Good-bye, San Bruno Rec

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.

Fifteen minutes of fame

Back in the 1960s and the 70s, the Warriors practiced at San Bruno War Memorial Gym where I played as a kid. By John Murphy You’ve heard of “15 minutes of fame?” Well, this was mine. Back in 1975, when I was 19, the Golden State Warriors swept the Washington Bullets four games to zeroContinue reading “Fifteen minutes of fame”