“Sir, you changed my life forever due to this great cause. Can’t lie, Taylor & I are Broncos fans, but we’re also huge fans of yours. Thank you for what you do to help local LE’s.” — Deputy John “Patrick” Hynes.

And more from Deputy Hynes:



“I received Taylor through Mr. Roethlisberger’s grant program in 2012, & we have been an Explosives Detection K-9 Team ever since. She is a six and a half year old chocolate lab that is very good at her job — finding explosives & interacting with kids at public relation events. Our partnership would not have been possible without Mr. Roethlisberger and his foundation! Again, thank you sir.”


Deputy Hynes, thank YOU for taking a moment to share this with us. Be safe and thank you for what you do!


Fans: You can support future K-9 grants by joining Ben’s crowdfunding campaign on https://pledgeit.org/big-ben. Big Ben is pledging $1,000 per touchdown this season to his foundation. Supporters can increase the impact by pledging to donate any amount per touchdown.

“The Northern Kentucky University Police Department is honored to receive this grant from the Ben Roethlisberger Foundation. The funding will allow us to ensure the safety of our K-9 officer, Arritt, who works to keep our campus and region safe. We thank and commend the Foundation for its dedication to public safety service K-9 units.” — Lieutenant John Gaffin, Interim Chief of Police, Northern Kentucky University Police.”

Today, Ben announced the twelfth and thirteenth grant of the 2016 season from The Ben Roethlisberger Foundation at The Giving Back Fund.

The Foundation will be distributing grants to the Erlanger Police Department and the Northern Kentucky University Police not far from the Cincinnati, Ohio area where the Steelers play the Bengals this Sunday, December 18th.

The Erlanger Police Department will use their grant to purchase a new K-9 officer to assist with protecting and serving the Kenton County community.

“The Erlanger Kentucky Police Department is fortunate to be receiving a $10,000 check from the Ben Roethlisberger Foundation. Our mission is to help and assist any agency at any time upon any requests. The funds will go towards the purchase of a brand new K-9 unit which includes the dog and training for a handler.” — Officer Edward Bailey, Erlanger Police Department.

The Northern Kentucky University Police will use their grant to purchase and install a temperature monitor in the designated K-9 police cruiser.

“Arritt (photo above with his partner, Officer Murray) is an explosives detection canine provided to the University in 2012 via a grant from the Department of Homeland Security. Arritt and Officer Murray provide immediate and specialized response to bomb threats and unattended packages. This team conducts searches for a variety of explosive materials near building exteriors, parking lots, office areas, vehicles, packages, people in and around the campus, and assists other agencies in the region.” — Lieutenant John Gaffin, Interim Chief of Police, Northern Kentucky University Police.

During the 2016 NFL season, Ben’s foundation is distributing grants to K-9 units of police and fire departments in the cities and surrounding communities of each regular season away game for the Steelers. The Foundation will also distribute several grants to the Pittsburgh area. The Ben Roethlisberger Foundation invited police and fire departments across the […]

“It’s AFC North football this week, and that means physical football.”

From Teresa Varley, Steelers.com:

The Steelers-Bengals rivalry has become a heated rivalry over the last few years, with physical, aggressive play being the norm when the two AFC North teams meet up.

Ben Roethlisberger doesn’t expect anything different this Sunday when they kick off at Paul Brown Stadium.

“Typical one down there. Crazy. Riled up,” said Roethlisberger. “It’s AFC North. It’s us coming to town. Maybe not quite as crazy as it would have been if it was that initial 8:30, but I still expect the fans to come out and it to be a typical Steelers-Bengals game.

“It’s that feel every time you go there. Throw records out the window. That time of year, the time of the game, all of those things. It’s going to be a great atmosphere.”

If recent history is an indication, it will definitely be a physical game. Players like Le’Veon Bell and Antonio Brown have been injured in past games against the Bengals, adding fuel to the fire. Bengals’ linebacker Vontaze Burfict was suspended for the first three games of this season for repeated violations of the player safety rule, which culminated with a hit to Brown that left him with a concussion in the playoffs last season. The intensity is expected to continue, but Roethlisberger expects the game to be played clean.

“I hope it’s not dirty,” said Roethlisberger. “We expect a physical game. That’s what we want it to be. We expect them to be the same way. We are not going to be a dirty team. We are going to go out and play football and play hard and physical, not retaliate. Just play this game the way it’s supposed to be played. If there are a lot of nasty things going on, I guess we will know why.

“We know what happened. We know about the injuries, we know about some of the dirty type things. We don’t concern ourselves with that. We concern ourselves with trying to win a football game.”

And to do that, the offense will have to deal with a Bengals’ defense that is physical, hard-hitting, and doesn’t have a lot of give, starting with their front seven, which includes Geno Atkins who was named AFC Defensive Player of […]

From Ben’s radio show this morning on 93.7 The Fan:

Ben Roethlisberger is coming off his worst game of the season in a 27-20 win over the Buffalo Bills, a victory that saw Le’Veon Bell carry the team at times.

On “The #1 Cochran Ben Roethlisberger Show”, the Steelers’ quarterback talked about Bell’s performance and why the game plan shifted from spreading the Bills out and throwing the ball to letting Le’Veon carry it 38 times.

“It’s that time of year where whatever it takes to win, and I think he will tell you the same thing,” Ben said. “If he’s got to run into the ground for us to win a Super Bowl, I think he’ll take that, and we all will.”

Bell ran for 236 yards on those 38 carries while adding 4 catches for 62 yards. His 298 total yards single-handedly out gained the entire Bills offense.

Looking at his own performance though, Ben gave a very direct and honest critique of himself as he threw three interceptions and no touchdowns.

“I take full accountability that I need to play better. I know that you and other people are talking a lot about me needing to play better on the road, and I fully agree,” he said.

Regardless of how the Steelers got the victory, it was a monumental one for head coach Mike Tomlin as he recorded his 100th career victory. He joins the exclusive company of George Allen, Vince Lombardi and John Madden as the only four head coaches in league history with ten-plus seasons and zero losing seasons.

Ben talked about Tomlin’s accomplishment and presenting him with the game ball.

“It just seemed like a unique milestone, a milestone that needed to be recognized…so I just wanted to recognize a coach that has won 100 games in this league when it’s not easy to win,” he said.

Ben even joked with Tomlin about whether or not he’s allowed to hand out game balls.

The win marked a special milestone to Ben as well which he told us about.

“We’ll take an ugly win, we’ll take a pretty win, as long as we win. That win meant a lot to me personally because it was win number eight, which means 13 years now and I still haven’t had a losing record, which is something I take […]

jimkelly1212 Very tough day for my Bills. But after the game as always number 7 shows class. Thanks for the game jersey bud. Good luck rest of season and playoffs. Adding to my collection of favs, BIG BEN.