Brian Murphy

Joined: Jun 16, 2022

High School Sports

Like father, like son: Edina goalie brings championship full circle

High School Sports

Tournament Thursday at Mancini's: the quintessential Minnesota hockey tradition

MN Timberwolves

Brian Murphy: Minnesota hearts are Wolves' for the taking despite primetime stumble

MN Wild

Brian Murphy: Beware of the Wild as they are inevitable

NFL News and Rumors

Brian Murphy: The NFL is a vice, making it easier to overlook league's player injury shame

"Football players and fans must decide if the risks associated with their beloved sport are acceptable," writes Brian Murphy.

MN Wild

Brian Murphy: Wild's metamorphosis from dead team walking to NHL pace car

This is their second four-game winning streak under Hynes, who is pulling all the right levers and milking the adrenaline rush of a regime change for all it’s worth.

MN Timberwolves

Season's Greetings from Target Center, aka the happiest place in America

The Timberwolves sent the Lakers packing, and a sold-out crowd home happy.

MN Gophers

Brian Murphy: P.J. Fleck's tone-deafness is ear-splitting

Macro level, Fleck’s seventh season with the oars was a disaster.

MN Wild

Effort is there, but Wild's excuses are running out in a mistake-plagued season

It’s been 18 long days since the Wild tasted victory and the bitterness is soaking in.

MLB News and Rumors

Brian Murphy: MLB: Stay out of November and the NBA’s way

There is no reason baseball should be played later than Oct. 20-25, says Brian Murphy.

MN Wild

Brian Murphy: Brock Faber's coming-out party sets Wild's goals

Faber and Gustavsson set the tone in the opener. Can they carry the torch?

MN Twins

Brian Murphy: October should no longer be dreaded but anticipated

There is much to admire and be optimistic about with the Twins.

MN Twins

Brian Murphy: Royce Lewis is no ordinary Joe

Joe Mauer gave words of encouragement to Royce Lewis, who slugged two homers to help the Twins end a wicked playoff losing streak.

MN Twins

Brian Murphy: Pablo Lopez could be Twins' postseason life saver

Postseason games so often come down to which starting pitcher can hold off hard-hitting opponents and project confidence.

MN Vikings

Murphy: Dispatches from another NFL weekend in Knuckledragger Nation

Fights in New England and racist targeting of the Vikings' Mattison are yet more examples of NFL's coarsening culture.

MN Vikings

Brian Murphy: Aaron Rodgers’ sad demise turned a true reckoning into a pity party

Six months of hype and hope ruptured in a New York minute.