…at the SunnyD Ben Roethlisberger ProCamps Football Camp this summer!

“We cannot thank you enough for an awesome experience for our daughter and all of the campers! Big Ben spent the entire day, both days, on the fields with the kids. He provided guidance, was very encouraging, and had fun with them. He threw each child a pass…400 kids in attendance! The team coaches were wonderful too! They provided great great tips, encouragement, and also lots of fun for the kids. Kudos to the staff and organizers of this camp! The camp was very organized and delivered more than we expected! A big THANK YOU to all for an event well done!

Our daughter Chloe won one of the Camper of the Day awards with her little sister Abigail, who was her biggest cheerleader this weekend. Chloe was really nervous before the camp started. She was worried that she would not be able to keep up with the boys who play football on organized teams. However, thanks to Ben, the coaches, and staff she shined during camp, learned a lot and really had a blast!!!” — Lisa & Mike Booth.

Stop by the ProCamps website today and sign your child up with our special promotional code, BigBen7.

Spots filling up fast, in fact, the Citi Private Pass Lunch with Ben has been sold out for a month!

The Camp is open to boys and girls, grades 1 through 8, and Ben will be joined by a selection of the top prep and college coaches from the area.

Each day, campers will experience various stations, specializing in fundamental skills of football.

Individual groups will be small to assure that each camper gets maximum instruction.

Group rates are available for your team, school, or group of friends! For more information, please contact Alex at aland@procamps.com.

Ben will give daily talks highlighting the finer points of the game of football and beyond, as well as be on the field EVERYWHERE helping coaches and throwing passes. Parents and guests will be able to listen to camp guests in designated areas at each location.

And you never know who will show up to help out #7!

Kids that have attended Ben’s Camp have had the opportunity to meet and get instruction from Bruce Gradkowski,

Today, Ben announced the final grants of the 2015-16 season from the Ben Roethlisberger Foundation at The Giving Back Fund. The Foundation will be distributing eight grants totaling $93,250 to police departments in the Pittsburgh area.

“At a time when the responsibilities associated with protecting and serving our citizens is becoming greater, and our budgets are becoming smaller, the grant from the Ben Roethlisberger Foundation to the Beaver County Sheriff’s Office is truly a godsend.” — Beaver County Sheriff Tony Guy.

The K-9 departments receiving funding from his foundation this year include the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office, Beaver County Sheriff’s Office, Beaver Police Department, Bethel Park Police Department, City of McKeesport Police Department, City of Sharon Police Department, Elizabeth Borough Police Department and Shenango Township Police Department. These departments will be utilizing their respective grants in a variety of canine-focused initiatives including the purchase and training of new K-9s, replacing and upgrading K-9 vehicles and the acquisition of new safety and training equipment.


This announcement completes the Ben Roethlisberger Foundation’s ninth grant cycle, during which it distributed more than $170,000 in grants to K-9 units around the country. In addition to the Pittsburgh grants announced, the Foundation distributed grants to K-9 units of police departments in the cities and surrounding communities of each regular season away game for the Steelers. The Foundation invited police and fire departments across the country to submit proposals detailing their needs.

The mission of Ben’s 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 also supports Make-A-Wish. The Foundation has distributed in excess of $1.5 million since 2007.

Ben and his foundation are grateful for the generous supporters who have enabled them to expand their K-9 grant program, including Apollo Jets, Pro Camps and Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office as well as caring individual donors from around the country.

Garrett K. Kimmell of Elizabeth Borough Police shared, “My lifelong dream has been to be a police K-9 handler. The Ben Roethlisberger Foundation has helped make that dream come true. It would have been very difficult to pursue a K-9 unit without this assistance.”

…make that a GREAT cause!

Local Pittsburgh celebs will be donning their chef hats, aprons and oven mitts for the “Celebrity Chef Cook-Off” on March 21st to benefit the Glimmer of Hope Foundation & the Allegheny Health Network!

Nakama Japanese Steakhouse & Sushi Bar is proud to partner with Glimmer of Hope and Fame15 Creative to host this year’s “Celebrity Chef Cook Off” at their new Wexford location at 10636 Perry Highway.

This event has been crafted and proven to raise both awareness and funds that directly benefit the charity and those affected with the disease.

In attendance will be over 100 elite Pittsburgh community members, top doctors from Allegheny Health Network, local business owners, and local celebrity talent.

Bring your appetite between 6pm and 9pm! Ticket info is here.

Glimmer of Hope has been raising funds since 1994 with a single mission in mind, to unlock a future that is breast cancer free. Glimmer of Hope – the Symbol of the Cure is a 501c3 charity that has raised over 3 million dollars to support breast cancer research in Western Pennsylvania.

