CBS Sports to drop Billy Packer

CBS Sports will not bring back Billy Packer, its lead college basketball analyst for the past 27 years, for another season, according to the Sports Business Journal.

The network will replace Packer with Clark Kellogg, a veteran broadcaster who has been an in-studio analyst for CBS's college basketball studio show since 1994. Greg Anthony, who left ESPN earlier this year, is expected to replace Kellogg in the studio, though his deal hasn't been finalized, the Triangle Business Journal informs.

Packer, who had been working off of one-year contracts, was teamed with CBS Sports' top play-by-play announcer, Jim Nantz, through the NCAA men's basketball tournament for the last several years. During the regular season, Packer was paired mainly with Verne Lundquist and, occasionally, Gus Johnson.

During his career, Packer became the voice of college basketball. He was the lead broadcaster for 34 consecutive Final Fours and won a Sports Emmy Award in 1993 for outstanding sports personality/analyst.

Publication date: 14 July 2008

Source: Triangle Business Journal

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