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Murph: 49ers questions and answers heading into training camp
Like a life preserver thrown to Bay Area sports fans, the NFL season is here to save us from drowning in Giants lousiness.
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Murph: We come to praise, not bury, the Giants’ sellout streak
The Giants’ sellout streak at AT&T Park is over, and the riffs are flying. “Sellout streak? The only thing sold out was Larry Baer’s imaginary world!”
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Murph: Warriors foil the haters again
Any rumors of the Warriors demise have been greatly exaggerated. Or, did not exist at all. These are the salad days. The Warriors are champs, are in their prime, and are ready for more.
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Ball Duding: You gotta get dirty
Matt Cain eyed me in the tunnel leading to the dugout before Wednesday’s Giants-Rockies game. He sized up my ill-fitting pants, my out-of-place jersey and my bearing that projected zero confidence. After all, I was about to be a Ball Dude for the very first time.
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Murph: ‘If Evans is to turn this thing around, he’ll have to nail the market’
Two bits of intrigue remain in the Giants season, which essentially died in this, the month of June. The club totes a 6-18 record this month into Tuesday night’s game vs. Colorado. The two bits: Who gets dealt? Will they lose 100 games? Gotta say, those are some remarkable questions to be asking. When Paulie…
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Murph: LaVar Ball’s star will fade, it’s Lonzo’s time to shine
The NBA is far too big a stage for a player’s Dad to continue to drive the news cycle. I think LaVar’s days of influencing opinion on Lonzo, the newest Los Angeles Laker, are mostly over. His unveiling of a purple-and-gold ‘Big Baller Brand’ hat on Draft Night, his prediction that Lonzo will take the…
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Jun 19, 2017; Atlanta, GA, USA; Atlanta Braves left fielder Danny Santana (23) watches a home run with San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey (28) in the eighth inning at SunTrust Park. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY SportsGiants collapse reminder of darker times
This Giants thing is insane. Never has a Bay Area team collapsed from championship contender to potentially the worst team in the league so utterly, so completely, so swiftly. Or has it happened before?
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Warriors dynasty invites comparisons to 1980s 49ers
The Warriors’ recent run of success and promise of more to come may have fans reminiscing about another Bay Area dynasty – the 1980s 49ers. With comparisons aplenty, the Dubs just need the titles to match the Niners at this point.
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Giants coming home, and everyone’s grumpy
After a middling 3-4 road trip in St. Louis and Chicago, San Francisco fans are frustrated and showing their discontent. With a tough six-game homestand awaiting the Giants, those emotions may not dissipate any time soon.
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Murph: Warriors not yet celebrating due to unfinished business
The Warriors just went 12-0 in the playoffs. Why aren’t they celebrating?
