Blake Murphy Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Blue Jays and Raptors host, reporter, and analyst across Sportsnet audio, television, and digital platforms.Co-host of The Raptors Show with Matt Bonner on Sportsnet 590 The Fan and Sportsnet 360. Host of Jays Talk Plus on Sportsnet 590 The FAN and Sportsnet 360, in-season weekdays from 10am-12pm, Canada's #1-rated baseball show. Regular contributor to.

• Write feature articles, columns, and statistical analysis for a variety of sites, audiences, and platforms; Host podcasts covering the Toronto Raptors and Toronto Blue Jays.
• Regularly featured at Vice Sports, The Athletic, Sportsnet and Raptors.com; Frequent guest on TSN and Sportsnet radio channels; Occasional guest television appearances.
• Bylines also include National Post, Fangraphs, Rotographs, The Hardball Times, Beyond the Box Score, TrueHoop, ESPN, Dime/Uproxx, PWInsider, and The Nation Network.
• Covered 2013 and 2014 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference under ESPN media credential.
• Maintain a strong online presence; manage social media and online portfolio.
• Portfolio and archives available at BlakeMurphy.com.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Play-by-play and color commentator for Canadian independent wrestling company SMASH Wrestling.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Assist corporate clients understand the difference between public relations and media relations via seminars or one-on-one sessions. Conduct interview preparation sessions through mock interviews, feedback, and the reporter's perspective.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Consulted with a group of students and project lead to apply newly developed skills to a large-scale final project. Worked as subject-matter expert to shape objectives, guide progress, and offer feedback on multiple project components, helping bring the group's subject-knowledge to a level that allowed them to optimize their work. Sharpened my own.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Cover the Toronto Raptors beat; report news and write feature stories, columns and hard analysis.
• Grow and engage a smart and dedicated audience on a digital-first platform.
• Host of Raptors Reasonablists, a Raptors podcast with 3,500 weekly listeners; occasional producer.
• Assist in coverage of the NBA, Toronto Blue Jays, Toronto Wolfpack, Canada Basketball and special interest stories.
• Represent The Athletic on internal and external podcasts, radio shows and television appearances

• Recruit, coach, and mentor writers, including in-depth editing of initial pitches, career guidance, and assistance growing profile beyond the site; manage content publishing schedule.
• Write instant and long-form analysis, feature articles, and pre- and post-game reports; credentialed media for the last several Toronto Raptors seasons.
• Manage budget, advertising revenue, and content and podcast sponsorship; organize meet-ups and events with reader base, including annual 3-on-3 basketball tournament.
• Diverse and active audience; 125,000 unique visitors and over 1.5 million page views per month.
• Provide Daily Dime and other content for ESPN.com; tweet from ESPN basketball twitter accounts.
• Make regular podcast and radio appearances as Raptors expert; appeared on CTV National News and CP24 discussing NBA playoffs.

Co-host of Columbia House Party, a weekly music podcast revisiting pivotal albums from the last 30-plus years in the punk, indie, and pop scenes. Responsible for episode planning and structuring, research, booking guests, and long-term strategy management.

Co-author of "Chasing a Dream: The Carl English Story," released via Flanker Press in 2019. Worked independently with Carl English to help him tell the story of his life and career.

Toronto, ON

• Write and edit sports news in a time-sensitive manner; make real-time, customized push-alert decisions for hundreds of thousands of team and league subscribers; curate news for mobile-first platform.
• Primarily covering the NBA; some MLB, NHL, NCAAB coverage.
• Provide instant analysis of transactions and injury news; occasional short features and analytic articles.
• Consistently given autonomy leading large projects; led theScore’s NBA Draft coverage in 2014 and 2015.
• Lead small teams for big event coverage and projects; mentor and coach new hires.
• Cover major events like the NBA Draft, NBA trade deadline, and start of NBA free agency.

Vancouver, BC

• Wrote pre- and post-game reports for UBC Thunderbirds website, subject to tight deadlines; primarily covered basketball, hockey, softball, and rugby.
• Wrote feature stories for UBC Thunderbirds website and team programs.
• Performed play-by-play duties for CIS men’s and women’s basketball on CiTR FM and CanadaWest.tv; occasionally performed colour-commentary duties for CIS women’s hockey.

Edmonton, AB

• Interned between semesters covering local high school, post-secondary, and Major Junior sports.
• Produced 24 articles over three weeks, subject to tight deadlines and newspaper standards.
• Pitched unique story ideas, culled sources in the field; pre- and post-game coverage of WHL games.

Cambridge, Ontario

• Responsible for ordering and forecasting North American parts and components for four vehicle models; Individual supply chain included up to 30 suppliers and 600 parts at a given time.
• Created Parts Issue Consolidation System, which merged multiple daily reports into Access database for ease of use and improved parts issue visibility.
• Model Change Build-Out Coordinator, coordinating the run-out of all old model year parts to reduce obsolescence cost and minimize risk of shop downtime while establishing budget, schedule, and targets.
• Organize and monitor small teams for key departmental projects.
• Evaluate, recommend, and help implement industry best practices across manufacturing suppliers.

Cambridge, Ontario

Purchasing and sales for a mid-sized fastener distributor.

Kingston, ON

Resident advisor ("Don") on a floor of first year students, responsible for easing the transition to University life and fostering an open living community.

Kingston, Ontario

Marketing teaching assistant, responsible for grading papers and exams.Research assistant, focused on analyzing self-reported survey data and survey creation for a marketing professor.

Bachelor Of Commerce (B.Com.), Business/Commerce, General

Took a generalist approach with a variety of courses and no official specialization. Primary focus included organizational behaviour.

Master Of Journalism, Journalism

Specialization in Sports Journalism. Incomplete; hired out of the program in 2013.