San Bruno – Main Street Dog

Walking and rolling, hitchhiking, and Patty Hearst

This kid is better looking than I was, he’s tatted up and he would not have passed the Serra High dress code. Otherwise, a perfect match. By John Murphy Today is National Walk and Roll to School Day. Back in the 1960s while attending Catholic grammar school, we didn’t have this junk. As a firstContinue reading “Walking and rolling, hitchhiking, and Patty Hearst”

Bringing Bruno back

A photo from the mid-1970s with some of the rec rats, including rec leader Paul Accinelli (far left), yours truly next to Accinelli, the late Joe Krumm with the long hair, my BFF Keith Larsen, rec leader Jim Beck, Mitch Fontaine in the front row on the left and Mike Mitchell, the little guy onContinue reading “Bringing Bruno back”

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”

Murphy Invitational

Notable athletes with marginal tennis skills, unreserved courts, kegs on the court and a lost dog — the Murphy Invitational had it all.

Box of memories

By John Murphy The other day I received a letter from my credit union saying all the safe deposit boxes were closing. I had to move my contents. So on Saturday I hit the bank and scanned the goodies. They included about 100 baseball cards of one Hall of Fame player I won’t mention byContinue reading “Box of memories”

Bill Webb

That’s probably when I met the late Bill Webb. I recruited his son to play hoops. Bill and I became fast friends.

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”