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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. He was 64.
Mar 16, 2021 · HUNTINGTON — Born in Chicago, Jim Thacker grew up in Henderson, Kentucky. There he got his first job as a radio announcer at the tender age of 15. He later broadcast schoolboy...
Aug 18, 2023 · When Mongols gang president Jim “JD” Thacker was jailed for more than two decades today, he clung to the hands of tearful family and friends on his way to the court cells.
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).
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- 1972–2008
- Sports commentator
- Wake Forest University
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. Not to mention the golden age of ACC basketball.
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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.
Better known as JD, Thacker was convicted late last year of 40 charges including unlawful possession of firearms, participating in an organised criminal group, possession of methamphetamine,...
