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  • Now THAT’S a trade!

    Now THAT’S a trade!

    The dog in Jimmy Butler is just what the doctor ordered for the Warriors.


  • Jock Blog: They got Steph his help, Are we all happy now?
    Jan 17, 2025; Miami, Florida, USA; Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler (22) shoots a free-throw against the Denver Nuggets during the third quarter at Kaseya Center. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images

    Jock Blog: They got Steph his help, Are we all happy now?

    It was always a sensitive situation, the “GET STEPH SOME HELP BEFORE WE ALL DIE” argument.  For starters: Yeah, sure, it would be awesome if Steph Curry and the Warriors were loaded to the gills every year with clones of prime Kevin Durant, prime Andre Iguodala and prime Shaun Livingston. Who wouldn’t want that?  But…


  • Giants cutting payroll not amazingly great news

    Giants cutting payroll not amazingly great news

    PHOTO: ROBERT EDWARDS By Brian Murphy The Dodgers are spending more money to win than any team in baseball history. The Giants appear to be dumping salary. This, sports fans, is what you call “sub-optimal”. It stinks that all-time Giants icon Buster Posey has to preside over a Giants team whose ownership group is telling…


  • Saleh is back, maybe, and that’s a huge win. Maybe

    Saleh is back, maybe, and that’s a huge win. Maybe

    IF Saleh indeed takes the gig, the 49ers have answered perhaps their biggest off-season question not named Brock Purdy’s bank account with a resounding YES.


  • Jock Blog: Who are we to complain about the Warriors?
    Nov 12, 2024; San Francisco, California, USA; Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) reacts after making a layup against the Dallas Mavericks in the fourth quarter at the Chase Center. Mandatory Credit: Cary Edmondson-Imagn Images

    Jock Blog: Who are we to complain about the Warriors?

    Boy, writing a Jock Blog about the Warriors seems like entering a minefield. These past few days have been rather dramatic in the land of a team that used to be known as “playing with joy” — remember those ancient days? Back before TikTok? The Warriors are at that place known as the crossroads, as…


  • Happy New Year, now what are we gonna do with Brock?

    Happy New Year, now what are we gonna do with Brock?

    PHOTO: SERGIO ESTRADA Hello, 2025. You’re sure to be a fascinating year. You will reveal to us how good Buster Posey is at his new job. You will reveal to us just what the heck Mike Dunleavy and Steph Curry are going to do about this basketball mess. And you will reveal to us the…


  • Murph gives the 2025 prognoses for the Bay Area’s ailing Big Three 

    Final Jock Blog of 2024 and I’ve got bad news for you, Bay Area: No championships this year, kids. (With apologies to Stanford women’s sailing, of course. The canvas can do miracles. Just you wait and see.) The 49ers huffed and puffed and couldn’t blow the Super Bowl house down in February in Las Vegas.…


  • Jock Blog: Good riddance, 2024 season
    Dec 12, 2024; Santa Clara, California, USA; San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel Sr (1) before the game against the Los Angeles Rams at Levi’s Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-Imagn Images

    Jock Blog: Good riddance, 2024 season

    The mercy kill for a lost season finally arrived in the holiday rain of a Great America parking lot, on a Thursday night in December.  Rams 12, 49ers 6. It was worse than it sounds. Thank the football gods. It was never going to happen this year, as I was just saying to my pal…


  • Jock Blog: We must chill. The 49ers are not firing and should not fire Kyle Shanahan
    Nov 17, 2024; Santa Clara, California, USA; San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan on the sideline against the Seattle Seahawks in the second quarter at Levi’s Stadium. Mandatory Credit: David Gonzales-Imagn Images

    Jock Blog: We must chill. The 49ers are not firing and should not fire Kyle Shanahan

    We must chill. No one is trading Kyle Shanahan to the Chicago Bears, the Chicago Cubs, the Chicago White Sox or the Chicago Bulls. Even the Chicago Sky is out of luck. No Shanahan in a trucker hat roaming the hardwood. Nor is anyone firing Kyle Shanahan as head coach of the San Francisco 49ers.…


  • Jock Blog: About that 49ers Toast …

    Jock Blog: About that 49ers Toast …

    The 49ers look physically and emotionally tired. It’s OK to say it, and it’s OK to understand it. You can’t win ‘em all, kids.