CLEVELAND — Browns defensive back Jason McCourty is raising money for a cause that hits close to home.
McCourty will host a comedy show Monday night at Cleveland Improv to raise money for sickle cell disease, an illness that has afflicted multiple members of his extended family, including his father, aunt and uncle.
“It should be a really good time,” McCourty said. “I just want to do my part to give back to the community and just be a presence there.”
McCourty, who has made an impact both on and off the field since joining the Browns this past spring, created Tackle Sickle Cell with his twin brother, Devin, in 2013 and partnered with the Embrace Kids Foundation, a New Jersey-based non-profit, in the process.