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[TwentyThirtyFive]

Oh he steal! (that was Billy, right?)

It was.

82. I woulda though he was closer to 82 when he called that MD-Duke game vs today.

[BSLChrisStoner]

He could be a bear on Selection Sunday.   He did Raycom games back in the day didn't he?

 

https://www.cbssport...urs-dies-at-82/

[CantonJester]

He could be a bear on Selection Sunday.   He did Raycom games back in the day didn't he?

 

https://www.cbssport...urs-dies-at-82/

 

Frankly, he always came across as an elitist, blue-blood snob. Teams from the SEC, Big Ten or ACC who struggled to reach .500 all season deserved a tourney nod over mid major conference champion winners like a Valparaiso, Davidson or even a Gonzaga. To me, he became unlistenable around the mid 90s. Raftery was a much better ‘get’ to provide the in-game commentary. Apparently Packer stopped following CBB altogether and instead spent his time watching ultimate fighting and kickboxing. 

[Mike B]

He could be a bear on Selection Sunday.   He did Raycom games back in the day didn't he?

 

https://www.cbssport...urs-dies-at-82/

There was a time where Billy and Dickie V did games together.  AT times they could be more entertaining than the game.

 

RIP Billy.

[BSLMikeLowe]

Frankly, he always came across as an elitist, blue-blood snob. Teams from the SEC, Big Ten or ACC who struggled to reach .500 all season deserved a tourney nod over mid major conference champion winners like a Valparaiso, Davidson or even a Gonzaga.

 

One of his more infamous gripes was in 2006, I think. The CAA got several teams in the dance, which he thought was an injustice to the middling power conference teams. Then George Mason made it to the Final Four.

 

As he liked to say, he was "often wrong, but never in doubt."

[mdrunning]

Former NHL great Bobby Hull, 84. 

[BSLMikeLowe]

Cindy Williams, Shirley from Laverne & Shirley, at 75.

[BSLMikeLowe]

Former NFL GM Bobby Beathard, 86. He oversaw the rosters of 4 Super Bowl champions (2 in Miami, 2 in Washington) and was also GM in San Diego when they made the SB in 1995. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2018.

[glenn__davis]

Lanny Poffo, aka The Genius from WWE, and the brother of Macho Man Randy Savage. His promos with Mr. Perfect in the early 90s were gold.

[mdrunning]

Melinda Dillon, 83, who played mom in such classic as "Close Encounters" and "Christmas Story."