New York Post

Man dies when 220 pound bench press machine crushes throat

A superfit managing director of an energy drinks company died in a freak accident when he got trapped under a 220-pound weight-lifting machine, an inquest heard. Steven Baker, 56, was found by his ...
WVXU

Johnny Bench On 'BENCH' Film: Fatherhood, Big Red Machine And Reds Off-Season Trades

Johnny Bench talks to media after the 'BENCH' screening at Great American Ball Park. Johnny Bench, the charismatic and beloved Hall of Fame Reds catcher, returned to Cincinnati for the premiere of MLB ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

'Coulda been the Buffalo Bills': How Cincinnati's greatest team became the Big Red Machine

The San Francisco Giants touted George Foster as the next Willie Mays, or at least the prospect who would replace the aging superstar. Until the day in May when the rookie finished some swings in the ...
The Herald-Dispatch

Bench: No one could afford Big Red Machine today

HUNTINGTON — Johnny Bench said the Boston Red Sox $228 million payroll of 2019 wouldn’t be nearly enough to pay the 1976 Cincinnati Reds if the Big Red Machine played today. “No one could afford it,” ...