Category Archives: Brian Murphy
Murph: Some free advice for Trey Lance
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...
Feb 18, 2022
Murph: The one-word cure to your 49ers blues… Kuminga!
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...
Feb 04, 2022
Murph: What they say about Jimmy outside the locker room doesn’t matter, inside of it he’s a unifying force
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...
Jan 28, 2022
Murph: Win or lose, Jimmy G puts on a hell of a show
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-...
Jan 13, 2022
Murph: All the reasons Jimmy G starting in LA is the best story
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"...
Jan 06, 2022
Murph: What Bay Area sports fans have to look forward to in 2022
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...
Dec 16, 2021
Murph: On the three Bay Area athletes who stand alone
Kelley L Cox | 2021 Dec 6Jerry, Barry and Steph.That's it. Those are the three.Jerry, Barry and Steph.Yes, we have our other first-name only icons in the Bay Area - Buster, Joe, Klay, Ronnie all come ...
Dec 09, 2021
Murph: It was Buster all along
Ray Acevedo | 2021 Sep 23It was Buster all along.That was my thought, when it was all said and done, when the thorough and professional and mature and competent words from Buster Posey floated off int...
Nov 05, 2021
Murph: The 49ers are plummeting, need Trey Lance now
Stan Szeto | 2021 Oct 24"Fraught with terror ... ""A dysfunctional domino fall . . . ""The honeymoon is over . . ." All of the above are:Descriptions of the 'Murph and Mac' show on KNBR;Descripti...
Oct 28, 2021
Murph: On the eve of Game 5, some advice from Will Clark
Sergio Estrada | 2019 Aug 11A week ago, the Jock Blog came to you and addressed the Giants-Dodgers Series of the Millenium. I hoped, simply, to survive.Here we are, a week later. Surviv...
Oct 13, 2021
