The Latest Breaking News from Mark Packer

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

They're for "national tears."

Sports Illustrated · Mar 17, 2025

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 · Jan 27, 2023

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 · Jan 27, 2023