Pangasinan cyclists are professionals By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. A WEEK from now, the much-awaited third edition of the LBC Ronda Pilipinas bikathon will officially kick off. And for the first time in the history of professional multi-stage road racing in the country, the bikathon with 16 stages will start…
Goodbye Mayor Romero By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. LATE evening of December 23, I was roused from slumber by a shocking text message informing me that our Mangaldan Mayor Herminio A. Romero suffered a heart attack, taken to a hospital in Dagupan City, and was declared dead on arrival. I…
Viva Filipinas By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. WE saw on TV last Sunday the fight where our very own Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire flattened the Mexican flamboyant boxer Jorge Arce with a savage left hook 2:59 minutes in the third round to retain his World Boxing Organization (WBO) super…
Ugly defeat By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. WORLD boxing aficionados chiefly from the Philippines got the shock of their lives last December 9 when the nation’s superhero Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao suffered an unexpected and beyond belief ugly defeat in the hands of his archenemy, Mexican boxing icon Juan Manuel “El…
50-50 By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. BY the time you read this piece, I believe the much-publicized and much-touted Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez fourth collision might still be in progress or is already over. Yes, it’s been the talk of the town for the past few weeks by boxing aficionados…
Our local bets for 2013 Ronda Pilipinas By Jess Garcia REPORTS reaching me indicate that the 16-day road saga of the 2013 Ronda Pilipinas bikathon will definitely reel off on January 12 next year. And for the first time in the history of Philippine professional cycling since its birth in…
Pacquiao-Marquez IV, the final encounter? By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. TWO WEEKS to go and we will be watching another encounter of two world boxing icons, the Philippine’s pride Manny Pacquiao and Mexico’s legend Juan Manuel Marquez. This will be their fourth clash and many agree this will be their…
PCCL connects the missing link By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. UNLIKE in the United States that has only one recognized national college champion in the field of amateur basketball which is called NCAA, the Philippines has at least eight groups of colleges that have their own format of national basketball…
Attempted cheating in ping-pong By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. STILL ON THE UCAAP basketball tournament brouhaha over rules. This corner wrote about the contentious issue three weeks ago, specifically on the clarification and counter-clarification of basketball archrival coaches UL’s Renato “Jack” Vidal and LNU’s Angelito C. Gumarang. It was never…
Manuel “Maui” Reynante, 67 By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. IT WAS the afternoon of October 26 when I received a shocking text message from a close friend that my cycling contemporary, the three-time Tour champion Manuel Reynante, just passed away due to stroke. The text message also said that Reynante,…
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