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New To Us: “Rumor” Packer Getting Pushed Out?
Published 3/18/2008 by Brooks at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... tend to push the most interesting tidbits in their latest published submissions to the bottom of the piece? ( No, that pesky ocular degeneration not reason for “rumor”) Teddy Greenstein of the CHICAGO TRIBUNE does that today, with a passing reference to a “rumor” apparently floating around that this will be Billy Packer’s last NCAA tournament as a broadcaster for CBS. More than halfway through the piece, Greenstein has this wishful thinking : A CBS Sports spokeswoman shot down a rumor that this would be Billy Packer’s last NCAA tournament . It will be Packer’s 34th Final ...

Rumors Of Billy Packer's Retirement Surface In Chicago
Published 3/18/2008 by Awful Announcing- at Awful Announcing
... why I didn't address Bob Costas' comments, but this item got me thinking....where are all of these blogs that start rumors? I think I wrote about one when the whole Herbstreit-Michigan thing can up, but that was just a joke. I can really think of only one major blog that regularly features rumors, but most of those seem to pan out. I think both mediums do their fair share of rumor milling, don't you? New To Us: “Rumor” Packer Getting Pushed Out? (Sports by Brooks) Blackhawks near deal to televise all 82 games (Chicago Tribune)

High-profile Hawks
Published 3/18/2008 by Howard Burns at SPORTS COUCH POTATO
... The plan for the 2008-09 season, McDonough told the Chicago Tribune, is for all 82 Blackhawks games to be televised. While the lion's share of games would be on Comcast SportsNet, McDonough said the team is talking to various partners about a limited broadcast package as well. While McDonough stressed no deals are set the Tribune reported as many as 25-30 games could be on free television. Tribune's own WGN-TV is a possibility — it was the home of Blackhawk road telecasts in the 1960s and early '70s. ...