An evening of knockouts By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I WAS told to attend so I immediately rushed to Pasay City and watched that much-touted A.J. “Bazooka” Banal vs. Pungluang Sor Singyu World Boxing Organization (WBO) bantamweight world title fight held at Mall of Asia Arena last October 20. The…
Hail to the Pangasinan team and Gov. Espino By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. FIRSTLY, my sincerest congratulations to our Pangasinan contingent that bagged the overall team championship in the just concluded Northern Luzon qualifying leg of the POC-PSC-backed Batang Pinoy Games. Of course, congratulations are also due to our sports-minded…
Basketball brouhaha By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. RUMORS circulating in Dagupan that the annual Jimmy Fernandez Cup (JFC) basketball tournament will be discontinued are not to be believed. This was vehemently denied by Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez during last Wednesday’s Media in Action forum at Pedrito’s bistro when I asked…
October flash By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. WE call the months of September, October, November and December as “ber” months. And every time these ‘ber’ months come, obviously the year is winding down and the Christmas season is already around the corner. This month, October, perceptibly is the start of…
Happy and sad for PH basketball By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. OUR national basketball team named “Smart Gilas Pilipinas” wrested the 2012 William Jones Cup championship through a 76-75 nail-biting victory over the United States team, UPG last month. It’s the fourth triumph of PH since 1977 when the first…
2013 Ronda Pilipinas bikathon By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. FOR THE last two years, the LBC courier company has been sponsoring a bicycle marathon called “LBC Ronda Pilipinas.” Started in September 2011 and originally ran in ten days, the multi-stage bikathon was for professional and amateur riders with multi-million pesos…
Julaton’s next world title fight to be held in Lingayen? By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. IF plans don’t miscarry, a world title fight in boxing in the super bantamweight division (122 lbs.) featuring world champion Luciana Ana Julaton will be held in Lingayen and the venue will be the Narciso…
Alibis and finger-pointing By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. IF you read my column in the August 19-25 issue, I asserted then that our national sports leaders will surely make some alibis ending up finger-pointing on who’s supposed to be blamed for the below-par performance of our national athletes in the…
Kristin, Neil and Lance Armstrong By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THREE Americans surnamed Armstrong made headlines in the world last month. The first one was a cyclist named Kristin Armstrong who contributed one of the 46 gold medals that United States garnered during the London Olympic Games (July 27-August 12)….
Another below par performance By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE 2012 London Olympic Games ended last week and like in the past three Olympics, our tiny national contingent came home without any medal. It’s another below par and disappointing finish by our nationals. Below par because (except for boxer Mark…
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