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Thursday, March 28, 2013  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.

Friday, April 13, 2012  The third accuser in the Bernie Fine case admits he lied about his entire story.  He admits he never even met Bernie Fine.  Zach Tomaselli's statements are believed to be part of the foundation for the federal investigation into the former Syracuse basketball coach.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012  A man who accused former Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine of molesting him has been sentenced to three years and three months in prison for sexually abusing a boy in Maine.

Friday, February 10, 2012  The sex life of Laurie Fine, the wife of former Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine, was deemed irrelevant to the defamation lawsuit against SU and Jim Boeheim. That is the ruling from a judge in New York City.

Wednesday, December 21, 2011  In a rare appeal, the United States Attorney's Office is now asking for anyone who has information concerning the Bernie Fine investigation to contact them.

Wednesday, December 21, 2011  A man who accused former Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine of molesting him pleaded guilty Tuesday to sexually abusing a teenage boy in an agreement that caps his sentence at just over three years in prison.

Tuesday, December 20, 2011  A member of the Syracuse University board of trustees who's a longtime friend of former assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine has resigned from the board.

Thursday, December 15, 2011  A New York prison inmate has come forward with accusations that he was sexually molested as a child by former Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine, starting more than 40 years ago.

Wednesday, December 14, 2011  Two accusers of former Syracuse basketball coach Bernie Fine appeared on CNN with Piers Morgan. In another development, Fine's attorneys are not opposing the release of sealed statements in Federal court.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011  Two men who say they were sexually abused by an assistant basketball coach at Syracuse University are suing Jim Boeheim and Syracuse University for defamation.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011  Watch LIVE at 2:00pm -- Two men who say they were sexually abused by an assistant basketball coach at Syracuse University are announcing that they are suing the school.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011  The third man who accused Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine of molestation says he fully expects to go to prison himself for sexually abusing a boy in Maine.

Friday, December 09, 2011  More than eight years ago, ESPN and a Syracuse newspaper had an audiotape on which the wife of a Syracuse University assistant basketball coach now accused of sex abuse said she knew "everything that went on" with him.

Thursday, December 08, 2011  On Wednesday, Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick said he believes Davis and Lang were abused by Fine. He said some records may call into question Tomaselli's account that he was abused by Fine.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011  Syracuse Police said Monday it will take several weeks to investigate allegations by two former ball boys who said they were molested more than 25 years ago by a Syracuse University assistant basketball coach.