Summary
Billy Packer is a nationally known sportscaster and is has ties to the Lehigh Valley area. Packer is from New York and is a graduate of Liberty High School in the Bethlehem Area School District in Bethlehem, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. and went to college at Wake Forest University. Packer is best know for his broadcasting coverage of NCAA men's college basketball.
Billy Packer is a nationally known sportscaster and is has ties to the Lehigh Valley area. Packer is from New York and is a graduate of Liberty High School in the Bethlehem Area School District in Bethlehem, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. and went to college at Wake Forest University. Packer is best know for his broadcasting coverage of NCAA men's college basketball.
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Billy Packer packs CBS bag, makes way for Kellogg
WatchdogHere is my Tuesday newspaper column on Billy Packer. The guy had a heck of a run, is a unique character and remains a valued trove of college basketball history who no doubt will resurface soon with other hoops-related ventures.......Tags: History, Jim Calhoun, Diplomacy, Basketball, John Thompson
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Bob Wolff of News 12 LI honored by hoops HOF
WatchdogA laurel and hearty handshake to News 12's own Bob Wolff for being honored with the Curt Gowdy Media Award from the Basketball Hall of Fame. Wolff and long-time USA Today hoops scribe David DuPree will be recognized during the......Tags: Emmy Awards, Bob Costas, National Government, Football, National Basketball Association
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Ted Nolan no longer is the Islanders' coach
WatchdogWow. So much for any chance Billy Packer had of sneaking onto Newsday's Tuesday back page. There is just way too much going on in the world for me to keep up.......Tags: Ted Nolan
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Billy Packer is out as CBS' lead college hoops analyst
WatchdogThe Miami Herald is reporting - complete with confirmation from CBS - that Billy Packer is out as the network's lead college basketball analyst. Here is Barry Jackson's story. Packer has analyzed 34 consecutive Final Fours on NBC and CBS,......Tags: Kansas, North Carolina, NBC
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New addition, fresh perspective
Dishing out sports media notes while waiting for the next episode of the new summer series on Fox News, The Greta and Brett Show: •The hiring of Bob Papa as the NFL Network's play-by-play voice - a long-anticipated move announced this week -...Tags: Multi-Sport Events, San Diego Chargers, Brett Favre, CBS Corp., NBC
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Golf's superhighway offers frenetic pace in Florida
Sentinel ColumnistThe theme of the Golf Channel's latest reality show is SLOW PLAY IS NOT AN OPTION. And it isn't long into Highway 18 before contestants probably wished they had worn track shoes instead golf spikes. "We really didn't expect to have to run that much,"...Tags: Golf, Multi-Sport Events, Road Transportation, Athletics, Track and Field, CBS Corp.
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Escape in British time machine
Rewinding the week that was, in which it was like old times on the PGA Tour (you know, back when nobody cared), Major League Baseball gave us an All-Star game worth watching (were you paying attention, NBA and NFL?), and when exactly did Brett Favre...Tags: Roger Clemens, Motor Racing, Major League Baseball, Basketball, Bo Derek
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Billy Packer out as CBS college basketball analyst
neil.best@newsday.comBilly Packer is out as CBS's lead college basketball analyst, ending a long, eventful and occasionally controversial run as one of the two inconic TV faces of the sport, along with his contemporary and at times rival, Dick Vitale of ESPN. The Miami...Tags: Basketball, Television Industry, Greg Anthony, ESPN, NBC
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No emotional farewell for stubborn Packer
neil.best@newsday.comBilly Packer worked his first Final Four when seniors still starred in them and John Wooden still coached UCLA. So when Packer's extraordinary run officially ended yesterday, surely he was philosophical, or wistful, or angry, or ... something? That...Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, John Wooden, Basketball, CBS Corp., Dick Enberg
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Packer out at CBS; Kellogg takes chair
Tribune staff reporterAt the end of a conference call in March, a reporter asked Billy Packer about the rumor that his 34th Final Four would be his last. Packer cut off the question and said: "My last game will be like my first one. I'll put a headset on, I'll take a...Tags: Basketball, Ohio State University, Allen Iverson, CBS Corp., ESPN
Jul 16, 2008
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Jul 18, 2008
|Blog| Newsday
Jul 15, 2008
|Blog| Newsday
Jul 15, 2008
|Blog| Newsday
Jul 18, 2008
|Column| Baltimore Sun
Jul 18, 2008
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Jul 19, 2008
|Column| Hampton Roads Daily Press
Jul 14, 2008
|Story| Newsday
Jul 15, 2008
|Column| Newsday
Jul 14, 2008
|Story| Chicago Tribune
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