Bad officiating in Mangaldan SK cagefest By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I HAVE said it before and I will say it again: in any sports competition the most controversial persons are the referees, umpires, judges, table officials (timers and scorers) as well as the organizers. It already happened countless times,…

Mangaldan sportsfest 2012 By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AS of this writing (Friday), my town Mangaldan is still celebrating its town fiesta 2012. Four of the main highlights in the celebration were sports activities including a footrace, bikefest, shootfest and basketball exhibition games. And of course, the numero uno of…

Is referee Mangonon incompetent? By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. FEBRUARY 5 and it was the 15th day of hostilities in the 2012 Mangaldan SK Inter Barangay Basketball Tournament when the very first uproar inside the court was heard due to countless inaccurate calls of one of the referees in the…

Goodbye, Kuya Boy Delin By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. IT’S sad when you lose a friend, your province mate, and especially if he’s your sports contemporary who brought laurels to our beloved province. The death of my cycling mate Virgilio “Boy” Delin last February 13 stunned the cycling oldies (especially…

Sinverguenza! By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I BELIEVE the boxing buffs like me who saw the post fight footage of the International Boxing Federation (IBF) light flyweight title fight between Filipino boxer Johnriel Casimero and Argentina’s Luis Lazarte last Saturday night that Casimero won via a 10th round stoppage, realized that…

Vidal explains By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.  HOURS after copies of the PUNCH’s last week edition came out in the newsstands, University of Luzon (UL) basketball team head coach Renato “Jack” Vidal called me up to clarify the issue that I wrote about in this corner pertaining to the selection…

Gumarang deplores basketball team selection By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. WHEN I got word from my cousin Alex Aquino that the University of Luzon (UL) will officially represent region 1 in the forthcoming National Students Basketball Championship (NSBC) slated on February 27-March 3 based on what his son UL player…

Cycling, chess and basketball By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AFTER my brief meeting with Palarong Media overall chairman Andy Estrada last January 21 about the format of the table tennis event that I have to handle on February 11, I quickly motored to San Fabian to catch the start of…

SK cagefest returns in Mangaldan  By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AFTER an absence of five years due to the lack of interest of the former Mangaldan SK federation president in basketball, the town’s new SK federation prexy Charlene Joy Flores is reviving the annual cagefest dubbed this year as “Bakbakan…

Unforgettable January 9  By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THERE are five most important and so unforgettable dates in my life since I reached the ripeness of my age. First and foremost, of course, is when I first saw the light of this world on December 18, 1945. Second was the…