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CBS analyst Packer out after 27 years (AP)

 

Published 7/14/2008 at Yahoo! Sports - NCAA Men's Hoops News

Billy Packer is out after 27 years as the lead college basketball analyst for CBS, making way for Clark Kellogg. Kellogg has done game and studio analysis for CBS for 16 years. He will partner with Jim Nantz on his first Final Four in April. Packer did 34 consecutive Final Fours. "With his unquestioned popularity and performance over the years, Clark Kellogg earned all rights to this top spot," Sean... (link)

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