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College basketball

Stuckey, Raivio All-Americans

Guards Rodney Stuckey of Eastern Washington and Derek Raivio of Gonzaga made the honorable mention list as Associated Press All-Americans.

Freshmen Kevin Durrant of Texas and Greg Oden of Ohio State made the first team along with seniors Alando Tucker of Wisconsin and Acie Law IV of Texas A&M and junior Arron Afflalo of UCLA.

Durrant was the only unanimous choice of the 72-member national media panel that selects the weekly Top 25.

The voting was conducted before the NCAA tournament.

TV sports

ESPN changing quarterbacks

Joe Theismann will no longer be part of ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” booth and will be replaced by Ron Jaworski, the former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback.

“Ron has covered the NFL from many different perspectives, and he is totally tied into the issues and trends from around the league,” said Norby Williamson, ESPN’s executive vice president.

Theismann, a former Washington Redskins quarterback, will be offered another analyst job with the network, Williamson said.

Jaworski will join play-by-play announcer Mike Tirico and analyst Tony Kornheiser in the booth.

Girls basketball

Lake City’s Baker Idaho’s top player

Lake City High School sophomore Katie Baker has been named the 2006-07 Gatorade Player of the Year for Idaho.

Baker, a 6-foot-1 post, led the Timberwolves (23-4) to the State 5A championship last month. She scored 17 points and had nine rebounds in LC’s 46-40 win over Coeur d’Alene in the state final. She averaged 14.9 points, 8.1 rebounds, three steals and three blocked shots per game.

She was named the state’s 5A Player of the Year last weekend by the Idaho Statesman newspaper in Boise. An All-North Idaho selection, she shared the Inland Empire League Player of the Year honor with Coeur d’Alene sophomore wing Kama Griffitts.

College basketball

Accident kills UNC mascot

Jason Ray, a North Carolina student who performed as a mascot for the school’s basketball team, died Monday, three days after being struck by a car in East Rutherford, N.J., hours before an NCAA tournament game. He was 21.

Ray had been in critical condition at Hackensack University Medical Center since the accident. He was hit from behind while walking on a highway shoulder near his Fort Lee hotel after going to a nearby convenience store.

Ray performed as UNC’s ram mascot, Rameses, for the past three seasons.