Buffalo Bills radio play-by-play announcer John Murphy was at the National Football League team’s minicamp Tuesday as he continues his road to recovery from the stroke he had at the end of last season.
I was alerted to Murphy’s attendance by Buffalo News sportswriter Mark Gaughan, who covers the Bills.
Murphy told me via text he isn’t ready to be interviewed, but he did send me this reply: “I’m going to wait until late July before I decide whether to come back. Still some recovery to do.”
Chris Brown, who works for the Bills and substituted for Murphy during the Bills’ regular season finale against New England and the team’s two playoff games, is expected to continue in the WGR-AM booth alongside analyst Eric Wood if Murphy is unable to return this season.
Murphy became ill before the highly anticipated “Monday Night Football” game Jan. 2 with the Cincinnati Bengals that ended up being canceled in the first quarter because of the horrific injury to Bills safety Damar Hamlin.
Murphy has been the Bills play-by-play announcer since the late Van Miller retired after the 2003 season. Before that, in the 1980s and the mid-1990s, Murphy was the analyst alongside Miller.
You’ll be seeing new faces at WKBW-TV (Channel 7) soon and might be wondering where some former reporters have gone.
That’s because it’s the time of year for some Syracuse University journalism graduates to depart and others to arrive as part of a partnership with Channel 7’s owner, E.W. Scripps Co.
Multimedia journalist (MMJ) – that’s the way reporters are described these days – Sydni Eure is heading to WTMJ in Milwaukee, the No. 37 market in the country, after one year at Channel 7.
MMJ Krizia Williams is heading to WCPO in Cincinnati, the No. 36 market in the country.
MMJ James Kattato is headed to WAVY in Portsmouth- Norfolk, Va., as a sports anchor and reporter. The station is owned by Nexstar, the same owner as WIVB-TV (Channel 4) and…
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