Albuquerque Media Monitoring
News clips from Friday, April 25 through Sunday, April 27 include stories about:

* Lobos Cherry - Silver Scrimmage in Santa Fe
* Mike Roberts No Longer Voice of the Lobos
* UNM Police Search Employee's home and find stolen goods
* UNM Baseball

FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2008

KASA 2, 9 P.M.

IT WILL BE THE SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN THE CITY DIFFERENT TOMORROW. THE LOBOS WILL HOLD THEIR CHERRY AND SILVER SCRIMMAGE TO END SPRING PRACTICE IN SANTA FE. THE TRIP TO SANTA FE GIVES NORTHERN NEW MEXICO A CHANCE TO SEE THE LOBOS WITHOUT MUCH TRAVEL. IT ALSO LETS THE PLAYERS RELIVE THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DAYS,.SORT OF. TOMORROW'S CHERRY AND SILVER SCRIMMAGE HAS A 1 P-M START TIME.

THE MAN WHO HAS CALLED LOBO ATHLETICS ON THE RADIO FOR THE LAST 40 YEARS IS BEING REPLACED. MIKE ROBERTS FOUND OUT THIS MORNING THAT LEERFIELD COMMUNICATIONS WILL MAKE A CHANGE. ROBERTS WILL NO LONGER DO PLAY BY PLAY. HE'S BEEN OFFERED ANOTHER SPOT IN THE BROADCAST BUT HASN'T DECIDED IF HE WILL TAKE IT. ROBERTS BROADCAST PARTNER GREG REMINGTON IS ALSO OUT. A NATIONWIDE SEARCH FOR A NEW BROADCAST TEAM IS ALREADY UNDERWAY.

KOB 4, 5 AM

A SEARCH WARRANT LEADS UNM POLICE TO FIND A STOLEN TOILET SEAT AND EVEN A REFIGERATOR INSIDE THE HOME OF A UNM EMPLOYEE. POLICE SAY SOME OF THE STOLEN GOODS STILL HAD THE UNM LOGO ON THEM. WE WON'T SHOW THE SUSPECTS FACE BECAUSE HE HASN'T BEEN CHARGED YET ... BUT CAMPUS POLICE SAY HE'S A MAINTENANCE WORKER FOR THE UNIVERSITY. "THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S MUCH BIGGER THAN STEALING OFFICE SUPPLIES, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S AN ORGANIZED EFFORT THAT GOES ON OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME TO TAKE THINGS TO THE EXTENT THAT HE CAN OUTFIT AT LEAST PART OF HIS HOUSE." INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE HE WAS SELLING THE ITEMS OR USING THEM TO FIX UP HIS HOME. THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING INTO WHETHER HE WAS USING THAT MONEY TO HELP HIM SELL DRUGS. UNM POLICE SAY THEY CAN'T FORMALLY ARREST THE EMPLOYEE BECAUSE THEY'RE WAITING FOR A PERSONNEL INVESTIGATION TO WRAP UP.

KOB 4, 10 PM

THE UNM BASEBALL TEAM TOOK ON 17TH RANKED U-C IRVINE.. TIED 2-2 .. IAN HOLLICK GOES OPPOSITE FIELD.. ==== DREW MCDONALD SCORES THE GO-AHEAD RUN.. BUT U-C IRVINE SCORED TWICE IN THE NINETH TO WIN IT 5-3.. CLOSE BUT NO CIGAR FOR THE LOBOS.. THEY FALL 5-3.. SAME TWO TEAMS TOMORROW AT TWO..

KOAT 7, 10 PM

TAKING A LOOK AT TOMORROWS HEADLINES TONIGHT... AFTER FOUR DECADE OF THE VOICE OF THE LOBOS... MIKE ROBERTS HAS BEEN FIRED BY THE COMPANY THAT HIRED HIM. HE WAS THE FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL PLAY-BY-PLAY ANNOUNCER FOR UNM. THE SCHOOL WOULD NOT SAY WHY HE WAS LET GO EXCEPT THAT THEY WANTED TO GO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. TO READ ABOUT WHAT ROBERTS AND OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE CHANGE... PICK UP A COPY OF TOMORROWS ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL.

