CBS Suits Seriously Considering Packer Ouster?

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Rumors Flying That Billy Packer Might Finally Be Out At CBS
Published 4/21/2008 by Awful Announcing- at Awful Announcing
... even told a woman worker at Cameron Indoor Stadium, "Since when do we let women control who gets into a men's basketball game? Why don't you go find a women's game to let people into?" Every single time CBS defends the guy and for what? All of the sexist, racist and idiotic remarks take a backseat to the guy losing the network millions of dollars. Either way.....it's time to make the move CBS. Billy Packer can't dance around the stir at CBS (NY Daily News) CBS Suits Seriously Considering Packer Ouster? (Sports by Brooks) It's Time CBS, Get ...

Billy Packer may have called his last Final Four
Published 4/21/2008 at The Dagger
... end up happening, the data shows that there won't be a lot of tears shed for Mr. Packer in the sports blogosphere (he's all the way down at the bottom). I'm not as anti-Packer as the rest of the world appears to be, but the man has called the last 34 Final Fours. It's got to end at some point If this was indeed his last one, no one's going to be heading to their grave saying, "If only I could have heard more Billy Packer." Gracias, Sports by Brooks.

Is Billy Packer in Trouble at CBS?
Published 4/21/2008 by Josh Alper at FanHouse
... for this, he's getting a raw deal. It's high irony, or highrony if you prefer. Packer blows the call of Memphis failing to foul on Kansas's game-tying possession on Monday night, years of trash get defended by the network beyond the reasonable expectation for any public figure and then a rare, accurate assessment of a game gets rewarded with a pink slip. The last thing we need is more announcers who lie to us about the things we see right in front of our eyes. (H/T SportsbyBrooks)   Permalink | Email this ...

Will CBS Give Billy Packer The Pink Slip?
Published 4/21/2008 by Anthony Hall at MVN Outsider
... decide to show Packer the door. Bill Raftery is a helluva lot more entertaining than Packer, and deserves a chance as CBS’ top college basketball commentator. Does a declaration that the Kansas-UNC game was ‘over’ warrant Packer’s firing? I don’t think so. More than anything, I’d just like to see him leave the network because CBS has better commentators than Packer who deserve to move up a notch in the broadcasting ranks. HT: SPORTSbyBROOKS

THE NEWS
Published 4/22/2008 by mondesishouse at Mondesishouse.com
... --The Canadiens eliminated the Bruins in a Game 7 last night, so Bill Simmons can jump back off the bandwagon. --Mel Kiper vows to quit if Matt Ryan drops below #8. Please, NFL GMs, make this happen. --Could Billy Packer be gone as well? --Here's a middle finger for Hank Steinbrenner. --The Pirates' change in atmosphere explained pictorally. --It's David Beckham's week - in two photos. --A fistfight erupted at the site of Jesus' tomb on Orthodox Palm Sunday. ...

Report: CBS Finally Pulling the Plug on Billy Packer
Published 10 days ago by jason at SPORTSbyBROOKS
For all those hoping that Billy Packer would soon be sent packing from CBS basketball broadcasts, your prayers have apparently been answered . Billy Packer looking at sign Barry Jackson of the MIAMI HERALD reports that the aggravating analyst will not be returning to the network next season, ending 27 years as a b-ball blowhard for the Columbia Broadcasting System. Both Packer & a CBS spokesperson confirmed Sunday night that Billy wasn’t coming back. The 68-year-old Packer had offered his interesting and/or inane insights for 34 straight Final Fours, starting at NBC before jumping to CBS in 1981. And when any longtime media figure gets the ...