Category Archives: Brian Murphy

What a week for the vintage sports crew.Tom Brady, age 39? Headed to his 7th Super Bowl.Venus Williams, age 36? Headed to her first Grand Slam final since 2009.Roger Federer, age 35? Headed to his fir...

The Warriors lost to Miami on Tuesday night. Off with their heads! Or, something like that, right? The notion of "analyzing" the Warriors' seventh loss in 45 games is probably a non-starter. They're p...

You thought the country was divided? Try talking to Warriors fans in the Bay Area. With the Warriors on Tuesday celebrating the ground-breaking of the futuristic Chase Center in San Francisco as their...

Near the end of another enjoyable chat with Warriors broadcaster/KNBR midday stalwart Bob Fitzgerald today - on our semiweekly "Fitz Files" segment - I had to ask Fitz the question: Is it mandatory th...

Yo, NFL. The pressure is on. Entertain us like the college game, or face the wrath of public opinion. We as a sports nation were just finishing mopping our brows from the Hollywood blockbuster that wa...

These days, the older generation derisively calls the new generation the "participation trophy era", mocking today's kids who get a trophy for just participating in sports. And then Christian McCaffre...

It's the NBA's equivalent of the "safe space", and it's got to stop. It's an insult to the paying customer, and in today's NBA, that means paying a *lot*. And on top of everything else, it's a bad loo...

Ran into KNBR.com majordomo Rael Enteen today. He asked a simple question."How you feeling about the Giants on September 1st?"Rael. Always asking the tough questions.The short answer is: I was feeling...

As I write this, it's been 24 hours since Matt Duffy and all that he represents - homegrown talent, Willie Mac Award qualities, an everyman's appeal that reaffirms America's greatness - was traded to ...

Don't thank Kevin Durant for bringing his eye-popping resume or his staggering talent set or his limitless shooting range to the Golden State Warriors.Thank him, mostly, for changing the way we think ...