thebiglead.com - 4/22/2008
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A most curious item turned up in Bob Raissman’s New York Daily News media column over the weekend: Is college basketball announcing fixture Billy Packer on thin ice at CBS ? It’s a bizarre theory, based seemingly on the foundation of these four points:
* Packer’s racist history!
* Packer’s premature Kansas-UNC call !
* Packer popping off (sorta) in an interview ...
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Here are some links to get you through the rest of your day: * Is Billy Packer in trouble? - Read the Big Lead and find out. * Jason Taylor - master of the dance floor - the Sports Hernia. * Television GMs in Boston have anger management issues - Barstool Sports. * The Sports Guy is in a Dakota state of mind - Awful Announcing. * Something tells me while he won't admit it, Matt Millen is Greg Robinson's role model - the Ghosts of Wayne Fontes. * Beating the NFL's drug testing policy - it's not as hard as it ...
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