After Tour de France, it’s Beijing Olympics By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE 2008 Tour de France (TDF) just ended last Sunday (July 27). Spanish rider Carlos Sastre captured the crown, only 58 ticks ahead of Australia’s best cyclist Cadel Evans, also the first runner-up last year, which was won…

Tour of Mindanao in the offing By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. ARNEL Quirimit, the 2003 Tour Pilipinas king, texted me a few days ago saying a multi-stage Tour of Mindanao bicycle road race will be held in the last week of August or first week of September. It’s being organized…

The road to Tour de France By Jesus A. Garica Jr. TODAY’s chat in the sporting world is focused on the ongoing 2008 Tour de France (TDF). Started last July 5, this multi-stage bicycle race, considered the toughest, longest, richest and the most prestigious in the world, will culminate this…

Tour de France dreams By Jesus A. Garcia I NEVER dreamt of joining the Tour de France (TDF) during my cycling heydays. If I did, it would have been a gigantic task. I would have had to go out of the country to join and win some big races in…

No buenas for Diaz By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. FILIPINO boxing icon Manny Pacquiao again wowed the Filipino people by scoring a sensational ninth round knockout victory over David Diaz to wrest the World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight title last Sunday at Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, Nevada. You saw, we…

Torn between two lovers By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. EVERY time a Filipino boxer fights a Mexican pug, some of my  friends who are boxing buffs pique on me, asking me whom I would pick to win the fight knowing that I’m half Mexican and half Filipino. It’s happening again,…

The Celtics rose from the grave By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE talk of the town until now is the Boston Celtics’ victory over arch-rival Los Angeles Lakers in this year’s NBA finals, particularly Games four and six when the Celtics showed stupendous fire-powers in demolishing the less-defensive Lakers. You…

Use bicycles By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE continued rise of oil prices is hurting the global economy, especially developing countries like the Philippines. The surge in prices has been affecting other goods and the most affected are the middle and poor classes. There have been talks of a global…

Where are we going? By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. MANY top leaders of our national sports associations are always at loggerheads on a number of issues ranging from power struggle, exploitation, selection of players, and maltreatment of our national athletes. I believe this is one of the main reasons why…

Pacquiao will make another history By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I WAS wrong when I predicted Juan Manuel Marquez will win his second battle against Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao. Although in my belief Marquez won—or at least earned a draw— in that monumental and classic encounter of the world’s…