October 03, 2025
In this week's Off The Bench, the NCAA's bid to overturn a football player's eligibility falls short, a transgender athlete wants a potential landmark U.S. Supreme Court case stopped, and a $55 million feud between two athletic conferences continues.
September 30, 2025
A Florida federal judge on Tuesday tossed the lawsuit of a widow seeking to collect spousal benefits from the MLB's pension plan, ruling that the woman was not married long enough to the retired Cincinnati Reds pitcher to qualify.
July 07, 2025
Major League Baseball's pension plan doubled down Monday on its argument that a woman who married a retired Cincinnati Reds pitcher seven weeks before he died cannot collect surviving spouse benefits, saying marriages must last a year for spouses to qualify.
June 24, 2025
The widow of a former Cincinnati Reds pitcher is pushing to keep her lawsuit against Major League Baseball's pension plan alive, urging a Florida federal judge to preserve her legal fight for surviving spouse benefits in the face of the plan's motion to dismiss.
May 22, 2025
Major League Baseball's pension plan asked a Florida federal judge to toss a request for surviving spouse benefits filed by a woman who married retired Cincinnati Reds pitcher Tom Browning seven weeks before he died, saying the length of the marriage disqualifies her from collecting the benefits.