By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I WAS surprised to learn that my idol in the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympic Games American decathlete Bruce Jenner, who won the gold medal in the men’s decathlon event, decided to change his gender from male to female. Being his sports-contemporary and ardent fan,…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I WAS shocked and sad upon learning the news from the internet that my friend and co-recording artist of Vicor Music Corporation/Plaka Pilipino Victor Wood met his untimely death last April 23 due to COVID-19 infection. Shocked because he called last February 27, and…
By Jesus A. Garcia, Jr. I was better known as a professional cyclist having started in January 1965 and ended my career on January 19, 1978 when I migrated to Uncle Sam’s land. I made a comeback in the 1982 Marlboro Tour at 36-years old, after four years of absence….
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I WAS surprised and touched by the FB footage posted by Lingayen Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil last week when he announced the construction of a mountain bike trail in the grassy, spacious area located in Barangay Pangapisan Norte beside the Limahong channel of the scenic…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games which was supposed to be held last July 24 to August 9 was unanimously postponed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) headed by its President Thomas Bach and Japan Prime Minister Abe Shinzo together with the President of the…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I WAS shocked when I was informed that my cycling and age contemporaries Pacifico “Amang” Ortiz of Marikina, Rizal and Luis Lucas also of Metro Manila, both Tour of Luzon veterans, died last week, one after the other. Unfortunately, my two sources could not confirm…
Against all odds By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. FOUR towns in Eastern Pangasinan conducted cycling road races last February and this month. The first was staged in Umingan, the home of the only four-time national Tour champion of the Philippines Santy Barnachea, my godson. It was followed in Urdaneta…
It’s time to honor Pangasinan’s sports heroes By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. IT’S been my long desire and high time now to fete our numerous sports heroes that gave honor and pride to our beloved province, then and now, by our local lawmakers, with the nod of our hardworking and…
How to be a cycling champ (Second of two series) By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. ALLOW me to describe here the cycling training I did which I believe enabled me to reach the cycling apex, winning the runner-up plums twice in1965 and 1967 during my heydays, then the fabled 1973…
How to be a cycling champ (First of two series) By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I WAS bombarded with queries when I bumped into some of our young local professional and amateur cyclists weeks ago in San Fabian town. Of course, as expected, I was not surprised at all…
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