Showing his inability to keep his foot out of his mouth, basketball commentator Billy Packer has done it again. From today's Philadelphia Daily News:
"Immediately after the No. 1 seeds were announced, CBS analyst Billy Packer said he didn't think St. Joe's belonged as No. 1, that the Hawks could not beat top teams such as Oklahoma State and Texas.This is the same guy who in 1996 called Allen Iverson a "tough monkey" and who more recently had to apologize to two female Duke students for making the following sexist comments:
An emotional Hawks coach Phil Martelli was livid with what Packer said. He did not hold back.
"Being perfectly blunt, Billy Packer can kiss my ass...I think he's a complete jackass...For him to go on national television and talk about a team that he's never seen, he can kiss my ass.""
"...Packer made "inappropriate and derogatory remarks" to them (the two students) as they checked identification and press passes at the Cameron Indoor Stadium entrance.Quick thinking Billy. Remove all doubt that you are indeed an insensitive curmudgeon.
When they asked Packer to show his press pass, the announcer allegedly said, "Since when do we let women control who gets into a men's basketball game? Why don't you go find a women's game to let people into?"
A stadium official who saw the interaction apparently guessed that Packer was just joking, whereupon Packer turned around and said, "No, that's just the kind of guy I am.""
