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HBO chronicles Duke-N.C. rivalry

HBO Sports has begun production on a documentary chronicling what most college basketball fans would consider the game's fiercest rivalry — Duke vs. North Carolina.

The hourlong special "Battle for Tobacco Road: Duke vs. Carolina" debuts at 9 p.m. ET/PT Monday, Feb. 23. Executive producers are Ross Greenburg and Rick Bernstein; George Roy is producing.

Included in the film will be interviews with Hall of Fame coaches Dean Smith and Mike Krzyzewski and key players in the rivalry such as Michael Jordan, Charlie Scott, Grant Hill, Johnny Dawkins and Christian Laettner.

Since the NCAA Tournament expanded to its current configuration 1985, Duke and North Carolina have combined for more national titles (five) and Final Four appearances (18) than any single conference.

Packer's run at CBS over

Billy Packer's out and Clark Kellogg's in as the lead college basketball analyst on CBS.

Packer was the primary college hoops commentator for CBS for the past 27 years, coming over from NBC where he shared analyst duties with the late Al McGuire for seven years.

Kellogg, a former standout at Ohio State, has been a game and studio analyst for CBS for 16 years. He will be partnered with Jim Nantz.

Packer told the Associated Press he is also relinquishing his role as commentator on SEC telecasts with syndicator Raycom.

Vitale, Packer, Barkley get call

College basketball TV analysts Dick Vitale and Billy Packer and NBA star-turned-TNT commentator Charles Barkley were among seven selected for induction into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.

Players Danny Manning of Kansas and Arnie Ferrin of Utah and coaches Nolan Richardson and Jim Phelan were the others honored Sunday.

Vitale, who is in his 29th season as a commentator on ESPN, missed two months this season as a result of vocal cord surgery on Dec. 18. He returned Feb. 6 to call Duke at North Carolina. Prior to that, Vitale had never missed a game.

Monday's NCAA men's basketball championship game between the Kansas Jayhawks and Memphis Tigers will be the 27th that Packer has called for CBS as its lead analyst. He previously spent seven seasons at NBC.

Barkley was honored for his college career at Auburn. He went on to a distinguished NBA career with the Philadelphia 76ers, Phoenix Suns and Houston Rockets and was named as one of the league's 50 greatest players. He is also a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Barkley has been a popular analyst on TNT since 2000.

The induction ceremonies will be held Nov. 23 at the College Basketball Experience and Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo.

Madness spreads across Web

CBSSports.com said today it has dropped its registration requirements for NCAA March Madness on Demand, giving immediate access to the video player to a network of more than 200 sites across the Internet.

The company has created a developer platform, giving sites all the necessary tools and information to link directly to live streaming video from the tournament.

NCAA March Madness on Demand will be available at NCAA.com, as well as links on CBSSports.com, the CBS Audience Network and sites for CBS television and radio affiliates. Additionally, games will be available on YouTube, competing sports Web sites such as ESPN.com, Yahoo! Sports and SI.com and social sites like Facebook.

As was previously announced, 2008 marks the first time that NCAA March Madness on Demand will offer all 63 games of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship. Users will also have the option to listen to live play-by-play audio from Westwood One Radio for all games of the tournament.

With expectations that open access to NCAA March Madness on Demand will create record demand, CBSSports.com is again urging fans to sign up to obtain VIP status. Fans that don't have VIP status will experience longer wait times to get into the NCAA March Madness on Demand player if it is full on game day(s). At present, over half of the 500,000 VIP passes have been taken. Fans can obtain VIP access at NCAA.com.