Because of World War II By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. LAST December 18 was my 75th birthday. I’m very thankful to God and proud that I still reached this diamond age which my cycling and age contemporaries were unable to attain. Yes, I was born after the second world war,…

Easier said than done By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. WE all know that the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games supposed to be held last August was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The sports’ world governing body International Olympic Committee (IOC) moved the quadrennial meet in July next year. Majority of…

“It’s not the triumph, but the try” By Jesus A. Garcia, Jr.   THE 2020 PBA Philippine Cup has been the talk of the nation during this COVID-19 pandemic era. It ended last December 9 with the top seeded and the most well-liked squad in the league, the Barangay Ginebra…

On-line chess tournament, plans to write my cycling book By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. ANOTHER sport that has started to defy the COVID-19 pandemic is the mental game called “Chess.” The world chess body FIDE (Federation Internationale des Echecs) organized its latest tourney billed as  “Skilling Open,” the inaugural on-line…

Returning to normal? By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.   “COVID-19 cases drop by 45%–prov’l IATF.” That’s the headline of this paper last week. I have to believe it. Based on my own observation for the past many days, I think the situation in the province on this deadly disease is…

COVID-19 is softly killing world sports By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. COVID-19 already killed a million inhabitants of our planet, with the U.S., India and Brazil are topping the list, according to the latest report. Yes, the unseen disease is slowly obliterating the world’s economy, first and foremost are the…

“There’s always first time in life” By Jesus A. Garcia, Jr. AS I write this piece, our country’s third strongest typhoon (after Quinta and Rolly) named Ulysses is devastating our province with its strong gusty winds. I’m rushing this piece (November 12) to beat the deadline fearing that a power…

Tour of Spain still up for grabs By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AS I write this piece on November 5, the race for U.S. presidency between Democrat Joseph Biden and Republican re-electionist Donald Trump was still hanging in the balance. The same was happening on the 18th day of Vuelta…

Unheralded riders top this year’s Tour of Italy By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.   WORLD cycling connoisseurs said the postponed world’s three biggest, longest, richest, prestigious and most strenuous multi-stage bicycle race would not be successful because the events will be witnessed from indoors and there would be no spectators…

Are we really on the path to new normal? By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.   HISTORY says the deadliest worldwide pandemic (so far) occurred in 1918 to 1920. The virulent disease instigated in Europe’s Iberian Peninsula and quickly scattered around the globe with some 50 million inhabitants of our planet…