Want to know why Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger had such an awful 2006? We have a theory: He has become friends with Donald freaking Trump.

I've met and played golf with people like Donald Trump. He's a good friend. We talk once a week at least. He's a great guy. We actually converse quite often and joke about things. I'm planning a time that I can go to New York and hang out and he's going to come to a game.

That Roethlisberger talks with Donald Trump once a week — seriously, once a week? What in the heavens do they talk about? — is a mind-blowing concept and is proof that Roethlisberger's head injury was considerably more serious than had been initially understood. We fully expect him to be mowing lawns for a living and wearing a Starter jacket inside out sometime in the next couple of years.

Maybe Big Ben Will Defend Donald [Mondesi's House]