Ex-Steelers QB Kordell Stewart talks impact infamous rumor had on his career in Pittsburgh

While serving as the starting quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Kordell Stewart's world was turned upside down all due to a rumor that he was arrested for participating in a lewd act in November 1998. "Slash" broke it all down.

While serving as the starting quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Kordell Stewart's world was turned upside down all due to a rumor that he was arrested for participating in a lewd act in November 1998. A new HBO documentary, "Kordell Stewart: Slash & Burn," dove into Stewart battling adversity both on and off the field, especially with how this rumor, which he heard about from a friend who had heard it in a barbershop earlier that day, took off like wildfire throughout the league. Stewart denied the rumor, he was never arrested, and there wasn't a shred of evidence he was ever seen at Schenely Park in Pittsburgh where the act allegedly happened. But, as "Slash" was trying to battle the outside noise that he couldn't be the starting quarterback of the Steelers despite success at the position, he also faced a whirlwind of off-field "foolishness."