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How you think about Calvin Murphy all depends on your age. If you're Murphy's age - he turns 77 later this week - you might remember him as the small-school college wunderkind where he was an All ...
They finally got a player, the ‘go-to man’ in those last four minutes,” Rockets legend Calvin Murphy says of Kevin Durant’s arrival in Houston.
Calvin Murphy, newly named to the NBA Hall of Fame, at the Summit on Feb. 8, 1993. John Everett/Houston Chronicle Calvin Murphy of Niagara University shown March 1967.
He’s not a ball-stopper,” Tomjanovich says. “He’s the kind of guy who gets passes and shoots jumpers off of picks. I think he ...
When discussing NCAA and NBA legends, Calvin Murphy often comes up as a unique story. He’s a player who redefined what was possible for athletes of smaller stature. Standing at just 5-foot-9 ...
HOUSTON — Function over fashion can best be used to describe Rockets' broadcaster Calvin Murphy -- who's proven over the years he can wear just about anything. Let's rewind. In February 1980 ...
ALL those years and all Calvin Murphy ever felt was excitement, confidence, the heat of the competition. All those games and all Calvin Murphy ever knew was that he had to run faster, work harder ...
Calvin Murphy had children who pinned posters of NBA legend Michael Jordan on the walls of their bedrooms, but they wouldn’t pin a poster of Murphy himself on the walls next to another one of ...
Frank Layden, celebrated NBA coach and executive, passed away at 93, ... with Calvin Murphy leading the way. Layden coached at his alma mater, Niagara University, from 1968 to 1976.
Norwalk High grad and NBA hall of famer Calvin Murphy tosses the coin at the start of the annual Norwalk/ Brien McMahon Thanksgiving Day football game at Norwalk High School in Norwalk, Conn. on ...