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Dec 15, 1992 · Jim Thacker, the veteran sportscaster who helped usher in the era of televised ACC basketball, died Tuesday of a stroke while attending a meeting in Charlotte.
Jan 27, 2023 · That would be Jim Thacker and Billy Packer, the voices of the ACC’s syndicated weekly basketball broadcasts. Their commentary, along with the catchy “Sail with the Pilot” jingle of commercial sponsor Jefferson Pilot, became the soundtrack of a generation.
Packer's broadcast teammates included Curt Gowdy, Jim Thacker, Dick Enberg, Al McGuire, Gary Bender, and Brent Musburger. From 1991 to 2008 he worked alongside Jim Nantz and Verne Lundquist (usually during pre- Championship Week while Nantz was covering the NFL and/or golf).
Mar 16, 2021 · The 64-year-old Thacker died in 1992 after suffering a stroke. The legendary Bos Johnson was the news director at WSAZ-TV when Thacker was the station’s sports director. Remembering his late ...
Jan 27, 2023 · Legendary CBS and Raycom Sports college basketball broadcaster Billy Packer has died, his son Mark said on Thursday via Twitter. Packer was 82. The Packer Family would like to share some sad news.
Jan 28, 2023 · Jim Nantz first met Billy Packer in 1979, two months after Magic Johnson and Larry Bird played in a seminal NCAA men’s basketball championship game viewed by an estimated 40 million Americans.
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Mar 8, 2003 · Seated are (L to R) Bones McKinney, Billy Packer, and Jim Thacker, with Castleman Chesley (standing) behind the scenes at UNC-Chapel Hill versus Marquette basketball during the 1977 NCAA finals in Atlanta, Georgia.
