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October 04, 2007 01:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Sports Broadcaster and Basketball Great Clark Kellogg Returns to Ohio State University Oct. 8 with Playbook for Life

Former Buckeye joins The Hartford and the NCAA? to help students develop a game plan for success in the ?real world?

HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Ohio State Buckeyes will get a real-life lesson in money management when CBS Sports college basketball analyst Clark Kellogg returns to his alma mater Monday evening with the award-winning national education program, Playbook for Life. Developed by The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: HIG) in collaboration with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), Playbook for Life gives student-athletes and all college students the basic financial know-how to score beyond the college arena.
Kellogg and members of ?Team Hartford? ? a select group of former college student-athletes and professional athletes who have achieved success on and off the playing field ? will share practical insights and enlighten Ohio State University students about the importance of planning for their financial future. The Playbook for Life presentation at Ohio State is scheduled for Monday, October 8 at 7 p.m. in Ohio Stadium?s Huntington Club.
?By returning to Ohio State with these vital messages, I can help students learn to tackle financial pressures early on,? explained Clark Kellogg who earned All-Big Ten and Most Valuable Player honors while playing for Ohio State and was the No.1 draft pick of the Indiana Pacers. ?Knowing the basics of personal finance will not only help them make ends meet after graduation, but also provide a solid footing for their entire future.?


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Basketball a blessing for Kellogg - CBS analyst discusses life at Kent-Tusc appearance
By JEFFERY WILLIAMS, T-R Sports Writer

After noticing the title of his Voices of Distinction series as being ?An Evening With Clark Kellogg,? former Ohio State University basketball standout and current Indiana Pacers and CBS college basketball commentator Clark Kellogg offered two thoughts from important women in his life.

?My mom, who passed away some time ago, would have been quite proud to see that (the title of the series),? said Kellogg from atop the stage in the auditorium of the Kent State Tuscarawas Founders Hall. ?First I would have had to explain what it means to her -- but she would have been proud.

?But my wife Rosy, with whom I?ve shared 24 years of marital bliss, said this to me: ?The other people who have spoken here have real jobs, and you haven?t had one since the day I met you.??
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Earlier in the evening, Kellogg spoke with local media and talked about the lighter side of his broadcasting job. In particular, his thoughts on this year?s Ohio State men?s basketball team came up.

?I?m excited, I?m excited. Obviously we?ll miss the guys that parted, both the seniors, Ivan Harris, Ron Lewis, but clearly the young fellas were terrific with Conley Jr., Oden and Cook. But the pantry is not empty. The pantry is still stocked and will be as long as Thad and his staff is still there. The way they coach, the way they develop players and young men, the facility at Ohio State, the excitement it?s generated for the basketball program. It?s been raised to a new level in basketball and it?s going to stay there. They?ve got guys who can play and they will be pleasantly surprising to the national folks.

?They?re young, they?re inexperienced and they?re a little green in spots, but those guys are chomping at the bit to prove they?re going to be good, too. It?s always nice when you?ve got talented guys with something to prove.?
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The Times-Reporter
 
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Kellogg Offers Food For Thought To Young Athletes
By Scott Kindberg [email protected]
POSTED: June 26, 2008

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College basketball analyst Clark Kellogg makes a point while speaking at Chautauqua Institution on Wednesday.

P-J photo by Scott Kindberg

CHAUTAUQUA - Clark Kellogg admitted to feeling somewhat out of place as he stood on the platform at the Amphitheater on Wednesday morning.

''I have a really hard time considering myself a lecturer,'' he said. ''To me, it doesn't quite fit. When I think of a lecturer, I think of an expert, somebody that's highly distinguished or accomplished in an important and significant field.

''I would much rather consider myself a guest speaker.

Or, as he later told the Chautauqua Institution crowd, ''an advocate of young people in general, but , in particular, of those who are involved and participate in sports.

Speaking on ''The Young Athlete: Different Perspective for Students and Parents during "Sport in America" week, the former NBA basketball player, and current NBA and college basketball television analyst, offered what he considered ''food for thought as we look at sports from a different and, hopefully, healthier perspective.

To that end, Kellogg suggested five disturbing trends that he sees in sports, especially involving young athletes.

They include: the quest for athletic scholarships; early specialization; ''overreaching parents; overemphasis on winning; and the desire to make ''miniature pros.

''There's an awful lot of good in youth sports,'' he said, ''but there's a bunch of things that I see that concern me, and disturb me even more.''

Topping the list is the pursuit of college scholarships at all costs.

''There's nothing wrong for having that desire or dream, if your ability lines up with that, Kellogg said, ''but when the kids begin to focus on pursuing a scholarship ... and put undue pressure on themselves to excel too early, that can lead ultimately to physical and mental burnout.''

Kellogg, who played college basketball at Ohio State University and in the pros with the Indiana Pacers, also advocated that young people should be given the freedom to pursue more than one sport.

''More and more,'' he said. ''you see athletes feeling the pressure or the need to only play the one sport and play it year-round, driven by the hope of maybe earning a college scholarship in athletics. ... There has to be a way to keep what's best for the young athlete in mind and recognize that specialization isn't always for everybody.''

