March Madness officially kicks off today with the start of the NCAA basketball tournament. It's the greatest event (or series of events) in all of sports. From the first tip-off to when "One Shining Moment" will play three weeks from now--I love it! The first of today's 16 first-round games tips off at 12:20 p.m. on CBS. Employers please take note: You're not going to get much productivity out of your male (and some female) employees today and tomorrow. I remember in 2003, at my first job after college, bringing a portable TV to work and putting it in the conference room so I could check on the games throughout the day. Now, just a few years later, we can watch every game live online. My, how things have changed.
Something else that's changed, but not in a good way, is that we won't be hearing Billy Packer giving his colorful commentary during broadcasts. CBS let him go last year. He'd covered every NCAA Men's Division I basketball championship, including the Final Four, since 1974. It's going to feel a little less familiar this year without Packer. But all's not lost.
Sixty-nine-year-old Packer, who lives here in Charlotte with his wife (and he's the father of WFNZ's Mark Packer a.k.a. The Packman), has a new weekly television show, Survive And Advance, that's running Sunday nights on Fox Sports Net (FSN) through April 5. It kicked off last Sunday with his co-star Bob Knight. You can also see the two college basketball legends share tournament insight on SurviveAndAdvance.net, along with special guests.
Something else that's changed, but not in a good way, is that we won't be hearing Billy Packer giving his colorful commentary during broadcasts. CBS let him go last year. He'd covered every NCAA Men's Division I basketball championship, including the Final Four, since 1974. It's going to feel a little less familiar this year without Packer. But all's not lost.
Sixty-nine-year-old Packer, who lives here in Charlotte with his wife (and he's the father of WFNZ's Mark Packer a.k.a. The Packman), has a new weekly television show, Survive And Advance, that's running Sunday nights on Fox Sports Net (FSN) through April 5. It kicked off last Sunday with his co-star Bob Knight. You can also see the two college basketball legends share tournament insight on SurviveAndAdvance.net, along with special guests.
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