Basketball Brouhaha By Jesus a. Garcia Jr. THE Basketball Referees Commission, better known as BARECOM, is the country’s pioneer in amateur basketball officiating group licensed by the Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP) and the only basketball group that is recognized by FIBA, the world governing body for non-professional basketball….

I was right By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. PREDICTING the final outcome of any sporting competition is petrifying, and the hardest thing to do for any sports writer. Only few do it because their name is at stake. That’s what world reknown sports columnist Jim Murray of the Los Angeles…

I could be wrong By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I’M writing this today, Wednesday, two days before The PUNCH deadline because I have to travel to Baguio City to meet the Tour entourage and to lend moral support to our Pangasinan road gladiators because I believe they need some. So…

Who will win this year’s Tour? By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE COUNTRY’S annual multi-stage bicycle road race dubbed for the last two years as “Padyak Pinoy” reeled off last Thursday with Nueva Ecijano sturdy rider and last year’s first runner-up Eric Feliciano winning the initial stage. At presstime, Ericson…

24 Pangasinan cyclists vie for Tour ’07 titles By Jesus A. Garcia THE country’s annual multi-stage bicycle road race called Tour Pilipinas was supposed to be staged before or just after the Holy Week. But the organizers postponed the summer road spectacle and decided to hold it after the election…

Four races and the Pitaki road players By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. “SUMMER time is cycling time,” as the saying goes. And despite the heat and high humidity that we are encountering during these days, still a lot of people from all walks of life manage to ride their bikes…

Pichay, chess and cycling By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. PROSPERO “Butch” Pichay, the president of the National Chess Federation of the Philippines, has been winning sports fans in Northern Luzon, particularly in our big province, Pangasinan. I believe it’s because he has shown a huge interest not only in chess…

New Mangaldan pride By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. CYCLING fans all over the country know that my town Mangaldan is a well-known producer of luminaries of the sport. It started during my era and I’m humbled by those who say I spearhead the celebrities. The others are national Tour champions…

In Pichay’s defense; JDV awards golf champ By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. It’s a  bag of nonsense that senatoriable Butch Pichay is being made to resign his position  as national president of the Philippine Chess Federation simply because he is gunning for a senate race. I know the guy as…

RP coach Reyes, PBA cagers conduct GenVel’s basketball clinic By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AFTER successfully staging a bicycle road race last year, retired PNP Deputy Director General Reynaldo V. Velasco threw in his support to his second favorite sport, basketball. GenVel, as he is fondly known, sponsored a basketball…