The Murph Blog

As this Jock Blog is being scribbled on Wednesday afternoon, May 13, 2026, the Giants are 18-24 and that dog don't hunt, sports fans. However! Intrigue remains supreme around the local nine. Buster Posey's reign as president of baseball operations has fans both dying to see the hometown hero succeed, and dying as his t...

By Brian Murphy Is Steve Kerr sticking around to coach the Golden State Warriors? Do the Warriors want Steve Kerr to stick around? And if so, what will the roster look like when Steve Kerr sticks around? Geez, man. I dunno. Ask someone in the inner circle - like Greg Silver. But if our chipper midday wunderkind won't s...

By Brian Murphy All right, all right. No more on-air morning rants for the KNBR social media guys to clip and post. Darn you, click-bait social team! Ha. Of course the Jock Blog stands by Friday morning's vent session. The daily-double loser of twin walk-offs in the City of Brotherly Despair last Thursday felt like sea...

By Brian Murphy "Build through the draft", wise elders of 49ers championship teams said, and Joe Montana, Ronnie Lott, Keena Turner and Jerry Rice rose and waved to the crowd. "How's that working out for the 49ers lately?", the same elders asked, as Jake Moody, Cam Latu, Danny Gray and Trey Lance sl...

By Brian Murphy Was it worth it? All the justifiable hand-wringing about age and injury? Acquiring players like Al Horford, who remembers life before mobile phones? Trading young and robust Jonathan Kuminga for more brittle Kristaps Porzingis? Building a roster older and slower and farther and farther away from a champ...

By Brian Murphy At the risk of posting a third straight Jock Blog about the Giants . . . Man, the Giants seem to be rattling some Bay Area sports fan cages. A 3-8 start will do that. It will cause a pitcher who has only worn the orange and black for three career starts to note that "everyone was s-ting on us"...

By Brian Murphy The Jock Blog spent last week bitching and moaning about Netflix, and the Giants went 2-3 in the post-Netflix era as they start a seven-game homestead Thursday night, so what can we bitch and moan about now? I know, I know - Casey Schmitt at first base, right? How about we refrain from the bitch and moa...

By Brian Murphy I do believe it was George W. Bush who once said of a president's inaugural address: "That was some weird s-t." I'm going with that pat description to summarize Wednesday's Netflix Nonsense at the corner of Third and King. Buster Posey called the Giants' 7-0 loss to the New York Yankees "...

By Brian Murphy Six. Days. Away. Giants baseball, sports fans. Get ready to start your angst. The Giants host the New York Yankees - heard of them? - on Wednesday night, March 25 and Logan Webb will throw the first pitch at 5:05 pm at Oracle Park and it's all so cool and thrilling that Netflix is going to stream it for...

By Brian Murphy Presumed Chicago Bears fan Ferris Bueller is the guy who gave American pop culture the catch phrase "life comes at ya fast" - but even the rascal Bueller can't imagine the speed of change in NFL free agency. Like, "Maxx Crosby is a Raven and then a Raider comes at ya fast", or "...