Category Archives: Brian Murphy
Warriors dynasty invites comparisons to 1980s 49ers
Attention, all you kids 30 and under. Listen to your boy Old Man Murph. This Warriors thing is pretty cool. How cool? So cool, I am here to tell you: Kids, these are your glory days 49ers. Understand,...
Jun 13, 2017
Giants coming home, and everyone’s grumpy
Had to block a guy on Twitter today over the Giants. Well, I didn't *have* to. I chose to. Because sometimes it's sort of fun. Anyway, the gent's offense was to send me a drawing of a giant middle fin...
May 25, 2017
Murph: Warriors not yet celebrating due to unfinished business
The Warriors won the NBA's Western Conference. They are Western Conference champions. There is no team better in the West. What's more, they went 12 and gosh darn zero en route to that prestigious tit...
May 23, 2017
Murph: Bonds to the Wall of Fame; So when’s the statue?
The Giants made a little news this week by announcing that Barry Bonds will have a plaque unveiled in his honor on the team's "Wall of Fame" outside of AT&T Park before the July 8 game against Mia...
May 19, 2017
For Giants’ offense, hope is not a strategy
Here's how blah the Giants’ 2017 season has been - the Bay-wide adrenaline rush from big Mike Morse's smilin' round-tripper on Wednesday night, the shot through the night that was supposed to ig...
Apr 28, 2017
Coach Kerr’s health scare has inspired the Warriors
The Warriors' 2016-17 postseason run has taken on an air of inevitability, fueled by inspiration.On March 11, coach Steve Kerr made the momentous decision to sit Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond...
Apr 25, 2017
History tells us Giants’ rough start should be taken seriously
Every morning the past week or so, whenever Paulie Mac and I start to look at this 2017 Giants roster and complain of acid reflux, the Cache Creek Text Line inevitably buzzes with an admonishment: Sam...
Apr 20, 2017
Murph: Warriors can start re-thinking about that 1-Seed
A week ago, I sat down at my Jock Blog office and said: "Jock Blog like you've never jock blogged before. Tell the people the truth, jock blogger." The result was my Jock Blog of March 14, headlined: ...
Mar 22, 2017
Murph: Will Matt Cain earn a spot on the Giants’ 25-man roster?
Matt Cain pitches for the Giants Friday night in the Cactus League. Yeah, you're thinking, so what? It's St. Patrick's Day and you've got some reveling to do and some March Madness brackets to follow ...
Mar 16, 2017
Start thinking about that No. 2 seed, Warriors
The Western Conference number one seed, we hardly knew ye. It appears that way, friends. With 16 games left for both the Warriors and the rival San Antonio Spurs, a glance at the remaining month of ba...
Mar 14, 2017
