{"id":910629,"date":"2026-11-08T23:00:31","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T23:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/910629\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T23:00:31","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T23:00:31","slug":"jack-ham-stable-after-penn-state-broadcast-partners-heroic-effort-during-medical-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/910629\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Ham stable after Penn State broadcast partner&#8217;s &#8216;heroic effort&#8217; during medical emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SEATTLE \u2014 Penn State and Steelers great Jack Ham was in stable condition at the University of Washington Medical Center after <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/11\/07\/sports\/football-hall-of-famer-jack-ham-rushed-to-hospital-before-calling-penn-state-game\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a medical emergency Saturday<\/a> as he was preparing for a radio broadcast, Nittany Lions coach Matt Campbell said after the game.<\/p>\n<p>Campbell opened his news conference after the Nittany Lions\u2019 28-25 victory by calling it \u201ca gut-wrenching day for Penn State football.\u201d According to Campbell, Ham\u2019s broadcast partner, Steve Jones. made a \u201cheroic effort\u201d when the 77-year-old analyst experienced the emergency arriving at Husky Stadium. Ham was transported across the street to UW Medical Center to receive treatment.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"41731984\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/GettyImages-857059800_47abe6.jpg\" alt=\" Pro Football Hall of Fame and former Penn State football linebacker Jack Ham exits the field after being honored by the university during the game against the Indiana Hoosiers on September 30, 2017 at Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania. Penn State defeats Indiana 45-14. \" class=\"wp-image-41731984\"\/>Pro Football Hall of Fame and former Penn State football linebacker Jack Ham exits the field after being honored by the university during a game against Indiana on Sept. 30, 2017 at Beaver Stadium. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it\u2019s not for Steve and what he did, I don\u2019t know if we would have as good news as we do right now,\u201d Campbell said. \u201c\u2026 I would also thank the University of Washington, their athletic director, their emergency team. They were incredible, they were outstanding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An All-American linebacker for Penn State in 1970, Ham went on to make eight Pro Bowls and win four Super Bowls in a 12-year NFL career with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1988 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 1990. He has been the Nittany Lions\u2019 radio analyst since 2000.<\/p>\n<p>Campbell said that he told his team about Ham\u2019s status ahead of the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe courage of our kids to play with what JackHam means to Penn State football, how that guy played the game, how that guy to this day still serves our football program, it was awesome to be able to go win the football game for him and his family,\u201d Campbell said. \u201cOur thoughts and prayers will continue to be with him for a full recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SEATTLE \u2014 Penn State and Steelers great Jack Ham was in stable condition at the University of Washington&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":910630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[1607,399,398,396,397,5694,1321,99,3015],"class_list":["post-910629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-college-football","tag-football","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaafootball","tag-penn-state-nittany-lions","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-sports","tag-sports-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=910629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/910630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=910629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=910629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=910629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}