deadspin.com - 7/15/2008
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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 calling the North Carolina-Kansas regional final game over midway through the first half. Advertisers kind of hate when announcers do that. ...
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"It's Over" For Billy Packer
Storming the Floor —
... But as you have most certainly heard by now, Billy Packer is out at CBS after calling 34 consecutive Final Fours, to be replaced by Clark Kellogg. As one may suspect, the general populace of college basketball is umm, somewhat ...
A Long Overdue Move By CBS
Bruins Nation —
... and his bitterness" exit stage right:
Like most college basketball fans, I’m excited to see Packer and his bitterness leave the airwaves (although I’m sure that rtmsf is sad to see a Wake Forest alum lose his job). While Packer has certainly become an institution (of hatred) in college basketball, it seems like in recent year, Packer has been more controversial than normal although that may just be a recency effect.
Clay over at Deadspin poured it on:
Personally ever since Billy Packer ...
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Adios, Billy Packer!
rushthecourt.wordpress.com 7/15/2008 — In a move that we are certain will generate a ton of praise around the college basketball world (and the blogosphere), CBS has decided to not renew everyone’s least favorite curmudgeon Billy Packer (h/t to The Big Lead for pointing this out). ...
CBS and Packer part ways
unc5corners.blogspot.com 7/15/2008 — This morning on Mike & Mike in the Morning and then reading around several places on the internet it looks like Billy Packer is done at CBS doing the NCAA Tournament. From this article from ESPN (one of many that talks about this subject) the point is clear.
No emotional farewell for stubborn Packer -
newsday.com 7/15/2008 — "It just isn't," he said from his home in North Carolina. "I've never looked upon stuff like that." Um, how about a favorite game or other memory? No dice. And there will be no book, either. "I have things I want to do that are more productive than ...
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