Hines Ward is notoriously one of the toughest players in the NFL. He’s been fined several times throughout his career for his brutal play, including an incident two weeks ago for unncessary ...

Steelers receiver Hines Ward will not be fined for a hit that left Bengals linebacker Keith Rivers with a broken jaw, a league official told ESPN and NFL.com on Tuesday.

Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward says he’s been baffled the last two weeks when he’s been fined for big hits that didn’t draw penalty flags. There’s good news for Ward this week: He won’t be fined ...

Fichtner said that at different times he saw Ward break a defender’s nose, jaw and eye socket, some of those plays not even drawing a penalty. Although the results may have been unfortunate, the ...