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During his career, Porter has become known for his conflicts with other players, league officials and other teams, as well as a few off-the-field incidents.
In 2003, he was shot on the left side of his buttocks outside of a bar in Denver, Colorado. He was in town for the Colorado-Colorado State football game. However, he was an innocent bystander in this incident.
Porter was ejected from a 2004 game against the Cleveland Browns after getting into a fistfight with Browns running back William Green. Green was also ejected for this altercation.
Porter was heavily criticized for shoving an injured Todd Heap from the Baltimore Ravens when the TE lined up injured so the offense could spike the ball and save time out.
Porter is known to bare his belly and taunt other teams during warm-ups, as in the Green altercation.
Before Pittsburgh's 2005 divisional playoff game against the Indianapolis Colts, Porter commented:
"They don't want to just sit there, line up and play football. They want to try to catch you off guard. They don't want to play smash-mouth football, they want to trick you with candy and bring you into their car and lock all the doors. ...They want to catch you substituting. Know what I mean? They don't want to just call a play, get up there and run a play. They want to make you think. They want it to be a thinking game instead of a football game."[1]
After the Indianapolis game, Porter claimed that the referees had unfairly called an interception by Troy Polamalu an incompletion because they favored the Colts, stating:
"The whole world wanted Indy to win so bad, they were going to do whatever they had to do. I mean, look at the O.J. trial"[2] Although Porter was expected to be fined for these comments, he never was, perhaps because the NFL later condemned the official's decision.[3]
Leading up to the Steelers' traditional Super Bowl champions visit to the White House on June 2, 2006, Porter generated headlines by suggesting that he would criticize President George W. Bush. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette quoted him as saying: "Yeah, I got something to say to Bush, I'm going to have a swagger when I walk in there, too," Porter said, laughing loudly. "I'm looking forward to it. I have something to tell him, too. I don't like the way things are running right now. I feel like he has to give me some of my money back, so I got something to tell Bush." The Steelers later released a statement saying that Porter had been joking and that he meant no disrespect. At the White House, in an effort to downplay the controversy, he was put as far as possible from the president on the bleachers behind him, in the back row on the right, wearing sunglasses.
Porter was fined every game for wearing yellow gloves with the Steelers. Even though they are the team's color, the league still does not allow his yellow gloves to be worn.
On September 21, 2006, his two dogs (a mastiff and a pit bull) got loose and killed a neighbor's 29-inch miniature horse. [4]
Porter was voted as the second-dirtiest player in the NFL in a 2006 players' poll (Receiving 6% of the votes). [5]
On December 7, 2006, following a victory over the Cleveland Browns, Porter used a homosexual slur in his comments against Browns' tight end Kellen Winslow Jr. regarding a late hit penalty he committed against Steelers linebacker James Farrior.
"It was late, that's what ***gots do. He's soft. He wants to be tough but he's really soft."[6]
After criticism of the comment as anti-gay, Porter clarified that he "didn't mean to offend anybody but Kellen Winslow."[7]
On March 19, 2007, the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel reported that Porter was cited in Las Vegas for misdemeanor battery after an altercation at the Palms Casino where he allegedly punched Cincinnati Bengals OT Levi Jones in the face, cutting open Jones. It has also been reported that Levi Jones accused Porter of stealing his jewelry during the altercation. On May 30, Porter pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery and was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine. Porter was docked 3 game checks for his actions. Later reports into the incident revealed that it was not just Porter, but also 6 of his friends who attacked Jones. [8]
[edit] Jerramy Stevens
In the weeks before Super Bowl XL, Porter was angered by comments made by Seattle Seahawks tight end Jerramy Stevens. Stevens was quoted as saying that:
"The story of Jerome Bettis returning to his hometown (Detroit) is heartwarming, but it's going be a sad day when he doesn't walk away with that trophy." Stevens then said "I don't think he (Porter) is going to have such an easy day against Walt."
Porter responded by saying:
"now I'm looking for him on game day, now I'm looking for Stevens, he has to line up in front of me, and that information you gave me just got me started so I'll be out there looking for him at the 50-yard line. That information will go a long way because Stevens can't hide from me. He has to line up in front of me and I'll remind him of [what he said] every time I put him on his back." He then said, "he should know his role, he hasn't done anything that makes anybody fear him, while Jerome is a Hall of Famer and everybody knows about him. Meanwhile, this guy is almost a first-round bust who barely made some plays this year. He has the nerve to say what Jerome is not going to do when he isn't going to be the deciding factor whether that happens or not. I'm going to make sure he don't have anything to do with the outcome of the game. I would think someone would say something, but I wouldn't think it would be him, he's too soft to say something like that. He'll have the opportunity to back up his words, but I'm going to have an opportunity to back up my words."
Later, Porter challenged a reporter to pick whom he would want by his side while walking down a dark alley, him or Stevens. When the response wasn't immediate, Porter said:
“You're lying. You're taking too long. You don't want to tell the truth... . Y'all both will get mugged."
