God bless our Hero Dogs & their equally heroic human partners!


The mission of the Ben Roethlisberger Foundation is to support K-9 units of police and fire departments throughout the United States with a particular emphasis on support for service dogs in Pittsburgh, PA. Ben’s foundation distributed more than $170,000 in grants to K-9 units around the country during the 2015 NFL season, including $93,250.00 just in the Pittsburgh community alone.

“We’re very fortunate to be in the position that we are able to help these K-9 units. The work that is performed by the dogs and their handlers as well as the bond that is formed is incredible. We’re just thrilled to do our small part.” — Ben.

You can support future K-9 grants by purchasing candy on Sarris Candies’ website, (www.SarrisCandiesFundraising.com), using a special purchase code (77-7777). Sarris will donate 25 percent of the purchase price to the Ben Roethlisberger Foundation.

You can also donate directly to The Ben Roethlisberger Foundation here.

…and we’re going back (but not too far back) to June 18th, 2015 when Benjamin Jr., even at the tender age of 2-years old, knew that the month of August is considered the “Dog” days of summer:



And a hardy round of applause by Baylee confirms that she knew it as well!!

August is almost gone – which means FOOTBALL SEASON IS ALMOST HERE!!! Now that’s something to SING about!

And these fine fighting men are here to tell you that Fort Benning, Georgia is Steelers Country!

From left to right: PFC Ashley, PFC Harris, PFC Grant, and PFC Page. They are “Black & Gold through and through. Ooh-rah!!

Gentlemen, thank you for your service to our country! God bless & keep you safe!

“Ben Roethlisberger is the only player of his era to dominate as both a sandlot-style playmaker and a cerebral field general.” — Andy Benoit.

More from Mr. Benoit’s Big Ben spotlight at MMBQ.com:

Ben Roethlisberger is the most underrated quarterback in the NFL. More precisely, he’s the most misappreciated quarterback. Almost everyone agrees that Roethlisberger is a superstar, but few seem to realize what makes him such a rare talent.

For the longest time, Roethlisberger’s greatness stemmed solely from the fact that he was the most physically gifted passer in the game. People marveled at the way he would shed would-be sackers and extend plays.

Football insiders really marveled at how, after shedding those tacklers and extending the play, he would still make such accurate downfield throws (usually doing so while off-balance).

Roethlisberger’s arm is as strong anyone’s. His precision accuracy is better than almost everyone’s. The fact that he can exhibit all this when things break down is breathtaking.

For a long time, Roethlisberger himself was often the reason things broke down in the first place. “Early on it was, Okay who’s my No. 1 receiver, who’s my No. 2 and that’s about all you had room for,” Roethlisberger told me when I visited the Steelers’ training camp this month. “It was: take the snap, if it’s there, get rid of it. If it’s not, make a play.”

Despite a long history of injuries, Roethlisberger hasn’t lost his playmaking magic at 34. But his game no longer relies on it. And that’s why he’s a markedly better QB now than he was in his 20’s.

“As I’ve evolved I’ve been able to recognize and read defenses, change a play if necessary,” Roethlisberger says. “I’ve gotten comfortable enough in this offense that it even gets down to, Okay, I’m looking at this safety. What’s he doing? What are his eyes telling me? I think that’s just the comfort level with our offense that I can afford to do that.”

Reading not just a safety’s positioning, but something as detailed as his eyes, is one element of 500-level quarterbacking. Another is manipulating a safety with your own eyes—or with your body language as a passer. Roethlisberger has become very adroit here, controlling defenders with his vision, with little rolls of the shoulder, subtle tilts of […]

From his interview at Steelers.com:

Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger hasn’t seen any action in the preseason yet, but he wouldn’t object to getting some playing time before the regular season rolls around.

“I’d like to get out there and play a little bit,” said Roethlisberger. “It’s fun to go against different uniforms. I remember the couple days of practice against the Lions. You get a little bit of butterflies in the belly seeing another uniform across from you.”

Roethlisberger added that he thinks he would still be prepared for the regular season opener against the Washington Redskins if Coach Mike Tomlin sat him the final two preseason games, but he would still welcome playing.

“I feel like I could go into the first regular season game and do it, but I’d like to be out there just because it’s a different speed,” said Roethlisberger. “You want to get out there. I know my line doesn’t want it, but I wouldn’t even mind getting hit once. Maybe after the ball is gone just a little tap from a defensive guy.”

One advantage of seeing playing time would get some chemistry with some of the younger wide receivers, including Eli Rogers who is battling for a spot.

“Hopefully it’s good for all of us,” said Roethlisberger. “For me to understand them and for them to understand me. How I work. Some the new guys who haven’t been on the field with me or haven’t been around to know how I communicate, how I play. Even for the linemen just to get back out there with everybody.”

Roethlisberger also weighed in on running back Le’Veon Bell, who will be suspended for the first three games of the regular season, as well as other topics of which more will still come –

On not having Bell the first three games:

“Good news is we’ve done it before. We’ve had DeAngelo (Williams) out there and we know what we get from him. Happy he is here and excited we’ve got a player like him to be out there for the first couple of games Le’Veon won’t be out there.”


On his reaction to Bell’s suspension:

“We are obviously disappointed to lose one of the best players in the game. It’s not easy. I know he is as disappointed as anybody. I have faith in […]

…starts with Congratulations to Brian Cooper, winner of the 2016 Arizona Open yesterday in Scottsdale, Arizona:

“Love showing my love for the Steelers. Especially while winning the 2016 Arizona Open.” — Brian.

Wait! You’re thinking that “Coop” looks familiar? He should! He’s been featured on Ben’s website more than a few times – He was one of our “Twitter Dads” on August 24th, 2014; He was our “Marksman” at Ben’s Charity Golf Tournament on June 23rd, 2014: And he was in attendance at Ben’s Foundation event on June 21st, 2015.


A couple of ‘Thank You’s’ to Big Ben:

Gino Piazza has been having a really rough time of it lately with chemo, and was super excited when a BIG shoe from Big Ben arrived…

“Guess who’s day was made? Tears galore!!! Thank you!!!❤️❤️ He wanted to measure his shoe size too. Lol! He has a ways to go!! Huge shoes! My dad said ‘Big shoes, Big heart!’ ❤. — Gino’s mom, Michelle.

You’re never too old…

“My Dad couldn’t smile any bigger than he is here, after Ben sent him the pair of game worn shoes from the Steeler’s victory over the Bengals in the 2015 Wild Card game. As a life long Steeler fan and an individual that, when finances were extremely tight in 1974, emptied the family savings to buy equipment and start a community Pee Wee football program, in Camden, Ohio, he still enjoys catching every Steeler game. Bob Rush worked at Miami University during Ben’s career and retired a few years ago. His only tough decision right now is deciding if he should display these size 14’s in the family curio or wear them as house shoes!” — Vince Rush.

Of course start’em young is the best way –

“Train them in the way they should go.. Passing down the knowledge of a Dynasty!” — Amanda Battle.

“The kid is me and on the right is my dad, Keith. This was taken on October 26, 2014 at the Steelers vs Colts, and I would […]