Tag: "Ben Roethlisberger"

Steelers trade for Byron Leftwich
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Steelers trade for Byron Leftwich

The Pittsburgh Steelers are pretty well aware that they won’t have their QB Ben Roethlisberger around for a couple games at the start of the season. The NFL has made it pretty clear that they look down upon people who run around raping girls. While they have Dennis Dixon on the roster and he might [...]

Roethlisberger to be suspended this week?
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Roethlisberger to be suspended this week?

Sources tell Jason Cole of Yahoo! Sports that Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger is expected to be given a suspension on Monday or Tuesday of this week. While we don’t know for sure, the suspension is expected to be between 2-4 games. “Ben understands where this is going and he knows there’s punishment he’ll have [...]

Witness statement sounds bad for Roethlisberger
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Witness statement sounds bad for Roethlisberger

Boy, this looks really bad for Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger. Yes, he’s lucky that there won’t be any criminal charges filed, but TheSmokingGun.com posted some relevant hand-written statements that the 20-year girl from Milledgeville, GA gave to police and it sounds pretty bad.

Steelers have had internal discussions about dealing Roethlisberger
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Steelers have had internal discussions about dealing Roethlisberger

A source tells NFL.com’s Jason La Canfora that the Pittsburgh Steelers have had internal discussions about trading away QB Ben Roethlisberger. “The Rooneys are livid,” the source said. Supposedly, the Rooney family is embarrassed and quite troubled by Big Ben’s off-the-field antics and patterns of behavior. Twice in the last year or so he’s been [...]

Attorney says he investigated yet another Roethlisberger incident
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Attorney says he investigated yet another Roethlisberger incident

Boston-based attorney Harry Manion went on WEEI recently and said that he was actually involved in another Las Vegas incident regarding Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger. Jesus, when does it stop? This should be taken for what it is though, and the bottom line is that no charges were ever pursued.

Bradshaw and Roethlisberger aren’t friends
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Bradshaw and Roethlisberger aren’t friends

Terry Bradshaw won four Super Bowls as the QB of the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1970′s. Ben Roethlisberger won two Super Bowls as the QB of the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2000′s. Hooray for everyone, right? Match made in heaven! Not so, it seems that the two of them don’t like each other at all. [...]

Roethlisberger avoids charges in latest assault
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Roethlisberger avoids charges in latest assault

The rumors were right, Big Ben has managed to get himself out of trouble once again. District Attorney Fred Bright announced today that he will not be filing any charges against the Steelers’ QB after a Georgia college student recently accused Ben of sexually assaulting her at a nightclub. “We are not condoning Mr. Roethlisberger’s [...]

Santonio Holmes facing four-game suspension
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Santonio Holmes facing four-game suspension

It seems that some players in the Steelers organization think they can get away with anything after winning two recent Super Bowls.  Finally, some discipline is being handed down.  Pittsburgh wide receiver Santonio Holmes is facing a four-game suspension under the NFL’s Substance Abuse Policy, according to Profootballtalk.com. Four-game suspensions come after multiple violations.  In [...]

Ben Roethlisberger avoids sexual assault charges
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Ben Roethlisberger avoids sexual assault charges

Sources confirmed to ESPN’s Kelly Naqi that District Attorney Fred Bright will announce on Monday that charges will not be brought against Roethlisberger, stemming from the accusation of a 20-year-old student in Milledgeville, Georgia last month. PHOTO CAPTION: Cheerleaders have been known to taunt Big Ben during games This will be the second sexual assault [...]

Roethlisberger refusing to speak with police
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Roethlisberger refusing to speak with police

While the local police in Milledgeville, GA say that their investigation in the sexual assault case of Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger is complete, they’d still like to speak him to get some more information. And according to TMZ.com, Big Ben ain’t talking. When asked by TMZ if he was satisfied with his case, Milledgeville [...]

Roethlisberger case going to prosecutor soon
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Roethlisberger case going to prosecutor soon

WPXI has learned that Milledgeville, GA police will soon wrap up their case regarding Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger allegedly sexually assaulting a 20-year old girl in a nightclub bathroom. The case will then be sent to local district attorney Fred Bright. As of now, no formal charges have been filed against Big Ben, but [...]

Santonio Holmes sued for rocking the party
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Santonio Holmes sued for rocking the party

One of the important aspects of being a team and being someone’s teammate, is that you have to pick each other up when times get tough. And for Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger, he’s struggling with a civil rape case and now pending criminal sexual assault charges. So what are his teammates supposed to do [...]

Roethlisberger’s accuser to meet with police again
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Roethlisberger’s accuser to meet with police again

Despite reports that the accuser of Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger wasn’t going to sit down and talk to police again, TMZ says she is actually going to do just that. At this point though, we understand. Your first thought when you read that initial sentence is, ‘which accuser?’ We get confused too. It’s the [...]

