Ebdane’s race, my biggest yet By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. EVEN during my prime years in bicycle racing, I already started to organize and direct road races. My first was on March 14, 1974 during the fiesta of my hometown Mangaldan. I always remember monumental events, especially the firsts, in…

Pacquiao will win By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. ASIDE from politics, the talk of the town now is the fight between our very own Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao and Puerto Rican slugger Miguel Cotto for the World Boxing Organization welterweight belt. They will clash in a catch weight of 145 pounds,…

Two big bikefests this month By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I HAD chitchat with our PNP provincial director, Sr. Supt. Percival Barba, last Wednesday prior to the Engkwentro forum presided by Pangasinan Press Club president Allan Sison held at Lenox Hotel in Dagupan City. Together with his trusted adjutants, Supt….

Nat’l cycling headship still in tatters By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE rift among our national cycling leaders, after a few months of quiet, burst anew when the group of Mikee Romero, claiming to be the legitimate leaders of PhilCycling given the recognition by the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC), filed…

Disruptive Pepeng By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I WAS not able to make my article last week because of Typhoon Pepeng. And I am sure you already know what happened to us here in central and eastern Pangasinan. My hometown Mangaldan was one of the hardest hit with 11 deaths…

PRISAA, PBA and Ondoy By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. CONGRATS to the people behind the success of this year’s staging of the PRISAA-UCAAP Inter-Collegiate Basketball Championship held at Lyceum Northwestern University (LNU) gym. Spearheaded by PRISAA’s national chairman Atty. Gonzalo T. Duque, the annual tourney was organized by PRISAA Pangasinan-Dagupan…

Championship games recap By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. IT WAS July 24 when the 2009 PRISAA-UCAAP Inter-Collegiate Basketball Championship was officially opened at the Lyceum Northwestern University (LNU) gym. I was there and watched the successful staging witnessed by participating colleges’ students. I was not able to cover the qualifying…

A cyclists’ union By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. UNKNOWN to many sports fans, including cycling aficionados, the organizers of two multi-stage cycling races held annually in the country award cash prizes only to the top three winners in the individual category. The fourth placer up to the last finisher don’t…

Sonsona, Django and Bata lift RP sports image By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I WAS not able to write my sports piece last week as I have just been to Boracay and took a four-day rest. It was really a taxing fourteen-hour trip from here to Barangay Balabag, Malay, Aklan….

The Aquinos of Mangaldan By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. MY subject for this issue was supposed to be the Brian Viloria-Jesus Iribe world light flyweight title fight scheduled in Hawaii today, August 30. It’s another Filipino-versus-Mexican blockbuster encounter inside the ring. Like in the past, I’m again being piqued by…