Our downfall in sports By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. BASKETBALL’S popularity in this country started to rise tremendously when our national team dominated the Asian Games, winning the gold in 1951 in New Delhi, India, 1954 in Manila, 1958 in Tokyo, Japan and the last in 1962 in Jakarta, Indonesia….
Humbled in our own turf By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE four-day 2011 Le Tour de Filipinas concluded last Tuesday and I was there as one of the consultants of the event’s chief organizer Gary Cayton. It was done successfully and I believe it was prepared better and made more…
Zamboanga City and the games By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. ZAMBOANGA CITY– I was sent here to cover the 2011 Private Schools Athletic Association (PRISAA) National Collegiate Games and see and gauge how far our athletes who joined the Region 1 delegates can go. It’s my second time. The first…
Aloha! By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. HONOLULU, Hawaii–After 10 days of a fruitful and memorable stay in San Diego, California with my daughter Lavinia, we flew here to Hawaii to visit my other daughter Lahlah and her family. We took a Hawaiian Airlines flight for a five hour, 35 minute-boring…
Visiting in San Diego By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. SAN DIEGO, California–It has been my habit that every time I go overseas to visit my family and relatives, I also visit my sports friends, cycling and basketball amigos. That’s exactly what I did when I was in Sacramento and Los…
Meeting my cycling wards after 26 years By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. SACRAMENTO, California—I’m in this beautiful capital city in the state of California to visit my former cycling wards Anthony Milevsky who is from here and Rick Baza of Los Angeles who sacrificed a six-hour drive from his place…
Saving the Werweran By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. FOR 37 years now my hometown Mangaldan has been conducting a bicycle race every year in conjunction with the celebration of the town fiesta. Started on March 14, 1974 under the leadership of the late hizzoner Atty. Macario G. Ydia, the annual…
Quirimit deserves due recognition By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I HAVE been an avid reader of newspapers since I became an athlete. It’s my practice to read the sports page first before the headlines and other pages. My day would not really be complete if I missed to read any…
The tournament By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AFTER a two-week break due to the unavailability of a venue, the Second Jimmy Fernandez Cup championship, a best-of-three series, finally started last Tuesday with the University of Eastern Pangasinan (UEP) Patriots and the University of Luzon (UL) Junior Golden Tigers fighting for…
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