Category Archives: #Jim Murray

Jim Murray, Feb. 15, March 2, 1961

Posted on March 2, 2011 by lmharnisch

        Feb. 15, March 2, 1961: Jim Murray writes about a Friars Club roast of Leo Durocher, and visits the Las Vegas training camps of boxers Gene Fullmer and Sugar Ray Robinson before their upcoming bout.  Notice … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, Feb. 28, 1961

Posted on February 28, 2011 by lmharnisch

        Feb. 28, 1961: I’ll have to double up on Jim Murray columns so that I can pick up the first two weeks, but I don’t imagine many people will complain. Here’s his column from Feb. 13 … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray’s Sports Column Starts in The Times

Posted on February 28, 2011 by lmharnisch

        Feb. 12, 1961: Jim Murray’s column makes its debut in The Times: “I have been urged by my friends — all of whom mean well — to begin writing in this space without introducing myself, as … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, Feb. 14, March 1, 1961

Posted on February 28, 2011 by lmharnisch

       Feb. 14, 1961 and March 1, 1961: Jim Murray has a column about prizefighter Norman Letcher… and looks into karate. In case you’re wondering what on earth is wrong with the Daily Mirror, I missed the debut … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray: Don’t Kill the Umpire, Feb. 26, 1961

Posted on February 26, 2011 by lmharnisch

       Feb. 26, 1961: It has been far too long since we checked in with Jim Murray, so here’s a column about umpires. And for fans of sportswriter Jeane Hoffman (you know who you are) we have an … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray: John Wooden Is the Best Coach in the History of College Basketball

Posted on June 6, 2010 by lmharnisch

  USC stalls UCLA, 46-44, the Bruins’ first defeat at Pauley Pavilion. March 9, 1969: Sports columnist Jim Murray calls John Wooden “the best basketball coach in the history of the collegiate game — or maybe the game, period. He … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, March 20, 1980

Posted on March 20, 2010 by lmharnisch

March 20, 1980: Jim Murray on the Fosbury flop.

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Jim Murray, March 13, 1980

Posted on March 13, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Jim Murray backs so far into a profile of Bear Bryant that he just about goes through the guardrail and down into the Grand Canyon.

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Jim Murray, March 11, 1980

Posted on March 11, 2010 by lmharnisch

Jim Murray writes about Johnny Miller, for whom golf came easily until he hit his “wall of pain.”

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‘The Tin Drum’ Opens Filmex 80

Posted on March 4, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Jim Murray on "They Call Me Assassin." More on the jump, plus Kevin Thomas on "The Tin Drum" for the opening of Filmex 80.

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Jim Murray – Making of a Man

Posted on February 24, 2010 by lmharnisch

     Feb. 24, 1980: Jim Murray profiles golfer Tom Watson.

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Jim Murray, The Marrying Kind

Posted on February 21, 2010 by lmharnisch

       Feb. 21, 1980: Pro golfers really, really love their old clubs! Ask Lou Graham.

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Jim Murray on the Olympics

Posted on February 7, 2010 by lmharnisch

    Feb. 7, 1980: Jim Murray writes, “The International Olympic Committee is a body of men made up largely of dukes and earls and lords and millionaires who look at the world through monocles, probably because they do not … Continue reading →

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