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CBS lets veteran hoops analyst Packer go, promotes Kellogg - NCAA Division I Mens Basketball - CBSSports.com Live Scores, Standings, Stats
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CBS lets veteran hoops analyst Packer go, promotes Kellogg - NCAA Division I Mens Basketball - CBSSports.com Live Scores, Standings, Stats
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Billy Packer joined the CBS Sports team in 1981. (Getty Images)

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Rumors and Rants:  THERE IS A GOD

tonyblogs.net - Sports news, humor, videos and prognostications.:  CBS wises up, replaces Packer with Kellogg

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THERE IS A GOD
Rumors and Rants — ... After three decades of torturing fans with his insufferable prick demeanor, Billy Packer is out at CBS. Good-bye, Billy. In the words of Peter Venkman (at 3:10 of this ...

CBS wises up, replaces Packer with Kellogg
tonyblogs.net - Sports news, humor, videos and prognostications. — You probably already heard by now that CBS has decided to drop Billy Packer from its broadcasting team. He will be replaced by Clark Kellogg in the booth next to Jim Nantz. ...

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miamiherald.com 7/14/2008 — College basketball commentator Billy Packer, who has announced 34 consecutive Final Fours on network television and created a few controversies along the way, will not be returning to CBS for a 28th season, The Miami Herald has learned.
After 34 years, CBS' Packer done with Final Four, report says - Men's College Basketball
sports.espn.go.com 7/14/2008 — Billy Packer's streak of Final Fours is over after 34 years, The Miami Herald reported Monday. Packer, a color commentator, will be replaced in CBS' coverage by studio analyst Clark Kellogg, network representative Leslie Anne Wade confirmed to the ...
Rejoice, George Mason. Billy Packer is No More
stetsports.com 7/14/2008 — The sad thing is that he really is an intelligent basketball mind. His intelligence for the sport, however, was commonly shielded by his disdain for any team outside of the ACC, foul disposition behind the microphone, and general desire to be a douchebag.
Goodbye, Billy. Hello … Clark? Aw, F*ck.
brahsome.com 7/14/2008 — Billy Packer has called his last Final Four, folks. That’s right. The bastion of CBS gerontological stubbornness is stepping down from his post as the nation’s top analyst in college basketball [by virtue of default]. This would be ...
NCAA Final Four Broadcaster, Archangel of Death, Billy Packer Axed from CBS After 34 Years [Billy Packer]
deadspin.com 7/15/2008 — Now maybe everybody's least favorite grandpa will age. Jim Nantz will be paired with Clark Kellogg at the Final Four according to the Miami Herald This rumor had been floating around for quite some time and supposedly the final straw was Packer ...
DeCourcy: Despite reputations, Packer had his strengths — Latest Sporting News Articles for College Basketball 7/14/2008
Billy Packer often found himself out of his commentary depth, but when he stuck to what he knew, he was solid.
'The game is over' for Packer at CBS — Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs 7/14/2008
College basketball analyst Billy Packer and CBS have parted ways after 27 years. He will be replaced as the network’s lead color commentator by nice guy Clark Kellogg. Although Packer has an astute basketball mind and strong, perceptive ...
Billy Packer: Decision to stop calling games was mutual — Latest Sporting News Articles for College Basketball 7/14/2008
Longtime college basketball analyst Billy Packer disputes
Packer's out, Kellogg in on college basketball broadcasts — chicagotribune.com - Sports 7/14/2008
Billy Packer didn't sound like a man who found out his 34-year run as part of the Final Four broadcast had ended.
It’s a Miracle Billy Packer Lasted This Long — Bleacher Report - College Basketball 7/14/2008
It was announced today that Billy Packer will no longer occupy the featured analyst chair for CBS Sport’s presentation of the Final Four. With much speculation on this subject during the 2008 Final Four, it should come as no surprise that after ...