Pangasinan athletes’ standing plummets By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.  I BELIEVE year 2013 is not so lucky for us as far as our athletes in national competitions are concerned. Sports like cycling, considered as one of the favorite games of Pangasinenses, obviously declined this year after losing the Le Tour…

Ex-Sen. Padilla, other sportsmen in politics By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.   “SPORTS should not be mixed with politics” as the saying goes. Yes, and that should not really be done because we know that political affairs here in Juan dela Cruz land are so dirty and too good to…

Well-organized Pangasinan chess tilt By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.   SELDOM do I watch a chess tournament because honestly it’s not really my sport. I don’t know much about this mental game, but I do enjoy watching it especially if there are grandmaster players participating in a tourney. And that’s…

Colorful and successful Pista’y Dayat festival By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.  
  
   LAST year I deliberately did not attend Pangasinan’s annual and widely acclaimed Pista’y Dayat celebration, avoiding the scorching heat that may cause me to suffer a heat stroke, but I dared to go to Lingayen this time with…

PH boxing slump continues By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. 
 
   AFTER Manny Pacquiao, Sonny Boy Jaro, Brian Viloria, and Nonito Donaire, Jr. who all lost their world crowns in a span of 10 months, the latest Filipino victim in the international arena of boxing was Rey “Boom Boom” Bautista. The…

“Thou shall not kill” By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.    “THOU shall not kill” was written in the Good Book as said by God the Father Yahweh through the prophet Moses in the Old Testament. This was said again by His son Jesus Christ in the New Testment. This was…

Three down, four still standing By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. 
  
 THE world watched the title fight last Sunday between our very own Filipino world champion Brian Viloria and world top contender Mexican Juan Francisco Estrada. We saw how our compatriot Viloria lost his WBO and WBA (World Boxing Organization…

Athletes die hard? By Jesus A. Garcia, Jr. 
  DOCTORS say athletes die hard because they are very energetic and super active in exercise. I would say “yes” but I would also say “no.” No because there are some athletes whom I knew died young despite being very active in sports….

Le Tour and Ronda By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.  
     IT was in 1973 to 1976 when there were at least two professional multi-stage cycling road races in the Philippines. The following made it three: the eight-day Tour of PICCA (Phil. Industrial Commercial Cycling Association organized by the late Antonio…

Fearless forecast: Donaire, Jr. will win By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.   THREE WEEKS from now, the much-awaited unification bout for the super bantamweight (122 lbs.) division between Filipino world champ Nonito Donaire, Jr. of World Boxing Organization (WBO) and Cuban world titlist Guillermo Rigondeaux of World Boxing Association (WBA)…