Ex-Syracuse Basketball Player Tony Bruin Is Stabbed in a Late-Night Robbery

Police sifted through several different accounts about how former Syracuse University basketball star Tony (Red) Bruin was stabbed during a late-night robbery Tuesday, but they said Wednesday that there were no suspects in the case.

Bruin reported being attacked by two masked men, who robbed him of $2,000, while he was waiting for a cab at the home of a woman.

The former tri-captain on the team, from 1981 to 1983, was listed in satisfactory condition Wednesday at Upstate Medical Center. Police said he suffered tendon damage to his left arm in the attack.

Bruin, who was sentenced to perform 500 hours of community service and five years’ probation earlier this year after pleading guilty to possession of cocaine, ended his four-year career at Syracuse in 1983 as the team’s 14th-leading all-time scorer and was later drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers.

Bruin had originally had been charged with selling cocaine to an undercover police officer on two occasions in April, 1984.