{"id":27743,"date":"2026-08-31T08:22:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T12:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/?p=27743"},"modified":"2026-08-30T17:45:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T21:45:19","slug":"keeping-score-art-bayern-54","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/2026\/08\/31\/keeping-score-art-bayern-54\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping Score: Art Bayern \u201954"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/08\/20260412_znn_a27_001-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Two men stand at half court of San Antonio Spurs basketball court with framed jersey, highlighting the number 50\" class=\"wp-image-27745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/08\/20260412_znn_a27_001-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/08\/20260412_znn_a27_001-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/08\/20260412_znn_a27_001-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/08\/20260412_znn_a27_001-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/08\/20260412_znn_a27_001-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/08\/20260412_znn_a27_001-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/08\/20260412_znn_a27_001.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Art Bayern \u201954 (right); photo by Reginald Thomas II, San Antonio Express-News via ZUMA Press Wire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For 50 years, San Antonio Spurs fan Art Bayern \u201954 had what he calls \u201cthe best seat in the house.\u201d This spring, the longtime team statistician retired after working more than 2,000 NBA games courtside, operating the game clock, shot clock, and scoreboard. His tenure began in the team\u2019s ABA days and spanned five NBA championships. In recognition of his service, the Spurs honored him during their regular-season finale in April, presenting Bayern with a framed No. 50 jersey bearing his name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An attorney who settled in San Antonio after earning his law degree from the University of Texas in 1965, Bayern says it wasn\u2019t just his loyalty to the team that kept him coming back season after season. It was also the friendships he formed with fellow members of the stats crew. The group included people from \u201call walks of life,\u201d he says, from military veterans and coaches to insurance agents and physical therapists. \u201cIt was like a cross-section of the world,\u201d Bayern says. \u201cJust a fun bunch of people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even as he steps away from the scorer\u2019s table, Bayern isn\u2019t leaving the Spurs behind. He has already purchased a 10-game ticket package for next season and plans to catch the rest of the schedule, as he puts it, \u201cat home on TV.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Antonio Spurs fan Art Bayern \u201954 retired after 50 years as the team statistician. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1272,"featured_media":27745,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[354,41,1553,4278],"coauthors":[1720],"class_list":["post-27743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-alumni-spotlights","category-alumni-updates","tag-alumni","tag-basketball","tag-retirement","tag-san-antonio-spurs"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/palXSH-7dt","amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/08\/20260412_znn_a27_001.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1272"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27743"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27909,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27743\/revisions\/27909"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27743"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=27743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}