I’m sick of average white guys commenting on football. Y’all not even good at football. Can we please replace the Pro Bowl with an All-Black vs. All-White bowl so these cats can stop trying to teach me who’s good at football. I’m better than ur goat.
The power of you being as honest as you were in that moment, I’ll never forget.. I couldn’t begin to tell you what your apology means to me; I hope I showed you in spirit. You’re a light on this earth & I couldn’t be more proud to call you my brother.
I’ve been going on with life as usual since 2017 never knowing that I’d hurt
@R_Mendenhall
, never knowing how my words poured salt into an already painful wound. Today Rashard told me how my comments about his Super Bowl 45 play crushed him. So many of us never get an opportunity…
Alright, I’ll end the mystery... B’s racist and
@AB84
’s black. He had to catch balls from a racist quarterback. Every honest player knows it, it’s not a big deal. He was just supposed to take his lickings and move on, like a slave for real.
This is deeper than football … He wasn’t just YOUR icon • He was MY friend. For as long as I’m ALIVE even if others relent, I’ll never let 3️⃣2️⃣ end.
@steelers
#FrancoLives
#RB34
Man,,,
@joerogan
the realest n*gga of ALL TIME!!! No I did not see the videos. I don’t care.. he had Chapelle’s back and so many others… Stop playin with real life. 🅿️ 🕊
Congrats to the steady, and humble dog that is
@ohthatsNajee22
. Remaining steadfast in the face of any defense or adversity, you’re setting a standard that’ll be hard to surpass. The historic
@steelers
RB room is proud. Keep going young fella!
#Najee3K
😤💪🏿🏈
I never fumbled that ball…
#SBXLV
My coaches would feel like assholes to say that I did, I never did.
I was SEPARATED from the ball, 4 yards into the backfield.
That’s the RB equivalent of a strip-sack.
There’s NOTHING I could’ve done about it.
Respect my career.
#Free34
Hey
@EdBouchette
Not sure if you’re aware of this, but I’m Top Ten All-Time in Rushing yards AND Touchdowns for the Steelers. Nevermind the game-winning touchdowns I’ve scored.. Please put some respek on my name...
Ben Roethlisberger, Troy Polamalu and Maurkice Pouncey... Jarvis Jones, Artie Burns, Rashard Mendenhall.
@EdBouchette
takes a look at the Steelers best/worst first-round picks under Kevin Colbert:
To boil that down to
@AB84
being a “diva” “selfish” “quitter” couldn’t possibly explain the MAN who for nearly a decade provided professional excellence to the city of Pittsburgh.
Simply tired of being berated by people who arent experts in de game. We jus pretend like I’m the only athlete tired of fans talking trash? You dis upset over a single tweet. What about us? Like me or not, I’m a GREAT in football. This proves my point, u can’t speak on ball alone
I did this to my wife’s mirror. PTSD from football is real. I’ve undergone a lot of treatment... Still, it’s not easy to undo decades of trained violence.
#Illini
Director of Athletics Josh Whitman announced today a two-year contract extension for Head Football Coach Lovie Smith to keep Smith at Illinois through the 2023 football season.
Clearly it’s no fun, when EVERYONE’s the accused...
Please allow the dialogue in sports to be equal. Why’s it so easy to shoot at one player, but not the other?
B’s not racist. Just like AB’s not a dirtbag.
#letsbefair
I’m so grateful to my teammates and to Illini nation for believing in the boy from Skokie, Illinois. 😤😎🔸🔹🌹🤟🏿
Rashard Mendenhall University of Illinois 2023 Hall of Fame Speech via
@YouTube
By no stretch am I saying
@AB84
’s been without guilt this off-season. I just hope to see more compassion and examination, for a guy who gave everything he had until he couldn’t bring himself to do it, for even one more game...
Memorial Stadium has been home for
@IlliniFootball
for 100 years. 🔸🔹
The stadium's construction was completed on November 3, 1923 and has undergone numerous improvements and additions since.
Today, the stadium sits nearly 63,000 people with unbeatable views.
“For whatever reason there’s a ticker, there’s a play…If I can’t see my way out of then I’ll write my way through, that’s why I wrote that Tweet.��
@R_Mendenhall
Opening up on the why & behind what led him to his controversial tweet
The
#ILLINOIS
Division of Intercollegiate Athletics named 12 new members to the UI Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2023.
This seventh Hall of Fame class includes two Olympic medalists, national champions, a Super Bowl champion and more.
I don’t understand how you can talk about Tomlin’s playoff record, without acknowledging that Kenny Pickett has only played one year. Who was the QB for all those playoff loses?!! Literally all of them. Make up your minds. How you arbitrarily separate Mike & Ben in de W/L column?
Celebrating his 68th birthday on Thursday is former
@IlliniFootball
coach Ron Zook. Most recently, he served as a senior analyst for Mike Locksley at Maryland.
@MiamiOHFootball
If
@_BigBen7
is the “leader” you say he is, why hasn’t HE taken credit for the fall? 🤔 What manager of a company goes to HIDE in the shadows when the results come in? We win it’s him, lose it’s me… or Tomlin huh..
Any Given Sunday: Steamin Willie Beamin
We talk about how people should be treated in society with fairness and respect. Energy is real... The media and internet been throwing smoke at
@AB84
for nine months straight. This isn’t just about a fine. It’s about a man who won’t surrender,
LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, THE STEELERS HAVE STILL NOT LOST SINCE MENDENHALL FOLLOWED ME. IF THEY MAKE THE SUPER BOWL, IM BUYING US TICKETS
@R_Mendenhall
...deal??
I remember when I joined Twitter 8 years ago to this day... I was at Super Bowl XLV trying to figure out what it all meant.. I was told my story would help this World remember its divinity. So long as I didn’t abandon mine.
Continuing my thread of why I love the
#Badgers
vs.
#Illini
game so much each fall with a flashback to my freshman year of college (‘07).
P.S.
@R_Mendenhall
was such a beast.
I always felt like our room, without a doubt; we were among the most prepared players on the field, week in and week out. That’s due to this man right here!! Truly one of the greatest RB coaches to ever grace an NFL sideline.
#KirbyDaGoat
EXCLUSIVE with Former
#Steelers
RB Coach Kirby Wilson
"I kept a list of every player I ever coached over my 24 years. Each was different but special in their own right. I have fond memories of how they changed my life."
#HereWeGo
@ScottieMo_Coach
Yesterday, with the Super Bowl underway
I sat outside my elementary school, right by the field where I once played football with my classmates...
The beginning.
Luggage in my car, with no-where to go..
I wanted the end.
But God and this art form, said No
Former Steelers RB Rashard Mendenhall says Ben Roethlisberger deserves more blame for the team's Super Bowl loss.
"Where the fuck is the leader at? He won the Super Bowls, how I lose it? If he’s winning them, how am I losing them?”
(via
@Raw__Room
)
I asked God about my youth... What was my obsession with the man on the moon?
And God said...
Because you knew that if there was a man on the moon... it was you
I’m the hero in 2010. Just go watch the first game thru the playoffs. First player to LEAD the team in scoring since Franco Harris // Last player to have his number called in the Super Bowl. You still wondering how we lost?
#Goat34
Truly one of the most comprehensive pieces on my retirement, depression, race, purpose and Crescent Moon in
@MensHealthMag
’s October issue.
@becauseibledsoe
is Legend.
One of the STRONGEST moments of my life, regardless of what anyone else says or feels about the play. This interview is the last time I’m addressing this moment.
#SBXLV