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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

LEWISTON, N.Y. — Frank Layden, a Niagara University graduate who coached the Purple Eagles before finding success in the NBA ...

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 ...

Niagara alum Calvin Murphy points to the crowd during a timeout against Quinnipiac during the first half of a men's college basketball game at the Gallagher Center on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023.

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 ...

Calvin Murphy is a Hall of Fame legend.When considering the entirety of his journey from an NBA player to the broadcasting realm (now a Space City Home Network analyst), he is currently in his ...