governing body Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) sanctioned four-day Le Tour de Filipinas sponsored…