Growing up in San Bruno, then a middle-class suburb of San Francisco of almost impossible simplicity, San Bruno Park and its venerable rec center were the hub. The rec is where we went to shoot baskets and play pool and ping pong.
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Murphy Invitational
Notable athletes with marginal tennis skills, unreserved courts, kegs on the court and a lost dog — the Murphy Invitational had it all.
Burlingame Rec
That’s Mike Ciardella (center) with one of his state championship Sacred Heart Prep girls basketball teams. But I knew him when he was just known as “Chubby.” By John Murphy Faithful readers of this blog may recall that I majored in Recreation and not Journalism. It was a curious decision on my part, but IContinue reading “Burlingame Rec”
Warren ‘Scoop’ Wynkoop
By John Murphy My seventh-grade basketball coach, Hank McLaughlin, used to say Thursday was his favorite day … because he’d get home from school, grab some chocolate chip cookies and a glass of milk and read the San Bruno Herald. He wasn’t alone. The shining star of the weekly San Bruno Herald as far asContinue reading “Warren ‘Scoop’ Wynkoop”
Main Street Dog 