Category: Note to Self

Brian Murphy “America is all about speed. Hot, nasty, bad-ass speed.” – Eleanor Roosevelt Let me start off by saying that this week’s column shouldn’t have my photo next to it – instead you should see a picture of a stamp, as I am figuratively mailing it in …

Brian Murphy I wanted to take a moment to sincerely thank the Washington Wizards for the joy they have brought into my life, specifically over the last two weeks. Just when we all thought we’d be in for a lull after seeing the Redskins and Capitals eliminated in …

Brian Murphy I am an orphan. I thought long and hard about it, and this seems like the best way to get it out there for everyone. It’s still a fresh wound and very painful to talk about, but my therapist seems to think that confronting it head …

Brian Murphy Last month I wrote a column in hopes of letting North America in on what the rest of the world already knows, that Alexander Ovechkin is the best player in the National Hockey League. My point was that while ESPN and all of Pennsylvania continues to …

Brian Murphy Do you know where you were on March 29, 1987? I do. I was spending the weekend at my grandparents’ house in Hampton, Virginia. And why do I remember exactly where I was more than 20 years ago? Because, if it were up to me, I …