NFL notes: McCarthy's brother collapses and dies

Now we know why Packers coach Mike McCarthy's news conference was canceled Wednesday.

McCarthy received news early in the day that his younger brother, Joe McCarthy III, had died suddenly. Joe McCarthy, 47, was playing racquetball at a Pittsburgh-area gym when he collapsed.

He was rushed to UPMC Passavant hospital in McCandless, Pa., where he was pronounced dead, according to KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh.

McCarthy flew immediately to Pittsburgh to be with his family. He is one of Joe Jr. and Ellen's five children.

McCarthy, 51, and his brother, Joe, were close. They played sports together and worked in their father's bar in the Greenfield neighborhood cleaning up after attending Mass on Sunday mornings.

Joe McCarthy ran his own law firm, McCarthy & Associates, LLC, in the Pittsburgh area and once worked as a state Deputy Attorney General. He attended Penn State and the Duquesne School of Law, according to his LinkedIn page.

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