A married father of three athletic children, Kellogg has witnessed how parents have an ''unrealistic or unfair'' assessment of their kids' ability.

''Parents are overreaching to the point where they're unintentionally putting pressure on their kids to perform over the process of improvement and development,'' Kellogg said. ''That's something we all have to guard ourselves against as parents.''

The win-at-all-costs mentality is also a dangerous one, he said.

''If that's out of balance and that becomes the sole target,'' Kellogg said, ''I think we do a disservice to youth athletes when it's only about winning titles or championships.''
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Kellogg Offers Food For Thought To Young Athletes - Post-Journal
 
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CBS set to replace Packer
Longtime college basketball analyst Billy Packer will not return to CBS next year and will be replaced by Clark Kellogg.
Posted on Mon, Jul. 14, 2008 BY BARRY JACKSON
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CBS analyst Billy Packer's run of 34 consecutive Final Fours will end.College basketball commentator Billy Packer, who has announced 34 consecutive Final Fours on network television and created a few controversies along the way, will not be returning to CBS for a 28th season, The Miami Herald has learned.

CBS has decided to replace Packer, 68, with studio analyst Clark Kellogg on its lead announcing team.

An announcement is expected Monday, but CBS representative Leslie Anne Wade confirmed the story Sunday night.

CBS believed the time was right for a change and that Kellogg deserved a chance to work with Jim Nantz on the lead team.
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CBS set to replace Packer - 07/14/2008 - MiamiHerald.com
 
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Getting rid of Billy Packer will enhance my enjoyment of March Madness oh, about 1000%. Never could understand why CBS kept him around so long, there have been few announcers who were so universally disliked. I'm glad that Clark is getting his chance at this spot.
 
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LitlBuck;1204939; said:
I've seen time had passed old Billy "ACC" Packer. The basketball games will be much more enjoyable with Kellogg:osu: doing the a color analysis. Now if they just could replace Jim Nance with Gus Johnson it would be all good.
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At this point I would have taken Todd Packer announcing if it meant no Billy. And yes, Gus Johnson would be fantastic, hopefully it will only be a matter of time.
 
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Kellogg replaces Packer on CBS college basketball broadcasts
Associated Press
Posted: July 14, 2008

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NEW YORK -- Billy Packer is out after 27 years as the lead college basketball analyst for CBS, making way for Clark Kellogg.

Kellogg, who played for the Indiana Pacers during 1982-87, has done game and studio analysis for CBS for 16 years. He will partner with Jim Nantz on his first Final Four in April. Packer did 34 consecutive Final Fours.


"With his unquestioned popularity and performance over the years, Clark Kellogg earned all rights to this top spot," Sean McManus, president of CBS News and Sports, said today in a statement. "Like Billy Packer, Al McGuire or any of the most highly regarded broadcasters, Clark is an original voice with his own style and perspective."

Kellogg said he was "excited, humbled and quite pleased."

"I appreciate the confidence Sean has expressed in affording me this new role," he said in a statement.

Kellogg was a first-round draft choice for the Pacers out of Ohio State in 1982 and averaged 18.9 points and 9.5 rebounds during his NBA career that was shortened by knee injuries.
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Kellogg replaces Packer on CBS college basketball broadcasts | IndyStar.com | The Indianapolis Star
 
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Kellogg replacing Packer as lead commentator
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
By Rob Oller
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Clark Kellogg is moving up the ladder by moving down to the floor, leaving his studio analyst seat at CBS to become the network's lead color commentator on nationally televised college basketball games, including the Final Four.

Billy Packer, meanwhile, is simply moving out. Kellogg replaces Packer, who worked 34 consecutive Finals Fours, including 27 for CBS. The 68-year-old told the Associated Press he was not forced out and that the decision to leave was made more than a year ago but was kept quiet to keep from detracting from the games.

"These are really good circumstances," Packer told the AP. "I have had a chance to broadcast most of the great games since college basketball got on national television and I'm not interested in broadcasting any more games."

Packer said he thinks Kellogg will do well.

"He has worked his trade and certainly as a player was a student of the game. His work at CBS and the fact he is such a smart guy should serve him well. I wish him nothing but the best," Packer said.

Kellogg, 47, who has done both game and studio analysis for CBS for 16 years -- he also provides color analysis for Indiana Pacers road games -- will work next to play-by-play veteran Jim Nantz.

"With his unquestioned popularity and performance over the years, Clark Kellogg earned all rights to this top spot," Sean McManus, president of CBS News and Sports, said in a statement yesterday. "Like Billy Packer, Al McGuire or any of the most highly regarded broadcasters, Clark is an original voice with his own style and perspective."

Kellogg could not be reached by The Dispatch for comment but said in a statement, "I appreciate the confidence Sean has expressed in affording me this new role," adding that he was "excited, humbled and quite pleased."

Kellogg also praised Packer as a analyst worthy of hall of fame status.

"His knowledge of the game and its history is unparalleled," Kellogg said. "His legacy is one of enduring excellence and keeping the focus on the game. That is the foundation I aspire to build on."
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The Columbus Dispatch : Kellogg replacing Packer as lead commentator
 
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