The year that was in Pangasinan sports By Jesus Garcia Jr. A HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone. Hopefully 2009 will be fruitful, peaceful, glorious and prosperous to all of us. Year 2008 I believe is rewarding to most of our local athletes who competed in our region, national and…
Coach laments suspension, despotism By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. IT’S sad that the bum calls during the basketball semifinal match between the high school boys of the University of Pangasinan and University of Luzon last December 5 resulted in a distressing situation. According to UPang coach Jorge Ceralde, speaking during…
Cycling association rift By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AFTER the ballyhooed power-struggle between the Basketball Association of the Philippines and the Samahang Basketball ng Pilipinas, which legal feud reached all the way up to the Court of Appeals, another national sports association is in jeopardy owing…
I was wrong and I lost By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. IF “There’s always a first time”, there could be a second time and the big probability that there could be a third time for the same thing happening. That’s what happened to me as regards to the mega fight…
Tour de Indonesia and the Pitaki cyclists By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE trendy and most popular cycling squad in the country, the “Pitaki Boyz”, is now in Indonesia participating in this year’s 12-day Tour de Indonesia. They are doing battle against some of the best from Europe, Australia, South…
60 – 40 By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. BY THE time you read this, the much-awaited and much touted megabuck fight between legendary boxers Oscar de la Hoya and our very own boxing icon Manny Pacquiao is just less than a week to go. The battle, dubbed as the “Dream…
First of its kind in the Philippines By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. YEAR 1955 was the year when cycling was officially born in the Philippines. The following year a multi-stage professional race group called the Tour of Luzon Association (TLA) was formed under the leadership of the late Atty. Geruncio…
Weighing the UL Five By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. IT was in 2006 when the University of Luzon (UL) Golden Tigers recaptured the Region 1 basketball tiara of the Private Schools Athletic Association or better known as PRISAA. The UL Five defended their crown the following year and continued to…
My encounter with the Miss Earth beauties By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. BESIDES being a sports buff, I’m also an avid follower of world’s beauty pageants. Every time a world beauty contest is being shown on TV like the Miss Universe, Miss International, Miss World and Miss Earth, I don’t…
Hopkins victory, a warning to Pacquiao By Jesus A. Garcia MANNY PACQUIAO’s trainer Freddie Roach keeps on saying that his ward will win against Oscar de la Hoya and most likely via knockout. He maintains De la Hoya can no longer pull the trigger because De la Hoya, at 35…
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