NFL News: Jaworski Replacing Theismann in MNF Booth

Michele Tafoya and Suzy Kolber will continue as sideline reporters.

(NEW YORK) - There will be a quarterback change in the Monday Night Football broadcast booth for the 2007 season.

Ron Jaworski will join Mike Tirico and Tony Kornheiser on the ESPN telecast.

Jaworski replaces Joe Theismann, who has been offered a prominent football analyst job with the network.

NWC Baseball: Bearcats Hold On For 2-1 Win Over Whitworth

Four WU pitchers combine to hold Pirates to five hits.

(SALEM) - Four Willamette University pitchers combined to limit Whitworth College to five hits, as the Bearcats defeated the Pirates, 2-1, in Northwest Conference baseball action on Monday, at John Lewis Field.

With the victory, Willamette improves to 10-11 overall and 4-7 in NWC action. Whitworth falls to 7-14 overall, 5-7 in the NWC.

Willamette scored its two runs in the fourth inning on a pair of infield singles.

NCAA Soccer: UP Soccer Teams to Host Timbers, Canada this Spring

Christine Sinclair returns to the pitch where she set numerous school and NCAA records.

(PORTLAND) - In what has become an annual spring soccer showcase, the University of Portland will host two high-profile soccer events at Merlo Field and the Clive Charles Soccer Complex again in 2007.

The men’s team will host the Portland Timbers on Friday, April 13th at 7:00 PM, while the women’s team will host the Canadian National Team, including former Pilot star Christine Sinclair, on Friday, April 20th at 7:00 PM.

There will be many familiar faces from the opposing teams in both matches. The Timbers have two former Pilots currently on roster in the form of Andrew Gregor and Garrett Marcum.

Torre Chisholm Named New AD at Portland State

(PORTLAND) - Portland State University President Daniel O. Bernstine has named Michael “Torre” Chisholm as the University’s new athletics director, following a national search.

Chisholm currently serves as associate athletic director for development and marketing at University of California, Irvine, where he has been since September 2000.

While at UC Irvine, Chisholm increased fundraising by 200 percent and sponsorships by 150 percent, helping to secure major gifts that led to the construction of a Sports Medicine Center and the second phase of Anteater Ballpark.

NCAA Baseball: No. 2 Oregon State Extends Win Streak to 12 Games

The Beavers begin Pac-10 play this weekend at Arizona.

(SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.) - Mike Lissman drove in five runs as second-ranked Oregon State extended its baseball winning streak to 12 games Monday afternoon, beating Cal Poly 13-1 in a non-conference game at Baggett Stadium.

Daniel Turpen, Blake Keitzman and Jorge Reyes combined to pitch a six-hitter for the Beavers (23-3 overall), who allowed just three runs and 14 hits in the three-game sweep of the Mustangs (13-16).

Earlier Monday, OSU moved up two places to No. 2 in the USA Today/ESPN coaches poll.

Oregon's Brooks Selected to All-America Third Team

Brooks finished his Oregon career ranked ninth all-time in scoring with 1,521 points.

(EUGENE) - If Kevin Durant and Greg Oden play only one season of college basketball, it will have been as All-Americans.

On the other hand, Oregon's Aaron Brooks represented the senior class well.

Brooks, the Pac-10's scoring leader at 17.7 points per game, became the Ducks' first All-American since Luke Jackson in 2004.

Wenslow Leads UO in Duck Invite First Day

In the first round Monday morning, San Francisco jumped out to a seven-stroke advantage with its 299.

(EUGENE) - The No. 54-ranked University of Oregon women’s golf team stood in seventh place Monday afternoon after the first two rounds of the Duck Invitational, held at Shadow Hills Country Club.

Junior Victoria Wenslow weathered a prototypical spring day that featured bouts of sun, wind and rain and temperatures in the mid to low 50s.

The Bunkeflostrand, Sweden native posted UO’s low score of the day and was tied for eighth overall (76-78-154) but played as an individual since she missed the team’s practice qualifying round last week.

Ma Leads Oregon Duck Invitational

Oregon State was in second place with a 579 total, thanks to James Allenby’s 1-over 145.

(EUGENE) - Oregon’s Matt Ma shot a 3-under 141 Monday to jump to the lead of the Oregon Duck Invitational.

The senior from Aiea, Hawaii, holds a one-shot lead on UCLA’s Kevin Chappell and Jamie Lovemark of USC heading into Tuesday’s final round, which will start at 8:00 AM.

Monday, as players competed in chilly conditions with intermittent showers and temperatures in the upper 40s at the par-72, 7,033-yard Eugene Country Club, No. 6 USC took the 36-hole lead by shooting rounds of 282-295 for a 577 total.

NCAA Basketball: Jason Ray, UNC's Beloved Mascot, Succumbs to Accident Injuries

The senior business major was pronounced dead Monday morning in New Jersey.

(CHAPEL HILL, N.C. ) - Jason Kendall Ray, 21, died Monday morning at Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center.

Ray, a senior at the University of North Carolina, was a member of UNC's cheerleading squad and was injured in a pedestrian/vehicle accident in Fort Lee, N.J., on Friday, March 23rd.

Ray was in New Jersey to perform as the Tar Heels' mascot, Rameses, in the NCAA Men's Basketball East Regional in East Rutherford, N.J., on Friday and Sunday.