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Brad Mangin is a freelance sports photographer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He shot his first San Francisco Giants game in 1987 for the Contra Costa Times. Mangin worked for legendary sports photographer Neil Leifer as a staffer at the National Sports Daily, shot 10 Sports Illustrated covers, and photographed 20 World Series. He donated his archive of over 120,000 baseball photographs to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York. Previously, Mangin and Brian Murphy coauthored Worth the Wait, Never. Say. Die., and Championship Blood. Mangin also published Instant Baseball: The Baseball Instagrams of Brad Mangin. He lives in Pleasanton, California, with his cat, Willie. Brian Murphy is the cohost of the popular Murph & Mac morning show on KNBR 104.5/680, the flagship of the San Francisco Giants. Prior to joining KNBR in 2004, Murphy was a sportswriter for 15 years for the San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Examiner, Santa Rosa Press Democrat, and Los Angeles Times. He coauthored Worth the Wait, Never. Say. Die., and Championship Blood with Brad Mangin. Murphy has also written The San Francisco Giants: 50 Years and San Francisco 49ers: From Kezar to Levi’s Stadium, and coauthored The Last Putt: Two Teams, One Dream, and a Freshman Named Tiger. The UCLA graduate lives in the North Bay with his wife, Candace, and two sons, Declan and Rory.
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