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This is a Joke, Right? Bob Knight and Billy Packer to Call NCAA Games From Vegas Casino
Storming the Floor — ... Is this real? Naw, this can't be real. I was under the impression that Packer was deported to Papua New Guinea after CBS didn't renew his contract. ...

Billy Packer To Have Second-Best Seat For March Madness [College Basketball]
Deadspin — ... Billy Packer and Bob Knight will host an NCAA tournament show from the sports book at the Wynn in Las Vegas, but it's not about gambling. It's about the games—that people are betting on. [AP/SI] ...

Hell on Earth
Straight Bangin' — ... Somehow, this just feels right: odious, annoying Billy Packer will bring his nattering negativity to a sports book in Vegas, a place filled with degenerate gamblers smoking and eating and loathing themselves to death. Just for kicks, Bob Knight's sneering hostility will be there, too. ...

Giants Fans Smash Cars After Loss To The Eagles [Blog Patrol]
FanIQ Blog — ... [Farther Off The Wall] Downhill hockey skating looks extremely dangerous, and extremely entertaining. [With Leather] Songs written for LeBron's 24th birthday by...Buckethead? [Sporting Blog] ESPN seems a bit displeased that its reporters are starting to become the story, rather than reporting on it. [The Big Lead] Billy Packer won't be announcing the NCAA Tournament anymore, but he will be giving you gambling tips on it. [SI]

Fox Sports Curiously Sticks Billy Packer and Bob Knight in Vegas for March Madness
FanHouse — by Will Brinson Filed under: March Madness, NCAA Basketball Fans, NCAA Basketball Media Watch Las Vegas is, by all accounts the single best place to watch the NCAA men's basketball tournament in it's entirety. The individual games, of course, are much better viewed at the arena themselves, but if you want to catch every single round and every single game, Las Vegas is the ticket. Which probably explains why Fox Sports is sending Billy Packer and Dick Vitale to Sin City for a little analysis once ...

Speed Read: Nothing Meek About Wildcat’s Game
SPORTSbyBROOKS — ... Speaking of basketball and the (not so) distant future, this announcement seemed to slip past most radars yesterday: Bill Packer and Bob Knight are going to be providing NCAA Tournament analysis for FOX SPORTS from Las Vegas during the opening weekend of this spring’s tournament. And, because they’re in Vegas, Packer and Knight are going to be televising their rants from a casino sports book. ...

College Hoops Journal — ... Packer and Knight will be analyzing The Tournament from Vegas later this season. I feel like one of them should have an ashtray full of cigarettes and an inked-out betting card on display in front of them. And how does ESPN feel about this? {AP} ...

The weird Vegas wedding of Billy Packer and Bobby Knight
The Dagger — ... was alight with a story of college basketball media woe: Bob Knight and Billy Packer, grumpy curmudgeons both, are going to be broadcasting the NCAA Tournament from the Wynn Hotel sports book in Las Vegas. No, that is not the premise of an off-broadway play. That is really happening: ...

Guess where I won’t be watching March Madness…
The Scores Report - The National Sports Blog — ... when CBS finally replaced Billy Packer as their main college basketball color commentator. It’s only a matter of time before a guy like Packer finds his next gig, and the news broke earlier this week that he and Bob Knight would be analyzing the NCAA tournament from — where else — a casino sports book. ...