The Morning Journal (Lorain, OH)

Tribe falls, 6-5, to the Giants

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Jose Ramirez went 2-for-2, including a double, with a walk and an RBI, and Michael Martinez contribute­d a pair of hits and a run, but the Indians fell, 6-5, to the Giants in Goodyear, Ariz. Josh Tomlin was tagged for six runs (five earned) and eight hits in three innings to take the loss.

College basketball

MOUNT ST. MARY’S WINS FIRST FOUR NAILBITER » Diminutive point guard Junior Robinson scored 23 points, including the go-ahead jumper with 1:27 to play, and Mount St. Mary’s held on for a 67-66 victory over New Orleans in the opening game of the First Four. Robinson, the smallest player in Division I at 5-foot-5, carried the Mountainee­rs (20-15) to only their second NCAA Tournament win. They’ll head to Buffalo to play defending national champion and top overall seed Villanova in the East Regional on Thursday. CENTRAL MICHIGAN’S KEENE TO DECLARE » Marcus Keene, the nation’s leading scorer, is entering the NBA draft, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press. Keene scored 30 points per game at Central Michigan this season, the highest scoring average by a Division I player since Charles Jones averaged 30.1 points for Long Island University during the 1996-97 season.

NBA

FORMER BLAZERS GREAT RECUPERATI­NG » Former Trail Blazer Cliff Robinson says he is recovering from a “minor brain hemorrhage.” Last week, Robinson’s family disclosed the 50-year-old former forward was being treated at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland, Ore. Robinson issued a statement saying he’s in the “process of getting better.”

Sled dog racing

SEAVEY REIGNS IN IDITAROD » Mitch Seavey won his third Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, becoming the oldest champion at age 57 and helping cement his family’s position as mushing royalty. The Seward, Alaska, musher brought his dogs off the frozen Bering Sea and onto Front Street in the Gold Rush town of Nome after crossing nearly 1,000 miles of Alaska wilderness. He outran his son, defending champion Dallas Seavey, and lapped the oldest musher record that he set at age 53 in 2013.

Soccer

LEICESTER’S CINDERELLA STORY CONTINUES » First, the Premier League title. Now, the Champions League quarterfin­als. Is there no end to Leicester’s soccer fairytale? The improbable rise of a previously unheralded club from central England touched new heights on Tuesday when Leicester beat Sevilla 2-0 to reach the last eight of Europe’s elite club competitio­n, courtesy of a 3-2 aggregate victory. Two years ago to the day, Leicester was in last place in the Premier League after a dour 0-0 home draw with Hull.

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