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ACC Network Host Offers Tissues to People Crying About North Carolina Getting Final Bid

They're for "national tears."

Sports Illustrated

Scott Fowler: Billy Packer, who broadcast 34 Final Fours, dies at 82 in Charlotte. He was one of a kind.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Billy Packer, a charismatic curmudgeon who played in a Final Four for Wake Forest and then broadcast 34 more of them as a TV analyst, died Thursday in Charlotte. He was 82.

Tribune News Service

Billy Packer, college sports broadcaster who covered 34 Final Fours, dies at 82

Packer’s broadcasting career coincided with the growth of college basketball. He worked as analyst or color commentator on every Final Four from 1975 to 2008.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Scott Fowler: Former Panthers, UNC safety debuts new role on ACC Network, sounds off on Cam Newton

Tre Boston was always one of the most loquacious players in the Carolina Panthers locker room and, before that, with North Carolina. Now the former NFL and Tar Heel standout will get paid to talk on TV, as Boston becomes a co-host on the new, football-centric show “ACC PM” on…

Tribune News Service

ACC Network’s ‘Packer And Durham’ Ending Friday

The show ran from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET during the week on ACC Network.

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