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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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: David Duval, Christian Laettner, Major League Baseball, Green Bay Packers, Rocky Balboa
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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: Weaponry, New York Giants, Super Bowl, Phil Mickelson, Ian Baker-Finch
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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: New York Giants, Transportation, NBC, Clubs and Associations, Road Transportation
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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: Major League Baseball, Colleges and Universities, Radio Industry, Long Island, National Government
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Packer out as CBS' lead college basketball analyst
The Associated PressBilly Packer didn't sound like a man who found out his 34-year run as part of the Final Four broadcast had ended. On Monday, CBS announced that Clark Kellogg would replace Packer after 27 years as the network's lead college basketball analyst....Tags: ESPN, Television Industry, NBC, Greg Anthony
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Packer out at CBS; Kellogg lead analyst
Billy Packer didn't sound like a man who found out his 34-season run as part of the Final Four broadcast had ended. Yesterday, CBS announced that Clark Kellogg would replace Packer after 27 years as the network's lead college basketball analyst....Tags: Ohio State University, National Basketball Association, Colleges and Universities, CBS Corp., National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Billy too old-school for hip NCAA
If Anheuser-Busch, America's self-proclaimed ''King of Beers,'' can be sold to a Belgian brewer, then no one should be surprised that Lehigh Valley native Billy Packer has been released as the lead college basketball analyst on CBS and his streak of...Tags: Yogi Berra, Dick Enberg, Frank Robinson, Colleges and Universities, Ted Williams
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Packer out at CBS; Kellogg takes chair
At 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: Colleges and Universities, CBS Corp., NCAA Tournament, Greg Anthony
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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: Dick Enberg, CBS Corp., National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA Tournament, NBC
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CBS, Packer part ways after 27 years
Billy Packer didn't sound like a man who found out his 34-year run as part of the Final Four broadcast had ended. On Monday, CBS announced that Clark Kellogg would replace Packer, a Bethlehem native and Liberty High graduate, after 27 years as the...Tags: Allen Iverson, Ohio State University, National Basketball Association, Colleges and Universities, CBS Corp.
Jul 19, 2008
|Column| Hampton Roads Daily Press
Jul 18, 2008
|Column| Baltimore Sun
Jul 18, 2008
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Jul 18, 2008
|Blog| Newsday
Jul 14, 2008
|Story| Associated Press
Jul 15, 2008
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Jul 15, 2008
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
Jul 15, 2008
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Jul 15, 2008
|Column| Newsday
Jul 15, 2008
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
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