Bill Roth’s longing to return to the East Coast, and Josh Lewin’s desire to merge into a new family in Southern California, has resulted in UCLA changing play-by-play men on its radio football and basketball games this fall.
The move had been in the works for the last several weeks before UCLA announced it Thursday morning.
Just a month after the Bruins’ 2015 college basketball season ended, when Chris Roberts’ retirement was official following a 23-year run at the school, UCLA worked with media rights holder IMG and decided to hire Roth, who had spent the previous 27 years calling sports for Virginia Tech.