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Thursday, February 28, 2013  The Syracuse Football Club, a group of former SU football players, is telling alumni to stop sending in donations toward Cain’s cause.

Wednesday, January 23, 2013  Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o has told Katie Couric that he briefly lied about his online girlfriend after discovering she didn't exist.

Wednesday, January 16, 2013  A story that Notre Dame Heisman finalist Manti Te'o's girlfriend had died of leukemia turned out to be a hoax apparently perpetrated against the linebacker.

Monday, December 17, 2012  The story of Luke Cain has resonated among Syracuse University alumni across the nation, especially among former athletes. Now there’s a way you can help too.

Tuesday, December 11, 2012  When Luke Cain was a senior, Derrell Smith was just a freshman. Smith would go on to be a captain at Syracuse University, guiding the Orange to a Pinstripe Bowl victory as a senior in 2010. But Smith says it all started with Luke Cain.

Tuesday, December 11, 2012  Former Syracuse University football players from across the nation are banding together to help a former linebacker who was reduced to panhandling on the streets of Syracuse.

Tuesday, December 11, 2012  For three years, Louis "Luke" Cain was a star linebacker for the Syracuse University football team, but he is now a panhandler in downtown Syracuse.