Now if this foundation sounds familiar to you, it’s because Heath Miller made it his cause after taking over for a retiring Alan Faneca – and Heath could always count on his teammates to be there for his fundraisers!

“Heath and Katie Miller have been so great to Glimmer. Truthfully, when Alan Faneca left Pittsburgh and he asked them to help me, they never hesitated. They were so gracious to help me and the Faneca’s continue with Bid for Hope. Their support has allowed us to have programs for young women with breast cancer that are saving lives. So grateful to them.” — Diana Napper, Founder and President, Glimmer of Hope Foundation.

Cook will be cookin’!

That’s right, Ron Cook, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette sports columnist and Ben’s co-host on The Ben Roethlisberger Show on 93.7 The Fan will be wearing his chef’s hat, along with lovely ladies Sally Wiggin of WTAE-TV, Chelsea Pompeani of AAA East Central and Miss Pennsylvania, Elena LaQuatra.

Artist Tom Mosser is putting down his paint brush and picking up a Santoku for this event as well! More celebrities & athletes will be signing up in […]

Words aren’t enough to express what I’m feeling and how blessed I feel. — Ben

And from his interview today with Teresa Varley at Steelers.com:


Ben Roethlisberger let his emotions be known when talking about Heath Miller.

It only took Ben Roethlisberger a split second to answer the question.

What was he going to miss most about tight end Heath Miller, who had just announced his retirement?

“Everything,” stated Roethlisberger.

And you knew he meant it.

Roethlisberger and Miller have been teammates for 11 seasons, Roethlisberger the Steelers No. 1 pick in 2004, Miller in 2005. But more than that, they have been friends, confidants, leaders, and family.

It made it tough for Roethlisberger to even put into words what Miller has meant to him.

“To put together a statement is hard because where do you start with Heath Miller?” said Roethlisberger. “For someone like me that has been blessed to play with someone like him, not just from a physical standpoint of how great of a football player he was, but the type of person he was, the type of teammate he was. Probably hands down the best teammate I have been a part of.

“It’s hard to talk about Heath, and I said this talking to him, it’s hard to do it without getting emotional. That’s how much he has meant to me as a football player, teammate and friend. I have been so lucky and blessed to have Heath around my whole career, 11 years. To have someone like him on my side has truly been a blessing.”

Roethlisberger said he knew this time was coming, something that the two of them talked about already, but it still wasn’t easy because like he said, this was the best teammate he ever had.

“It was everything,” said Roethlisberger about what stood out about Miller. “From his play and beyond. In an era when the tight end has gone by the wayside in a way, from when he was getting in the league and as he has progressed in the league the tight end has turned into a receiving tight end. They don’t ask tight ends to block anymore and do the things we asked him to do. He easily has the best hands I have been around. He gets open, he wins his […]

From Jeremy Fowler, ESPN.com:

Ben Roethlisberger has the footwork of a finesse offensive tackle and the right arm power of the bear in “The Revenant.” For years, those two qualities made Roethlisberger a natural at staying in the pocket for four, five, six seconds at a time while waiting for big downfield plays to develop.

As the hits mounted, the Pittsburgh Steelers turned to offensive coordinator Todd Haley, who has Roethlisberger racking up more yards and less poundage.

That doesn’t mean former coordinator Bruce Arians wasn’t good for Roethlisberger. He was. He’s a great playcaller.

But Roethlisberger now looks more like a pure, drop-back passer than at any point in his career.

An unscientific, 20-throw sampling from the Week 15 win over the Denver Broncos shows three things:

* On short routes, the ball comes out fast.

* On intermediate to longer routes, the ball comes out in rhythm.

* There are minimal “Ben being Ben” scramble plays that were once his trademark.

“You never want Big Ben to lose creative ability — that’s what makes him unique,” said ESPN Insider Matt Bowen, a former NFL safety for seven seasons. “But what’s made him better is staying through the pocket, finding the matchups he wants, and not having to put so much stress on his body.”

What stands out about Roethlisberger in 2015 was how quickly he released the ball. Of 20 throws against Denver — tracking two first-quarter drives and most of the fourth quarter — Roethlisberger released the ball in less than 2 seconds on nine of them (unofficial stop watch). Roethlisberger held the ball for longer than 3 seconds on five of those 20 attempts. Nearly everything was out of the shotgun with one true I-formation, seven-step drop in the sample of passing downs. Denver was a unique game because the Broncos stacked the box and forced Roethlisberger to throw a lot. But this game is a good example of Roethlisberger’s skill set overall.

Yes, Roethlisberger has the perfect assortment of playmaking weapons for which to spread the ball. But he’s also refined his footwork and mechanics while throwing with conviction, knowing exactly where he wants to go with the ball.

“His footwork has improved, his eyes and vision have improved, and improved quickly,” Bowen said. “It’s also a confidence level that you can’t see on tape.”


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