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Billy Packer is out at CBS
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Billy Packer, center, is out as CBS' lead basketball analyst.
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Published: July 14, 2008
NEW YORK
Billy Packer is out after 27 years as the lead college basketball analyst for CBS, making way for Clark Kellogg.
Kellogg has done game and studio analysis for CBS for 16 years. He will team with Jim Nantz on his first Final Four next April.
"With his unquestioned popularity and performance over the years, Clark Kellogg earned all rights to this top spot," Sean McManus, president of CBS News and Sports, said in a statement today. "Like Billy Packer, Al McGuire or any of the most highly regarded broadcasters, Clark is an original voice with his own style and perspective."
Packer confirmed the move Sunday, through a CBS official, to The Miami Herald, which first reported the story. Packer, 68, played college basketball at Wake Forest and now lives in Charlotte. He is pursuing other basketball projects and declined further comment.
Kellogg said he was "excited, humbled and quite pleased" at the opportunity.
"I appreciate the confidence Sean has expressed in affording me this new role," he said in a statement.
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