Category Archives: Brian Murphy
Murph: Checking in on the Giants in our post-Warriors haze
Photo Credit: KNBRWhew!While we're still picking blue and gold confetti out of our hair, it may be time to revisit that team we all shoved to the collective back burner during these last few Warriors ...
Jun 22, 2022
Murph: The Warriors’ different road to the mountaintop is almost finished
Kyle Terada | 2022 Jun 13The Jock Blog can be freezing cold in its takes, but every now and then we offer a lukewarm take that comes somewhere close to hitting a target.So it was that three-plus month...
Jun 14, 2022
Murph: The Warriors can, and probably will, still win the NBA Championship
Darren Yamashita | 2022 Jun 2I heard it all Thursday night and Friday morning.The Warriors are old.The Warriors are in trouble.The Warriors are done.Man! Other than the 53 wins, the sixth finals berth...
Jun 03, 2022
Murph: A Joc Blog on Joc, savior of the season
John Hefti | 2022 May 24The Jock Blog begins, appropriately enough, with a Joc Joke.Or, a Dad joke.Or, a Dad Joc joke.Anyway, here goes:Joc Joc.Who's there?The guy who may have saved the Giants season...
May 26, 2022
Murph: Why I just can’t see the Warriors losing Game 6
Joe Rondone | 2022 May 11The Jock Blog is not minimizing the scare.The Jock Blog is cognizant that things are teetering.But until we see with our very own Friday night eyes otherwise - I just can't bu...
May 12, 2022
Murph: There is Warrior playoff life after Oracle
Stan Szeto | 2021 Dec 4I came, I saw, I Chased.Wednesday night was my Chase Center playoff debut, 15 years after attending my first Warriors playoff game in Oakland.That's right, kids. This salt-and-p...
Apr 28, 2022
Murph: What to do about the Deebo Samuel situation?
Gary A. Vasquez | 2022 Jan 30Pretty hard to Jock Blog about Deebo Samuel when Deebo himself is out here telling us no one knows the real story.What could it be?That he doesn't actually like living hal...
Apr 21, 2022
Murph: Gabe Kapler is a revolutionary; here to change the way you think
Kelley L Cox | 2022 Apr 11You say you want a revolution? Gabe Kapler's your guy.Maybe he should manage in a beret, a la Che Guevara. Or a black mock turtleneck, a la Steve Jobs.Like the...
Apr 15, 2022
Murph: The Warriors are struggling, but here’s why you should be excited
Kelley L Cox | 2022 Feb 27The last time we Jock Blogged about the Warriors, it was "Kuminga!" this and "Kuminga!" that.Oh, for those days of innocence.Now, a dark and stormy night has visite...
Mar 04, 2022
Murph: Baseball is down and out … will we return when it’s back?
GREG LOVETT/THE PALM | 2022 Feb 23Our poor, beleaguered sport of baseball.It gets about as much good press as gas prices, inflation and the effects of social media on our youth.As of this wr...
Feb 24, 2022
