Bernie Fine

Fired SU Assistant Basketball Coach Bernie Fine To Sue ESPN For Defamation

Fired Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine has filed the initial paperwork in a defamation lawsuit against ESPN for reporting sex-abuse claims against him.

2013/03/28

Feds Drop Sex Abuse Case Against Ex-Syracuse Assistant Bernie Fine

After a probe spanning nearly a year, U.S. Attorney Richard Hartunian said Friday there was no evidence to support claims that Bernie Fine had molested a boy in 2002 in a Pittsburgh hotel room.

2012/11/09

Palladino: Sandusky Case A Lesson For All Schools

Never again can any head coach of an athletic program assume a role so big, a face so imposing as Paterno’s, that it steers the policies and actions of an entire university.

2012/06/25

Bobby Davis. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

2005 Syracuse Probe Found No Abuse Evidence

A 2005 investigation ordered by Syracuse University into sex-abuse allegations against a former assistant men’s basketball coach found no witnesses who believed the accuser’s story.

2012/06/11

Laurie Fine, Wife Of Fired Syracuse Hoops Coach, To Sue ESPN

The wife of a fired Syracuse University assistant basketball coach claims ESPN trampled her reputation by broadcasting salacious and false stories about molestation claims against her husband.

2012/05/16

Wife Of Accused Former SU Assistant Coach Bernie Fine To Speak

The wife of a former Syracuse University assistant basketball coach accused of molesting ball boys will break her silence after six months.

2012/05/15

NCAA Basketball Tournament - Kansas State - Syracuse

Judge Tosses Defamation Suit v. Syracuse, Boeheim

A judge on Friday threw out a defamation lawsuit brought against Syracuse University and men’s basketball coach Jim Boeheim by two men who said the Hall of Fame coach slandered them when he said their accusations of sexual abuse against former associate head coach Bernie Fine were driven by greed.

2012/05/11

Syracuse Coach Accuser Now Says He Made It All Up

A Maine man says he lied when he accused former Syracuse assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine of molesting him.

2012/04/13

Amid Sexual Molestation Allegations, Ex-’Cuse Assistant Fine Puts House On Market

Former Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine has put his house on the market for $549,900. Syracuse fired Fine in November amid allegations that he sexually molested two former ball boys.

2012/03/28

Fab Melo of Syracuse shoots over Charles Okwandu of Connecticut. (Photo by Chris Trotman/Getty Images)

‘Cuse’s Fab Melo To Miss NCAA Tourney, Will Reportedly Declare For NBA Draft

Syracuse sophomore center Fab Melo has been ruled ineligible for the NCAA tournament, and multiple sources say that he will declare for the NBA Draft after the season.

2012/03/13

Amid Drug Scandal, Syracuse Readies For Big East Tournament

Just another day at the office for Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim. A light Tuesday afternoon workout for his second-ranked Orange, then off to Manhattan.

WFAN–2012/03/07

Judge: Boeheim Slander Suit To Be Heard In Syracuse, Not NYC

Supreme Court Justice Brian DeJoseph said Bobby Davis and Michael Lang did not provide sufficient proof that Syracuse jurors would be biased.

WFAN–2012/02/22

Judge: Alleged Sexual Conduct Between Laurie Fine, SU Players Has ‘No Bearing’ On Suit

Bobby Davis and Mike Lang wanted names and addresses of every team player from 1992-1997, saying claims that Bernie Fine’s wife had sex with some would show Jim Boeheim knew what was going on in the program.

WFAN–2012/02/10