Sports Illustrated has released their definitive Ben Roethlisberger piece today, and the result is not pretty. It provides firsthand accounts of encounters between the quarterback and a slew of waiters, friends, and teammates.

With the notable exception of the “There once was a man from Nantucket” genre, the limerick is a largely unappreciated art form. Whether it’s the rigidity of the format or their reputation for lewdness (check this classic, for example), limericks have a hard time gaining respect.

In an article in yesterday’s Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, writer Carl Prine posits that there may be a link between Ben Roethlisberger’s history of concussions and the recent allegations of sexual abuse leveled against the quarterback.

During last night’s NFL draft, when commissioner Roger Goodell stepped to the podium to announce the Pittsburgh Steelers’ pick, he was serenaded with chants of “she said no!” Fortunately for the NFL commissioner, the chants weren’t directed at him.

Writing yesterday morning at Huffington Post (before Ben Roehtlisberger’s six-game suspension was announced), Dexter Rogers shared a lengthy collection of his thoughts about the way the media covered the sexual assault accusations against to the Pittsburgh Steelers’ quarterback. He looked at the scenario from the lens of recent situations across both the NFL and sports world. He’s justified in his attempt: it’s safe to say, for some time to come, that many writers will look at the transgressions of every athlete in comparison to Tiger Woods

It’s official: Pittsburgh Steeler’s quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has been suspended by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell for six games for violating the league’s personal conduct policy. The violation stems from accusations that Roethlisberger sexually assaulted a 20-year-old college student in a Georgia nightclub bathroom.

CNN is reporting that the sexual assault charges filed against Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger have been dropped. District attorney Fred Bright held a press conference earlier where he stated that they did not have enough evidence to charge the football player. Footage from the press conference as well as CNN analysis after the jump:

There’s been no shortage of controversy in the news since South Park last aired in November, and as you might have been aware, Tiger Woods found himself at the center of much of it. It was inevitable show creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker would take on the Tiger scandal at some point, so they got right to it last night, and delivered a classic, if by-the-book, South Park episode to kick off the show’s 14th season.

TMZ is reporting that Ben Roethlisberger has been accused of sexual assault by a woman in Georgia, marking the second time in a year the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback has faced sexual assault accusations.

I’d like to apologize to Erin Andrews. Apparently, my lifelong obsession with professional sports — the tears I shed when the Giants won the Super Bowl and when the Mets lost the Subway Series, the John Starks “Dunk” poster I had on my bedroom wall, the tiny radio I kept in bed with me, tuned [...]

Even non-tabloid readers have heard that Pittsburgh Steeler quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is the subject of a civil lawsuit, filed by a casino hotel worker in Lake Tahoe, that accuses the two-time Super Bowl champ of forcing her to have sex after a celebrity golf tournament in 2008.

They may have heard about it from any number of outlets, just not the self-proclaimed World Wide Leader in Sports, ESPN.