No need for DNA from Roethlisberger
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No need for DNA from Roethlisberger

Sources tell ESPN.com that the Georgia Bureau of Investigation has withdrawn its request for a DNA sample from Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger. No reason was given for why they don’t want it now, and we have no idea if that’s a good thing or a bad thing for Big Ben. We’d have to think [...]

Goodell plans to meet with Ben Roethlisberger
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Goodell plans to meet with Ben Roethlisberger

Even though charges have yet to be filed, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell plans to meet with Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger about the sexual assault allegations against him. “At the appropriate time, I’ll be meeting with Ben,” Goodell said.  “The most important thing is we take the issue seriously.  We are concerned that Ben continues [...]

Steelers are worried about Roethlisberger
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Steelers are worried about Roethlisberger

We passed along some comments from Pittsburgh Steelers owner Art Rooney a couple days ago, but a couple more members of the Steelers organization have spoken out since then. Recently, head coach Mike Tomlin offered his thoughts on the whole sexual assault situation, and punter Daniel Sepulveda chimed in too.

Rooney will allow Roethlisberger investigation to run its course
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Rooney will allow Roethlisberger investigation to run its course

Pittsburgh Steelers president Art Rooney said that he will allow the sexual assault investigation regarding QB Ben Roethlisberger to run its course before deciding what action needs to be taken. “I mean, look that’s one of the things, we do have a little bit of luxury of time,” Rooney said this afternoon during an interview [...]

Report: Roethlisberger didn’t meet with investigators over the weekend
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Report: Roethlisberger didn’t meet with investigators over the weekend

According to a report from NFL Network’s Jason La Canfora, Pittsburgh Steelers QB Big Ben Roethlisberger was down in Georgia over the weekend (the devil went down to Georgia?) and spoke with local investigators about the sexual assault allegations. Well, a source tells PFT that that isn’t the case. PFT’s source says that Big Ben [...]

Big Ben admitts to sexual contact, but not intercourse
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Big Ben admitts to sexual contact, but not intercourse

KDKA investigator Andy Sheehan reported some interesting tidbits on the alleged sexual assault story involving Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. He reports: “Sources tell us that Ben Roethlisberger did speak with police in Milledgeville that night and told them there was no sexual intercourse between himself and the alleged victim. “The same sources say that [...]

Roethlisberger’s accuser drops out of school and goes home
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Roethlisberger’s accuser drops out of school and goes home

Sources tell our pals at TMZ.com that the 20-year old woman who has accused Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger of sexual assault, has dropped out of school and gone home with her parents. According to TMZ’s sources, the woman has dropped out of Georgia College & State University and went back to her family home [...]

Roethlisberger’s sponsors not thrilled
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Roethlisberger’s sponsors not thrilled

USA Today spoke with the president of Pittsburgh-based PLB Sports, which markets the “Big Ben Beef Jerky” brand and the dude didn’t have many great things to say at this point. Ty Ballou calls Ben’s pattern of behavior “troubling” and he even references the motorcycle accident that almost killed the Steelers QB several years ago. [...]

Big Ben Roethlisberger hires big bad attorney
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Big Ben Roethlisberger hires big bad attorney

A league source tells PFT that Pittsburgh Steelers rapist quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has hired Ed Garland as an attorney in his latest rape accusation case. So, who is Ed Garland? Remember when Ray Lewis was accused of murdering some people? Yeah, he’s the attorney Lewis had. That doesn’t make Big Ben a rapist or a [...]

McNulty’s attorney will monitor new Big Ben rape case
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McNulty’s attorney will monitor new Big Ben rape case

Calvin Dunlap, the attorney for Andrea McNulty, who claims that Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger raped her in 2008, tells TMZ that he will be “aggressively looking into this new case.” And when he says “new case,” he’s referring to the Georgia student who claims that Big Ben raped her in a Milledgeville, GA nightclub [...]

Willie Parker visiting Redskins on Monday
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Willie Parker visiting Redskins on Monday

Free agent Willie Parker is scheduled to visit the Washington Redskins on Monday, according to who else but Adam Schefter. Usually by now the Redskins would have spent close to a billion dollars in free agency, so don’t be surprised if owner Dan Snyder offers Parker a 10-year, $79 million contract.  On top of that, [...]

Big Ben accused of rape…again
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Big Ben accused of rape…again

Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman in Georgia, according to TMZ.com. According to the gossip website, the woman was treated and released from the hospital and was interviewed by police. Big Ben was also interviewed by police and no formal charges have been made against the two-time Super [...]