Mitchell-Day scores 21 in Dartmouth’s 76-56 win over Harvard

HANOVER, N.H. >> Brandon Mitchell-Day’s 21 points helped Dartmouth defeat Harvard 76-56 on Saturday.

Mitchell-Day also added nine rebounds and five assists for the Big Green (10-10, 4-3 Ivy League). Ryan Cornish scored 19 points while shooting 6 for 16 (3 for 8 from 3-point range) and 4 of 4 from the free-throw line and added seven rebounds. Romeo Myrthil finished with nine points and 12 rebounds.

Robert Hinton finished with 20 points for the Crimson (7-13, 2-5). Chandler Pigge added 11 points, seven rebounds and three steals for Harvard.

Green scores 18 as Holy Cross downs Boston University 72-52

WORCESTER, Mass. >> Max Green had 18 points in Holy Cross’ 72-52 win over Boston University on Saturday.

Green added five assists for the Crusaders (12-13, 4-8 Patriot League). DeAndre Williams added 16 points while shooting 6 of 10 from the field and 4 for 4 from the line while they also had five rebounds. Caleb Kenney shot 4 of 10 from the field and 4 of 6 from the free-throw line to finish with 12 points.

The Terriers (12-13, 6-6) were led by Azmar Abdullah, who recorded 14 points. Michael McNair added 13 points for Boston University. Malcolm Chimezie also put up six points.

Holy Cross took the lead with 14:04 remaining in the first half and did not give it up. The score was 35-27 at halftime, with Green racking up 10 points. Holy Cross extended its lead to 66-46 during the second half, fueled by a 15-2 scoring run. Williams scored a team-high 10 points in the second half as his team closed out the win.

Longtime NFL player and coach Dick Jauron dies at 74

Longtime NFL player and coach Dick Jauron, who led the Chicago Bears to the playoffs and was voted AP coach of the year in 2001, died Saturday. He was 74.

The Bears confirmed his death, which came one day before Philadelphia — where Jauron briefly served as an assistant to current Chiefs coach Andy Reid — played Kansas City in the Super Bowl in New Orleans.

Jauron was a two-sport star at Yale in the early 1970s, and he was drafted by both the Detroit Lions in the NFL draft and the St. Louis Cardinals in the Major League Baseball amateur draft. He ultimately made football his lifelong pursuit, beginning with five seasons as a defensive back in Detroit and three more with Cincinnati before his retirement in 1980.

Boxer John Cooney dies a week after Celtic super-featherweight title defeat

BELFAST, Northern Ireland >> Irish boxer John Cooney has died a week after being taken into intensive care following his Celtic super-featherweight title defeat to Nathan Howells in Belfast.

The death of the 28-year-old Cooney was announced on Saturday in a statement published by his promoter Mark Dunlop on behalf of the Cooney family and his fiancee Emmaleen.

“After a week of battling for his life John Cooney has sadly passed away,” the statement said. “He was a much loved son, brother and partner and it will take us all a lifetime to forget how special he was. RIP John ‘the Kid’ Cooney.”

Cooney’s fight with Howells was stopped in the ninth round at Ulster Hall.

Cooney subsequently underwent surgery after it was discovered he had an intracranial hemorrhage.

— The Associated Press