Video: Jim Nantz offers touching tribute to longtime Final Four analyst Billy Packer
Posted Jan 30, 2023
CBS broadcasting legend Jim Nantz offered a touching tribute to Billy Packer after the longtime Final Four basketball analyst died Thursday at the age of 82. "I think Billy will go down in history as one of the greatest analysts in the history of sports television," Nantz remarked during an appearance on "CBS Mornings." Packer announced 34 Final Fours.
(Yardbarker)
Related: Other News
Ted Turner, media mogul and former owner of the Braves and Hawks, dead at 87Ted Turner, former owner of the Atlanta Braves and the Atlanta Hawks, died on Wednesday, Turner Enterprises announced. He was 87. While Turner built quite...
Sat May 9, 2026NCAA Tournament expansion changes an event that didn’t need fixing
Nobody asked for this. When we’re talking about NCAA Tournament expansion, it’s important to start with that point. And even as NCAA officials pat themselves...
Sat May 9, 2026
Lawyers for former NC State athletes allege school officials allowed trainer's sex abuse to continue
Benjamin Locke, a former NC State soccer player, filed the complaint in federal court in 2022. A second athlete joined in February 2023 and a...
Fri May 8, 2026
John Sterling, legendary Yankees broadcaster, dead at 87
John Sterling, the legendary New York Yankees radio announcer, has died. He was 87. Sterling, who started as the Yankees’ play-by-play announcer in 1989, quickly...
Fri May 8, 2026
