Category Archives: Brian Murphy

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...

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...

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...

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...

Stan Szeto | 2022 Jan 2Free advice for Trey Lance: Don't log on.Or turn on your TV.Or flip on The Leader.Or listen to a podcast.Or read the Jock Blog.(On that last point, he has plenty of co...

Daniel Dunn-USA TODAY SportsI have a one-word cure for your post-49ers blues:Kuminga!It’s fun to say. Like, "Jenga!" Or, "Yahtzee!" Or, "Eureka!" Kuminga!Seems to almost demand the exclamat...

Tim Heitman | 2022 Jan 16What's the Jock Blog record for consecutive columns about Jimmy G?'Cause we're about to break that mark.Jimmy.Garoppolo.Again.Here's the thing: Outside the locker room, he's a...

Steve Roberts | 2021 Dec 23All right, 49ers fans. Here we go.One more ride with Jimmy G. At least one more. Maybe even more than that.Can your ticker handle it?All evidence points to stress-...

Stan Szeto | 2021 Dec 19Nine months after Kyle Shanahan, asked last April if Jimmy Garoppolo would be on the roster, uttered the legendary words, "I can't guarantee we'll be alive on Sunday"...

Kelley L Cox | 2021 Nov 3So, 2020 sucked. Lockdowns. No fans. The whole pandemic thing.2021? We improved, sports fans. We improved. If you're reading this, you likely took in a ballgame at Oracle Park...