From their official website today:

The Pittsburgh Penguins announce additional promotions for the 10 remaining regular-season home games, including plans to honor Ben Roethlisberger on March 29.

Tickets for all remaining home games can be purchased at pittsburghpenguins.com.

Additionally, the Penguins will honor two-time Super Bowl Champion and Steelers great, Ben Roethlisberger, for a remarkable career prior to the game on March 29 versus the New York Rangers.

Roethlisberger will be on hand for a ceremonial puck drop prior to the start of the game. Fans are encouraged to be in their seats early for a special pregame ceremony and to bring their Terrible Towels.

You can read about all of their festivities here.

Ben’s interview with Dave Walls, Sports Anchor & reporter at ABC 13 – WSET:




Ben’s message made an “Impact” on many in attendance, some of whom kindly shared their thoughts with us:



Trent Mills @MillsTrent
Great running into Big Ben @_BigBen7. Love great guys like him who stop what there doing to say hi to his fans and get a picture. He is also a great Man of God to look up to. Loved seeing him speak today.

“Very blessed to be able to see Ben Roethlisberger in person and hear him speak about his life in Christ.” — Steven Maurer.

“Awesome weekend Ben…it was great to hear your testimony.” — Tony Clark.




Steeler Hoo @gerry1027
Got to meet @_BigBen7 at Men’s Impact Weekend. Very nice man. @steelers @SteelersUnite 🖤💛


“Ben Roethlisberger: ‘Keep getting back up!'” — Anthony Browning.

“After hearing about y’alls farm idea today I would gladly bring my family to Pittsburgh and enjoy a weekend with my sons…Once again thank you for your time and consideration. Our family will miss watching you play football. I personally have watched you since your first NFL game. Great impression.” — God bless, Jonathan Hall.

“What an amazing weekend this has been, celebrating Jesus with 5000 men. Oh and this, I got to meet with, and talk to, Ben Roethlisberger. What an incredible man of God. I’m trying to get him to Temple! 🤞” — Rodney Pearce.

“This is the very best way to see Ben ‘in action’, serving the Lord, may God bless you always captain!”
— Edgar Herrera.

Jericho @EIEB_33AD
Thank You @_BigBen7 for being vulnerable at the Ignite Men’s Conference today!
#vulnerable




“Very grateful for Ignite Men’s Weekend. Got to hear great stuff from Ben, Kurt, and so many more. Most importantly, I got to worship our Father with both my sons. Oh – and they played ‘Renegade’ in church, so there’s that.” — Kirk Dubs.

“Ben, thank you for speaking your testimony about your walk with God. Your stories are amazing and thank you for representing the best football team the […]

Friday Night:

“Big Ben made a surprise appearance tonight to talk about Light of Life with Micah Tyler! We can’t wait to hear from him more tomorrow.” — Ignite Men’s Ministry on Facebook.

Micah Tyler @MicahTylerMusic
Loved getting to spend time with the men at #IgniteMensConference in VA last night. We laughed, worshiped, and even got a visit from my dude @_BigBen7 to talk about being different. Thanks for having me, Ignite!

“First night of the Ignite Mens Conference was unforgettable. Appreciate it 7. Huge thanks too my fiancé for the tickets! #MYQB” — Levi Mooney.

Saturday Afternoon:

“How can I tell my kids how important it is to outwardly express my faith if I don’t do it?” — Ben shared about football, family, and faith!

Dave Walls @DaveWallsWSET
My thanks to @_BigBen7 for talking to me today, during the Ignite men’s conference in Lynchburg. More on his retirement, faith, and what’s important to him. Tonight at 6 – @13Sports @ABC13News

“Today on the podcast, we talk to Ben Roethlisberger about retirement, turning 40 years old, what it was like to live out his faith as an NFL player, using the platform of football to give back and the decision he made to be baptized a few years ago.”

From Sports Spectrum this evening:

Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger joins us for an in person conversation about faith, retirement, family and what’s next.
⚠️ NEW POD DROPS Friday 3/11 ⚠️




What is Sports Spectrum?

It’s where faith and sports connect: “Since 1985, we’ve existed to glorify God and His Son Jesus through the lens of sports in our magazine, on the web, on our podcast, and through our social media.”

From the Cincinnati Enquirer’s Mark Curnutte, the day after:

QB Ben packs ’em in for pro workout –

Scouts or assistant coaches from nearly all 32 NFL teams made their way to Oxford. Two head coaches, Green Bay’s Mike Sherman and the Giants’ Tom Coughlin – along with Giants’ general manager Ernie Accorsi and three of the club’s scouts – were there, too.

Charting each of the players’ moves with stopwatches and clipboards, scouts watched them lift weights, jump, sprint and run agility drills before congregating in Yager Stadium for the main event: Ben throws.

And Roethlisberger, a sure-fire top-five pick rated along with Mississippi’s Eli Manning as one of the top two quarterbacks in the draft, did not disappoint.

He threw long and short, soft and hard, down the middle and toward the sideline – showing off his impressive arm and timing on the deep out pattern.

Roethlisberger ran 4.76 seconds in the 40-yard dash. And he clocked an 11.8 – considered fast for a quarterback – on a three-cone agility drill.

“He’s probably going to be gone before we pick, but I always want to cover our bases in case something happens – he falls or we move up,” Sherman said. “I thought he had an excellent workout. He did everything here he does on tape. You have to watch the game tape to really appreciate what kind of quarterback he is and what kind of leadership skills he has.”


(Mr. Curnutte’s 2004 article is no longer available to read online)



From NFL.com‘s “Pro Day Workout – Ben Roethlisberger” the day after:

As expected, there was a big turn out here as over 50 NFL personnel people attended.

Roethlisberger’s workout was scripted by Steve Clarkson, who is a former San Jose State QB and currently helps prepare quarterbacks for the NFL. Roethlisberger (6-4 7/8, 240) ran his 40s in 4.81 and 4.82. He had a 30-inch vertical, a 4.32 short shuttle and a 6.81 three-cone drill.

His positional drills were referred to as outstanding. They had him throw a lot of passes on the move, and threw about 80 passes total with very good accuracy. He threw to Grant Mattos, who was with the Chargers last year, along with Cal Murry, a running back at Miami, Ohio […]