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  • Murph: Foolishly overanalyzing the Warriors’ loss in Miami

    Murph: Foolishly overanalyzing the Warriors’ loss in Miami

    Yes, the Warriors lost their seventh game of the season to the lowly Miami Heat Monday night. But, on pace for a 69-win season, Murph wonders what it would take for everyone to stop overanalyze the star-studded Dubs.


  • Despite moving, the Warriors aren’t leaving the Bay

    Despite moving, the Warriors aren’t leaving the Bay

    The Golden State Warriors may be moving to a new arena across the water, but Murph reminds us as only Murph can, they aren’t leaving the Bay Area.


  • Do the Warriors have to beat the Cavs next week?

    Do the Warriors have to beat the Cavs next week?

    The Warriors have lost to the Cavaliers four times in a row. KNBR’s Brian Murphy discusses whether or not that fact makes Monday’s game between the two a must win for Golden State.


  • Murph: NFL must step up this weekend after spectacular college football season

    Murph: NFL must step up this weekend after spectacular college football season

    With the college football season ending in spectacular fashion on Monday, and the pro season mostly disappointing, the pressure is on the NFL this weekend to provide us with some much-needed entertainment.


  • Murph: What to do next as a 49ers fan

    Murph: What to do next as a 49ers fan

    Given the dire state of the 49ers, given seeing the once-proud kingdom in ruins, given Jed York’s now-legendary and profoundly depressing 2017 proclamation, “I own this football team. You don’t dismiss owners. I’m sorry that’s the facts, and that’s the case”, what are we all to do?


  • Murph: McCaffrey toeing dangerous line by not playing Sun Bowl

    Murph: McCaffrey toeing dangerous line by not playing Sun Bowl

    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 McCaffrey, Stanford’s star running back, won’t even participate. No trophy for Christian!


  • Murph: Resting players becoming an ‘epidemic in modern NBA’

    Murph: Resting players becoming an ‘epidemic in modern NBA’

    Resting players is 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 look. Nobody likes bad looks.


  • Murph: My cheesy, Thanksgiving, sports list of gratitude

    Murph: My cheesy, Thanksgiving, sports list of gratitude

    There is nothing cheesier than a Thanksgiving-themed “What I’m Thankful For in Sports” column. So, let’s dive in with a Thanksgiving-themed “What I’m Thankful For in Sports” column. I like cheese.


  • Murph: Casilla is the easy target, but Bochy’s bats have let him down

    Murph: Casilla is the easy target, but Bochy’s bats have let him down

    As the Giants, five games back of the Dodgers in the West, 13 to play, arrive at Dodger Stadium tonight, the angel on the shoulder says: “Play it out! Let’s see what happens after 162! Let’s all stand back and enjoy Marty Lurie’s mosaic!”


  • Murph: Kershaw’s return looms as X-factor in Giants-Dodgers race

    Murph: Kershaw’s return looms as X-factor in Giants-Dodgers race

    The Giants and Dodgers are in a virtual neck-and-neck race for the NL West crown. And while the good guys definitely have the better rotation, the bad guys have an ace up their sleeve.