The Life and Legacy of a Beloved Sports Statistician
The Lead
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3.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 14 December 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Behind every great sports broadcaster is a great statistician -- the person who digs up the numbers that tell us a story about the game we're watching, or help us make sense of the action unfolding before our eyes. Today, The Athletic’s Dan Brown tells us the story of one such statistician, Bo Chapman, who became one of the best and most beloved sports statisticians around, before his life was tragically cut short. Plus, what his family and the Golden State Warriors are doing to honor his legacy -- and to help find the next Bo.
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| 0:07.0 | Hi there, Wondry listeners. Hannah and Sruti here from TrueCram Podcast Redhanded. |
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| 0:46.0 | For as long as his parents can remember, Bo Chapman was really into two things, sports and numbers. |
| 1:00.0 | We used to laugh constantly about conversations we would have with Bo. All he would talk about was sports. |
| 1:09.0 | That's what Bo was. He lived it and he breathed it. |
| 1:13.0 | So it wasn't a huge surprise when he decided to pursue a career that was very similar to his father's. |
| 1:19.0 | Bo became a broadcast statistician, the guy who digs up the numbers that are mentioned on sports broadcasts. |
| 1:25.0 | At some point his father, Jeff Chapman, gave him this piece of advice. |
| 1:29.0 | People don't pick up the newspaper to see a bunch of numbers. They want to read stories. They want to read about people. |
| 1:37.0 | They want context. And I said, Bo, my feeling is the way to differentiate yourself in the stats market is to be a story color with numbers, not just a numbers guy. |
| 1:51.0 | Today, the athletics Dan Brown tells us the story of Bo Chapman. |
| 1:56.0 | How he followed his father's advice to become one of the best and most beloved broadcast statisticians around |
| 2:02.0 | and how in the wake of a terrible tragedy his family is now trying to honor his legacy. |
| 2:07.0 | He saw an opportunity to make a career out of something that very few people can. |
| 2:12.0 | And that's what he was attempting to do when it all had to stop. |
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