My life in cycling and basketball By Jesus A. Garcia DURING the last three weeks, my attention was focused on basketball and cycling events. As the race director of the cycling races conducted in the province over the last three Sundays, it had been my responsibility to make the road…
Pangasinan athletes shine anew By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. LAST week I wrote about our victorious Pangasinan pedal pushers conquering two separate big races in the southern part of Luzon. They were San Jacinto son Reynaldo Navarro and Mangaldan’s promising amateur star Ariel Flores clinching the annual one-day Tour de…
Pangasinan cyclists show strength again By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I WAS not able to accompany our Pangasinan pedal-pushers when they traveled to the southern part of Luzon and participated in two big races in Calatagan, Batangas and Tagaytay City last Sunday and Tuesday, respectively. Happily, our local riders proved…
Bold move  By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. Two weeks ago, we printed here a petition letter handed to me by one of our national cycling team members, accusing their head coach, Jommel Lorenzo, of serious irregularities. The letter was addressed to Bert Lina, the president of PhilCycling, the national…
Referees’ accreditation starts in April By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. “NOBODY is accredited yet throughout the country as far as referees are concerned. We will start giving them accreditations this April if they pass the test and belong to a group recognized by Basketball Association of the Philippines-Samahang Basketbol ng…
Axe cycling coach By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. TWO weeks ago, one of our national cyclists came to me and handed me a duplicate copy of a petition letter signed by 12 out of the 17 nationals wanting to expel their head coach, Jommel Lorenzo, for many reasons. The letter…
Lousy officiating By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I HAVE said it before and I’ll say it once more: the most controversial yet most important persons in sports competitions, particularly the ball games like basketball, and volleyball, baseball, are essentially the referees, umpires, arbiters, timers and scorers. They are either one…
Expect the unexpected By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. ESPERAR la inesperado, a Spanish phrase that means to expect the unexpected. This is an old adage that proves true to anyone and anytime in the daily grind. It has already happened to me many times, and I believe, you, dear readers,…
Lingayen hoopfest opens today By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AFTER two postponements due to some problems in the venue’s court and also because of the yuletide season, the province’s first inter-commercial basketball league of the year finally reels off today at Narciso Sports and Civic Center (NRSCC) in capital town…
From No. 1 to No. 6 By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE Southeast Asian Games, held every two years and with only 11 nations participating, is considered as the smallest ala-Olympic Games in the world. The countries are Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Brunei, East Timor and…
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