FOOTBALL

BARBER, UMENYIORA NAMED TO PRO-BOWL SQUAD After a successful season ended in disappointment on Sunday, two Giant players had reason to smile yesterday after their names were included on the Associated Press’s All-Pro team.Tiki Barber, the runner-up to Seattle’s Shaun Alexander for the league rushing title, was selected at running back, his first selection. Teammate Osi Umenyiora also made his debut as an All-Pro, narrowly edging fellow defensive end Michael Strahan.

BASEBALL

CUBS TRADE PATTERSON TO ORIOLES Outfielder Corey Patterson, once projected as the Chicago Cubs star of the future, was traded to the Baltimore Orioles yesterday for a pair of minor leaguers: shortstop Nate Spears and left-hander Carlos Perez. The 26-year-old Patterson hit .252 with 70 homers in parts of six major league seasons with the Cubs, appearing in 589 games. He started 111 games in center field for the Cubs last year, struggling with a .215 average and just 13 homers in 126 games.

The 20-year-old Spears batted .294 with 30 doubles, six triples, six homers, and 41 RBI in 112 minor league games last season. Perez, 23, went 11-8 in 151 1/3 innings and struck out 146 while walking just 61.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

DUKE VOTED UNANIMOUS NO. 1 The Duke Blue Devils remained no. 1 in the Associated Press college basketball poll yesterday, as they have all season, and they were a unanimous choice for the first time.A week in which 15 members of the Top 25 lost meant the end of the second- and third-longest current poll streaks with Kentucky and Wake Forest out of the rankings. Wisconsin returned after a week out of the poll, and Cincinnati, an unsettled program under an interim coach, cracked the Top 25 for the first time this season. Duke, which beat Bucknell and Wake Forest last week, received all 72 firstplace votes and 1,800 points from the national media panel to remain no. 1 for the 10th consecutive poll.

– Associated Press