SYRACUSE RUMORS & GOSSIP
BeeJay’s Warehouse: Syracuse Looking to Stockpile Bigs by Adding Anya
Five Star Basketball
The Fizz posed the idea of a “Transformers Lineup” with the prospect of Nerlens Noel adding yet another towering body to the Syracuse lineup. N2 chose Kentucky, but the Orange is now looking at big man BeeJay Anya to fortify the center position. The SU front court is adding big bodies. The Orange already has incoming big DaJuan Coleman joining...
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Exit Nerlens, Enter Noah: Syracuse Seeking Top New England PF Vonleh
masslive.com
Jim Boeheim and his staff are trying to make sure their second swing at a #1 big man from New England is a home run. While Syracuse lost top prospect and Massachusetts prouduct Nerlens Noel, Noah Vonleh would be a terrific followup.
Vonleh hails from Haverhill, MA (not far from N2′s home of Everett), and is considered the top power forward in the Class of ’...
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Insider Trading: Syracuse’s Washington Helping Recruit FL QB Asiantii Woulard
Rivals.com
Syracuse’s aggressive search for a dual threat quarterback has picked up another target after 4-star Asiantii Woulard (Winter Park, Fla.) de-committed from USF last month. Woulard originally gave the Bulls the nod in February, but decided afterward that he rushed to a decision.
“First of all, the decision to commit, I felt it was premature. But I felt kind of pressured...
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Got One! Syracuse’s Heated Hunt for a Quarterback Lands PA’s Austin Wilson
Penn Live
Look at this. Doug Marrone and the Syracuse Orange were not going to sleep until they landed a highly regarded quarterback prospect. And Sunday night, Austin Wilson of East Pennsboro, PA committed to SU.
“I was up there Friday, and I just knew. The whole day I was up there I was quietly looking around at everything. I loved the campus. On the trip home I was talking...
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That’s My Bro: Tyler Provo Follows Brother Nick’s Footsteps to Syracuse
Nation of Orange
Doug Marrone always had high praise for standout Nick Provo, who developed into one of the best pass-catching tight ends Syracuse has had. Now the head coach gets to bring another Provo through the SU program.
The Orange solidifies its first verbal commitment for the Class of 2013, as Tyler Provo has decided to follow his older brother’s footsteps and play...
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Ex-Syracuse Coach Bernie Fine's Wife To Sue ESPN For Libel About Molestation Scandal
GENEVA, N.Y. -- The wife of fired Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine claimed Wednesday that ESPN maliciously trampled her reputation by broadcasting salacious stories about her and about claims that her husband molested ball boys. Laurie Fine held a news conference Wednesday and threatened to file a libel lawsuit in federal court against the cable network...
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Bernie Fine's wife sues ESPN
The wife of fired Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine filed a libel lawsuit Monday against ESPN, saying the network ruined her life by broadcasting salacious reports that she knew her husband abused boys and that she had sex with one of the boys.
In the 44-page lawsuit, Laurie Fine accuses ESPN of reporting the allegations against her husband in a bid to boost...
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18 days ago
Suit vs. Syracuse, Boeheim is tossed
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 assistant coach Bernie Fine were driven by greed.
Two former team ballboys, Bobby Davis and Michael Lang, accused Fine of sexually abusing them...
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19 days ago
FLOATING AIR BISCUITS
'Cuse player admits to on-court farting
During a round of match game at the team's annual Cuse awards, Syracuse forward James Southerland conceded that he has a habit of passing gas on the court.
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Syracuse defense wins spring game
When the annual spring scrimmage was in the books for the Syracuse Orange, coach Doug Marrone seemed more relaxed than he's been in a long while.
That five-game losing streak to end last season seemed a distant memory.
''We made some plays,'' Marrone said, hopeful the usual modest crowd of 3,716 fans liked what they saw on Saturday in the Carrier Dome. '...
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April 21, 2012
Ex-Syracuse coach's accuser sentenced for abuse
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.
Zach Tomaselli of Lewiston was sentenced Wednesday in Auburn. He pleaded guilty in December in an agreement with prosecutors.
The 23-year-old Tomaselli apologized to the victim, who...
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April 11, 2012
Where's the heat on 'Cuse's Boeheim?
Jim Boeheim has been a master at driving the Syracuse basketball team through a storm. That's the narrative on him now, that in a year of hard times, the Orange have kept winning. If they beat Ohio State on Saturday, they'll be in the Final Four.
We love people who overcome adversity; it's one of the great feel-good cliches about sports: "It's a tribute to him...
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March 23, 2012
IN THE ZONE
Jim Boeheim rips Reggie Miller
Syracuse's head coach didn't care for some of Reggie Miller's in-game analysis, so he hit him with a barb or two at his press conference on Friday.
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March 16, 2012
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March 16, 2012
Fab Melo: How Does Melo’s Suspension Impact Syracuse’s Tournament Hopes?
Syracuse announced today that sophomore center Fab Melo will miss the NCAA Tournament, although the release didn’t provide any additional details other than to call it an “eligibility issue.”
Consequently, Melo was trending on Twitter within minutes, partly because of the impact on a number one seed but also because people were in a mad scramble to change their...
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March 13, 2012
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March 13, 2012
HEIR JORDAN
Is 'Cuse star dating MJ's daughter?
Jasmine Jordan says she and Syracuse's Scoop Jardine are just friends, but there may be reason to believe that they are, in fact, closer than that.
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March 12, 2012
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March 12, 2012
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