KRQE 13, 10 PM

A LEGENDARY LOBO HAS BEEN OUSTED. THE COMPANY THAT NOW OWNS THE BROADCAST RIGHTS TO UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO ATHLETIC EVENTS, HAS DECIDED TO MAKE A MAJOR CHANGE. HERE'S NEWS 13 SPORTS DIRECTOR VAN TATE. AFTER 40 YEARS ON THE JOB MIKE ROBERTS HAS CALLED HIS LAST GAME FOR THE LOBOS. LEERFIELD COMMUNICATIONS, THE COMPANY THAT OWNS THE RIGHTS TO THE LOBO BROADCASTS, HAS OFFERED ROBERTS ANOTHER POSITION ON THE BROADCAST TEAM. ROBERTS HASN'T DECIDED IF HE WILL TAKE THE CHANGE IN ASSIGNMENT WHICH CAN INCLUDE ANYTHING FROM PRE AND POST GAME SHOWS. ROBERTS TALKED ABOUT THE DECISION THIS AFTERNOON ON THE JIM VILLANUCCI SHOW ON KKOB 770 AM. MIKE ROBERTS: "I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT AFTER YOU DO SOMETHING FOR 40 YEARS, UH, I'VE DONETHE LOBOS FOR 40 YEARS AND STILL WANTED TO DO IT. AND I'M JUST DISAPPOINTED THAT I JUST DIDN'T GET MORE BACKING FOR THE UNIVERSITY." FAN: "I THINK IT WAS A VERY TERRIBLE DECISION AND LOYALTY'S GOTTA COUNT FOR SOMEWHERE. MIKE ROBERTS HAS CALLED THESE GAMES FOR 40 YEARS AND STILL DOING A GOOD JOB." FAN: "NO I DON'T THINK IT WAS TIME YET. HE STILL HAS A LOT OF ENERGY AND COULD HAVE GONE ON FOR A FEW MORE YEARS." ROBERTS BROADCAST PARTNER GREG REMINGTON IS ALSO BEING REPLACED IN THE COLOR ANALYST POSITION. A NATIONWIDE SEARCH FOR A NEW BROADCAST TEAM IS UNDERWAY. THANKS, VAN. MIKE ROBERTS WAS INDUCTED INTO THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO ATHLETIC HALL OF HONOR IN 1999.

KRQE 13, 10 PM

THE TOUR OF THE NATIONALLY RANKED CONTINUES FOR LOBO BASEBALL. RAY RAY AND COMPANY TRYING TO TURN AWAY 16TH RANKED U-C IRVINE IN THE FIRST OF A THREE GAME SERIES TONIGHT. BIRMINGHAM IN DUGOUT. LOBOS WITH THREE STRAIGHT BUNTS IN THE FIRST INNING. MATT HIBBITTS DROPS ONE DOWN, BAD THROW TO FIRST AND MIKE BROWNSTEIN SCORES, 2-1 IRVINE. BOTTOM FIVE--IAN HOLLICK SINGLE TO RIGHT, DREW MCDONALD SCORES, 3-2 LOBOS.

SATURDAY APRIL 26, 2008

KASA 2, 9 AM

EVERYONE WAS A LOBO. LITERALLY... IN SANTA FE THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE ANNUAL CHERRY SILVER SPRING FOOTBALL GAME ... 1ST QUARTER AND THE CHERRY OFFENSE IS ROLLING... THIS RUN BY RODNEY FERGUSON IS TOO EASY AS HE SAUNTERS IN FOR 6... FERGUSON FINISHED LED UNM WITH 58 YARDS RUSHING... MEANWHILE, DONOVAN PORTERIE WAS SLINGING THE BALL... PASSED FOR 96 YARDS AND THIS TOUCHDOWN HERE TO MITCH STRAUB .NICE CATCH... 14-ZIP CHERRY RUNNING THE SHOW... BUT PORTERIE NOT THE ONLY GUY SLINGING THE BALL AROUND... BOTH BACKUP Q.B.'S THREW TOUCHDOWNS... TATE SMITH HERE FIRES TO BRYANT WILLIAMS AND HE'S GOING THE DISTANCE... THAT'S A 77 YARD PITCH AND CATCH, IMPRESSIVE... ONLY SCORE OF THE GAME FOR THE SILVER... MEANWHILE, VICTOR JAMES THREW ONE EVEN LONGER... JERMAI MCQUEEN ON THE RECEIVING END OF THIS 79 YARD T.D.... CHERRY WINS, 35-7..

SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 2008

KRQE 13, 10 PM

LOBO BASEBALL GETS THUMPED FOR THE 3RD DAY IN A ROW BY THE UC IRVINE ANTEATERS... NOW KEEP IN MIND THAT THE ANTEATERS ARE THE 17TH RANKED TEAM IN THE COUNTRY... === THE LOBOS OPENED THE GAME IN STYLE AS MIKE BROWNSTIEN LEADS OFF THE FIRST WITH A TATER TO LEFT BUT THE REST OF THIS GAME BELONGED TO THE GUYS FROM CALIFORNIA...THE FINAL 12-TO-1...THE LOBOS ARE NOW 27- AND-19 OVERALL...