By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.   INDUBITABLY, the talk in the sports world these days was the NBA playoffs that just ended last Tuesday (May 30) that saw Miami Heat smashing arch-rival Boston Celtics in the seventh and final game of the best-of-seven Eastern Conference finals, 103-84.  We watched on…

By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.   WHEN the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the defending champions Golden State Warriors, (4-2) in the Western Conference semifinals best-of-seven series to enter the Finals, the Boston Celtics edged the Philadelphia Sixers, (4-3) in the Eastern Conference semis in the best-of-seven series to land the…

By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.   THE talk of the town last week in sports was the 32nd Southeast Asia Games (SEAG) hosted by Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It concluded last Wednesday (May 17) with defending champion Vietnam convincingly retained its overall supremacy in the biennial meet, harvesting 136 gold medals,…

By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.   FIRSTLY, my heartfelt congratulations to the top five podium finishers in the province’s latest cycling road race held last May 6 in conjunction with the May 1 to 7 Calasiao town fiesta celebration. Dubbed as “First Calasiao Mayor Kevin Roy Cup Cycling Challenge,” the…

By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. DESPITE the inability of Calasiao town to produce their own prominent cyclist to date, the town is not giving up and is still highly confident that someday soon this Class A municipality of Pangasinan will eventually produce an elite road biker to give honors to…

By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.   “THERE’S always a first time in life,” as the saying goes. And that happened to TNT Tropang Giga basketball team last April 21 after their countless attempts to win the prestigious PBA’s Governors’ Cup title since entering the professional league, they finally clinched the…

By Jesus A. Garcia Jr   THE first four games of this year PBA’s Governors’ Cup best-of-seven championship series between the reigning and defending champion Ginebra Gin Kings and title-contender TNT Tropang Giga resulted all in a tension-filled skirmishes with deadlocks, 1-1, 2-2, all held at the historic Araneta Coliseum….

By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE first two games of this year PBA’s Governors Cup ‘best-of-seven’ championship series between reigning champion Ginebra Gin Kings and title contender TNT Tropang Giga were already held at Araneta Coliseum last April 9 and 12, respectively. As predicted by die-hard buffs of basketball, the…

By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I’M making this piece prematurely, April 4, because of the seven-day (April 2-9) Lenten season break. So, I believe that you, my co-basketball aficionados had already watched on TV the April 9 (Easter Sunday) first game of the best-of-seven series of this year PBA’s Governors’…

By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.   I WAS invited as race consultant to the Mapandan bikefest last March 25 to assist and observe the event closely knowing that majority of the 76 contestants were young and amateur riders, largely inexperienced in this kind of event. The 42-kilometer bikefest was initially…