Sports Briefs November 28, 2011
Basketball
Bernie Fine was fired Sunday by Syracuse University after a third man accused the assistant basketball coach of molesting him when he was a child.
"At the direction of Chancellor Cantor, Bernie Fine's employment with Syracuse University has been terminated, effective immediately," Kevin Quinn, the school's senior vice president for public affairs, said in a statement.
The 65-year-old Fine was in his 36th season at his alma mater. He had the longest active streak of consecutive seasons at one school among assistant coaches in Division I.
Zach Tomaselli, 23, of Lewiston, Maine, said Sunday that he told police that Fine molested him in 2002 in a Pittsburgh hotel room. He said Fine touched him "multiple" times in that one incident.
• TOP 25
No. 13 Alabama 72, VCU 64: At Tuscaloosa, Ala., JaMychal Green scored 21 points and the Crimson Tide (7-0) beat the Rams (3-3).
Pittsburgh 81, Robert Morris 71: Ashton Gibbs scored 21 points as host Pittsburgh (5-1) rolled past Robert Morris (4-2).
No. 21 Missouri 88, Binghampton 59: At Columbia, Mo., Kim English scored 29 points and the Tigers (6-0) beat Binghamton (0-5).
No. 24 Mississippi State 82, North Texas 59: At Starkville, Miss., Arnett Moultrie scored 20 points and the Bulldogs (7-1) beat North Texas (1-3).
Hockey
Flames 5, Wild 2: At St. Paul, Minn., Alex Tanguay and Jarome Iginla had third-period goals to help Calgary over Minnesota.
Blues 2, Blue Jackets 1: At Columbus, Ohio, David Backes scored a power-play goal in the third to lift St. Louis past Columbus.
Senators 4, Hurricanes 3: Jason Spezza scored twice to lead host Ottawa past Carolina.
Maple Leafs 5, Ducks 2: At Anaheim, Calif., Tyler Bozak scored twice to lead Toronto past Anaheim.
Football
LSU is the unanimous No. 1 for a third consecutive week in the Associated Press poll and Alabama received all the second-place votes for a second straight week.
Boise State is ranked ninth.
• Travis Lulay led the British Columbia Lions to the Grey Cup title, throwing two second-half touchdown passes in a 34-23 victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in Vancouver, British Columbia.
• Illinois coach Ron Zook was fired after the Illini followed a 6-0 start to this season with a six-game losing streak.
• David Graves accounted for three scores and Joey Iosefa two others to lead Hawaii (6-6) to a 35-23 win over Tulane (2-11) late Saturday night in Honolulu.
Baseball
The Tampa Bay Rays acquired right-hander Josh Lueke and a player to be named or cash from the Seattle Mariners for catcher John Jaso.
Golf
Matt Kuchar and Gary Woodland ended the United States' 11-year drought in golf's World Cup by shooting a 5-under 67 to win by two strokes in Hainan, China.
Auto racing
Mark Webber won the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix in Sao Paulo after Red Bull teammate Sebastian Vettel struggled with a gearbox problem.
Skiing
Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal raced to his third World Cup super-G victory at Lake Louise, Alberta, beating Switzerland's Didier Cuche by 0.23 seconds.
• Marlies Schild of Austria won the season-opening World Cup slalom in Aspen, colo., holding off Maria Pietilae-Holmner of Sweden.
Tennis
Roger Federer held off a resilient Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in London for his record sixth ATP World Tour Finals title, winning 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-3 at the season-ending tournament.
- The Associated Press