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CBS News
5 days ago
- Sport
- CBS News
Carl Nassib, NFL's 1st openly gay active player and West Chester native, has jersey added to Smithsonian
The jersey of West Chester native Carl Nassib is now on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, honoring his achievement as the first openly gay player to appear in an NFL regular-season game. The Malvern Prep alum made the announcement while appearing on The Pivot Podcast, hosted by former NFL stars Ryan Clark, Fred Taylor and Channing Crowder on May 6. The jersey on display is Nassib's No. 94 Las Vegas Raiders jersey from the team's 2021 season opener against the Baltimore Ravens — the first game he played after publicly coming out as gay in a social media post in June 2021. In that game, he made a critical strip sack on Lamar Jackson in overtime that helped lead the Raiders to a 33-27 victory. The jersey has been on display since May 21. "They reached out to me last year and said they wanted to add it to the collection. I said, absolutely. This is huge," Nassib said on the podcast. "I love museums. I love history. I love football. I love the gays." During the podcast, Nassib credited his late uncle, who was also gay and passed away from cancer, for inspiring him to share his truth. "When I came out to him, he said, 'This is the biggest weight off my chest. I'm not the only one,'" Nassib recalled. "That really charged me. I felt like I had to do this." Nassib walked on to Penn State's football team in 2011 but it wasn't until his last two years at Happy Valley that he started rewriting the Nittany Lions record books. In 2015, he set the Penn State single-season sack record with 15.5 sacks, was named a unanimous All-American, and received both the Lombardi Award and Nagurski-Woodson Award as the Big Ten's Defensive Player of the Year. Nassib played seven seasons in the NFL with the Cleveland Browns, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Las Vegas Raiders before retiring in 2023. During the podcast, Nassib also shared that he grew up an Eagles fan and is a big Taylor Swift fan.
CBS News
16-05-2025
- Climate
- CBS News
Storms flood roads, spur multiple water rescues in Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Strong storms packing high winds and heavy rain flooded roads and knocked out power for thousands of people in Delaware County and other areas in Pennsylvania on Friday. Dispatchers across Montgomery, Chester and Delaware counties said crews were responding to multiple water rescues with cars stuck in water. Emergency responders were dealing with several flooded roads in West Chester, Pennsylvania, according to police and county officials there. A rainfall total map showing which areas of Pennsylvania and New Jersey were hardest hit by rain. West Chester is under the pink area signaling the heaviest rainfall. National Weather Service The area was one of the hardest hit by the storm, with preliminary rainfall estimates from the National Weather Service indicating 2-3 inches of rain fell Friday. A vehicle stuck in the water on a street in Marple Township, Pennsylvania. CBS News Philadelphia In Marple Township, a car was stuck in the water and crews were called out to make a rescue before the driver got out on their own. On I-76, travelers were dealing with standing water on the highway. Total Traffic cameras showed cars splashing through and reducing speeds on the highway. Vehicles driving through heavy water on I-76 Total Traffic/PennDOT Over 1,900 people in Delaware County, 1,800 people in Montgomery County and 1,600 people in Chester County were without power Friday afternoon, according to PECO's outage tracker. There were several hundred outages in Bucks County as well but those numbers were dropping. The outages affect less than 5% of the customers in those counties. This is a developing story and will be updated. Joe Brandt Joe Brandt has been a digital content producer for CBS News Philadelphia since 2022. He is a Temple University graduate and was born and raised in Pitman, NJ. and contributed to this report.
CTV News
15-05-2025
- General
- CTV News
First milk bar for sick babies in Alberta open in Edmonton
A woman poses for a photograph with her frozen breast milk in this file photo dated Wednesday, June 17, 2015, in West Chester, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
USA Today
10-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
New Steelers QB sheds light on how badly he wanted to play for Pittsburgh
New Steelers QB sheds light on how badly he wanted to play for Pittsburgh From West Chester, Pennsylvania to the Pittsburgh Steelers — Will Howard has come home. At the Steelers rookie minicamp, the Ohio State Buckeye shared how much it meant to him to be selected by Pittsburgh, courtesy of 93.7 The Fan: "Everything kind of fell into place. As the draft went on, you never know where you're going to end up — but you keep a little spot for where you really want to go. And I had a little soft spot for Pittsburgh. I was hoping in my heart that they'd pick me." Some of the Steelers fan base was frustrated over passing on Colorado Buffaloes QB Shedeur Sanders throughout the draft — who was ultimately selected by the Cleveland Browns in the fifth round. However, Howard is clearly ready to prove to the Black and Gold faithful why Pittsburgh made the right choice in believing in him. If the season started today, Howard would likely learn behind QB Mason Rudolph — but if Aaron Rodgers were to sign in the coming weeks, his development would surely improve by leaps and bounds over the 2025 season under the tutelage of the four-time MVP.
Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Eagles pick up 5th-year option for DT Jordan Davis
Draft Dreams: Will Howard On the day of the NFL Draft, we take a look at West Chester native Will Howard, who led the Buckeyes to the 2025 College Football Playoff National Dreams: Will Howard originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia 2:33 Now Playing Paused Ad Playing
