Chris Roberts

Chris Roberts will handle play-by-play for UCLA football games. Roberts, a former play-by-play announcer for Cal State Long Beach football and basketball, has also handled Raider pregame and postgame shows. Roberts succeeds John Rebenstorf, who died Aug. 9 after open-heart surgery.

The Lakers recently cut two players (Ronnie Aguilar and Reeves Nelson) with more to come as the 18-man roster needs to be trimmed to at least 15 by opening night. Guard Chris Douglas-Roberts, a last-minute invite to camp, may have made enough of an impression on the Lakers to make the regular season roster. Douglas-Roberts spent last year overseas in Italy playing for Virtus Bologna. His recent interview with Mike Trudell, of Lakers.com , included a comment that caused a bit of a firestorm among the die-hard Italian basketball community: "We ate pasta every day. EVERY day. That's what it is over there.

The Lakers waived Chris Douglas-Roberts and Greg Somogyi on Monday, trimming the team's roster to 16. Douglas-Roberts seemed to have a real shot to make the regular season roster as a reserve guard capable of playing emergency small forward as needed.  In four appearances, he averaged four points on 45.5% shooting. Douglas-Roberts recently spoke to The Times about a misunderstanding regarding his love for pasta. Somogyi has potential as a 7-foot-3 center, but he needs seasoning and the Lakers have been impressed by Robert Sacre, taken by the club with the 60th pick in the 2012 NBA Draft.

The Lakers waived Chris Douglas-Roberts and Greg Somogyi on Monday, trimming the team's roster to 16. Douglas-Roberts seemed to have a real shot to make the regular season roster as a reserve guard capable of playing emergency small forward as needed.  In four appearances, he averaged four points on 45.5% shooting. Douglas-Roberts recently spoke to The Times about a misunderstanding regarding his love for pasta. Somogyi has potential as a 7-foot-3 center, but he needs seasoning and the Lakers have been impressed by Robert Sacre, taken by the club with the 60th pick in the 2012 NBA Draft.

The Lakers recently cut two players (Ronnie Aguilar and Reeves Nelson) with more to come as the 18-man roster needs to be trimmed to at least 15 by opening night. Guard Chris Douglas-Roberts, a last-minute invite to camp, may have made enough of an impression on the Lakers to make the regular season roster. Douglas-Roberts spent last year overseas in Italy playing for Virtus Bologna. His recent interview with Mike Trudell, of Lakers.com , included a comment that caused a bit of a firestorm among the die-hard Italian basketball community: "We ate pasta every day. EVERY day. That's what it is over there.

So who are you going to believe, the umpire or your lying eyes? This baseball postseason has been a real eye-opener for television viewers who, time and again, have seen a home-plate umpire make a call on a pitch only to be contradicted by a computer-generated graphic. Balls are strikes and strikes are balls. Do we need an optometrist to stand behind the ump? It's called Fox Trax on Fox broadcasts and Pitchtrax on TBS games, but the look is the same.

In another Pacific League game: Arcadia 31, Hoover 0--Chris Roberts scored three touchdowns for Arcadia (2-5, 1-1) at Glendale High. Hoover (0-7, 0-2) was paced by Alan Lau, who completed 10 of 24 passes for 96 yards. Hoover was held to 116 yards in offense.

College basketball: A photo caption on the cover of Monday's Sports section incorrectly identified the Memphis Tigers player pictured as Chris Douglas-Roberts. The player was Memphis sophomore Shawn Taggart.

Chihiro Hamana of Tohoku Fukushi University hit a three-run homer in a six-run second inning as Japan defeated the United States, 14-9, in the opener of the best-of-five Collegiate Baseball Championship series. Chris Roberts of Florida State led the U.S. team with a three-run homer in the seventh inning and finished with five runs batted in.

Radio station KMPC is moving nighttime host Fred Wallin to mornings and overnight host Tony Femino to Wallin's nighttime slot, program director Len Weiner said. The moves become effective Monday. Weiner said Chris Roberts and Jack Snow, who did their final morning show Friday, will still be used on weekends and that Roberts will continue as the UCLA play-by-play announcer and Snow remains the Ram commentator.

Chris Roberts will handle play-by-play for UCLA football games. Roberts, a former play-by-play announcer for Cal State Long Beach football and basketball, has also handled Raider pregame and postgame shows. Roberts succeeds John Rebenstorf, who died Aug. 9 after open-heart surgery.

49ers on Radio--All 12 of the Cal State Long Beach football games this season will be broadcast live on KNAC-FM (105.5), starting with Saturday's Utah State game. For the fourth straight season, Chris Roberts will be the play-by-play announcer. The color commentator will be Jerry Scanlan, president of Pacific Coast Sports and producer of the broadcasts. A pre-game show will start Saturday at 5:35 p.m.

The new USC play-by-play guy, Larry Kahn, is simply the single worst product I have heard on the air in a major market. He seemed unprepared, lagging behind actual play calls and he misidentified players from both teams, not to mention calling San Jose State "California" at least three times. Pete Arbogast was an improvement on the work of Tom Kelly. Kahn is a big step backward, simply unacceptable. I didn't think it possible, but he makes UCLA's Chris Roberts sound good. SEAN K. PARR Los Angeles