Category Archives: Brian Murphy

Photo: Robert EdwardsAll right, Buster. Whatcha got?Now that the visceral part of satisfying dissatisfied Giants fans is over- Buster Posey! Running the Giants! Really! Buster Posey! - there remains t...

Apr 28, 2023; Oakland, California, USA; Oakland Athletics fans hold signs reading "keep the possum, get rid of the rats", "Fisher sucks" and "we want Rob & Ryan" during the fifth inning Cincinnati...

Jul 26, 2024; Santa Clara, CA, USA; San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy (13) throws a pass during Day 4 of training camp at SAP Performance Facility. Mandatory Credit: D. Ross Cameron-USA TODA...

Mark J. Rebilas | 2023 Nov 8"Directionless mediocrity""A mishmash of mixed messages on a road to nowhere""What's the plan?"These phrases - none used by the Bill Belichick Patriots or the Steve Kerr Wa...

The Jock Blog is about to take a mighty two-week hiatus and won't return until the week of August 11, leaving me with this week's topic: What kind of summer will the 49ers have?The summer is not ...

Nothing like cramming for a final exam, as I was just saying to my 20-year-old college self.The Giants are staring at the July 30 trading deadline like the proverbial student who has spent the entire ...

Mike Dunleavy, Jr - unveil your grease board, good sir.Ever since the fateful night of April 16, 2024, the very eve that the Sacramento Kings trucked the overmatched Golden State Warriors, 118-94, we'...

Here's a sentence I never thought the Jock Blog would type:Where do you stand on the Slater Wars?And I know what you're thinking: Wait . . . there are Slater Wars?Shout out to the Waterboy in the morn...

Because this is a Jock Blog, and because it's worth the paper it's written on, let's go there.Let's do the 49ers 2024 Schedule.Wins and Losses. Week by Week. That fruitless, hopeless waste of time and...

Sergio Estrada-USA TODAY Sports.Consider this Jock Blog of May 10, 2024 to be the first of many 2024 49ers-related Jock Blogs to ask the same question:Given that rookies and undrafted free agents repo...