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U.S. Senators to be drinking NY micro brews after Super Bowl bet

Thanks to the New York Giants Super Bowl win on Sunday, some U.S. Senators will soon be receiving some Saranac beer, as a result of a wager between Senator Chuck Schumer and his New Hampshire colleague Jeanne Shaheen. Read More »

NYS celebrates Giants' Super Bowl victory with Championship license plate

NEW YORK STATE - Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced a New York Giants Super Bowl XLVI victory license plate to honor the championship team. Read More »

Report: Filing says Fine's wife slept with players

NEW YORK (AP) - The New York Daily News reports that former Syracuse ball boy Bobby Davis says in an affidavit the wife of former Orange assistant coach Bernie Fine had sex with the players. Read More »

Baseball Hall of Fame Classic moved up to June 16

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) - The Hall of Fame Classic is moving to a new date - the Saturday before Father's Day. Read More »

No. 3 Syracuse holds off West Virginia 63-61

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - Brandon Triche had 18 points, including a pair of free throws that broke the final tie with 88 seconds left, and No. 3 Syracuse beat West Virginia 63-61 on Saturday. Read More »

Adirondack Ice Bowl gets under way at Fourth Lake

INLET, N.Y. (WKTV) - This weekend, the destination is Fourth Lake in Inlet, as the annual Adirondack Ice Bowl gets under way - an event expected to draw dozens of hockey players, as well as fans. Read More »

Giants-Patriots Super Bowl will air on WKTV in two weeks

(WKTV) - The Super Bowl match-up is set with the New England Patriots set to take on the New York Giants February 5 in Indianapolis. Read More »

Former Penn State Coach Joe Paterno succumbs to cancer

STATE COLLEGE, P.A. (AP) - Joe Paterno, the longtime Penn State coach who won more games than anyone in major college football but was fired amid a child sex abuse scandal that scarred his reputation for winning with integrity, died Sunday. Read More »

Happy Birthday to The Greatest!

UTICA (WKTV) – Happy 70th Birthday to Muhammad Ali. Although self-proclaimed, his moniker is rarely debated…”The Greatest”. Ali has been called the most recognized man on the planet, he is a phenomenal athlete, poet, civil rights and social issues leader, philanthropist and handicapped American. Read More »

Hamlin places sixth in Germany, ties her season best

OBERHOF, Germany (WKTV) - Remsen’s Erin Hamlin took sixth place in Saturday's world cup run in Germany. The finish ties for her best of this season. Read More »

Bernie Fine friend resigns as Syracuse U. trustee

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - 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. Read More »

NBCUniversal signs a new nine year deal with the NFL

NEW YORK, N.Y. (WKTV) - NBCUniversal today agreed to a new and extensive media rights agreement to extend its NFL rights package through the 2022 season. Read More »

DA says he didn't interview Syracuse ex-assistant coach

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - The Onondaga County District Attorney says he hasn't interviewed the fired Syracuse University assistant basketball coach accused of sexual abuse or his wife because of an ongoing federal investigation. Read More »

DA: Syracuse statute of limitations has passed

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - A New York prosecutor says he cannot bring charges against a former Syracuse University assistant basketball coach but find that two men who accused him of sexual abuse are credible. Read More »

Bernie Fine accuser admits to molesting boy

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A Maine man who accused former Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine of molesting him is admitting to The Associated Press that he molested a boy in Maine. Read More »

Bernie Fine accuser dealing with abuse case in Maine

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) - A 23-year-old man who accused former Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine of molesting him is seeking to suppress evidence in his own molestation case in Maine. Read More »

SU students concerned about future of athletics program after Fine allegations

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WKTV) - "Coach Boeheim is our coach. We stand by him" - that is the word from Syracuse University Chancellor Nancy Cantor when asked what action, if any, will be taken against the head basketball coach. Read More »

Sexual abuse advocates: "Never call alleged victims liars"

HERKIMER, N.Y. (WKTV) - The YWCA of the Mohawk Valley is the only state certified organization in our area that deals with victims of sexual abuse. Executive Director Natalie Brown says she was disturbed when, ten days ago, Syracuse head basketball coach Jim Boeheim called the alleged sexual abuse victims of Birnie Fine that came forward, liars. Read More »

Boeheim supports decision to fire Fine, regrets his initial statements

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim says he supports the university's decision to fire his longtime assistant Bernie Fine and that he "deeply regrets" his initial statements that may have been insensitive to victims of abuse. Read More »