
Federal authorities have dropped their investigation into sexual abuse claims that cost a Syracuse University assistant basketball coach his job, threw a top-ranked team into turmoil and threatened the career of Hall of Fame coach Jim Boeheim.
A Maine man who now says he lied when he accused former Syracuse assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine of molesting him has reported to prison in a child sex abuse case.
A Maine man says he lied when he accused former Syracuse assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine of molesting him.

A Maine man says he lied when he accused former Syracuse assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine of molesting him.
Salacious claims about the wife of an assistant Syracuse University basketball coach who was fired after claims that he molested boys are relevant in the slander lawsuit two of the men brought against the team's head coach, Jim Boeheim, a lawyer for the men argued in court Friday.
Salacious claims about the wife of an assistant Syracuse University basketball coach who was fired after claims that he molested boys have no bearing in a slander lawsuit two of the men brought against the team's head coach, Jim Boeheim, a judge ruled Friday.
The attorney for a Maine man who claims former Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine molested him on a team trip to Pittsburgh in 2002 said he filed a lawsuit Thursday to rebut comments by Fine's attorneys and a prosecutor that the man isn't credible.