of products including Under Armour and the Subway restaurant chain. He also appeared on the cover of MLB 08: The Show. Howard appeared alongside teammate Chase Utley as himself on the 2010 episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia "The Gang Gets Stranded in the Woods". He also appeared as himself during the 7th season of Entourage in the episode "Lose Yourself" and appeared in the final season of The Office, which is set in Scranton and was created during his time in Triple-A there. Howard is the acknowledged namesake of one of the show's characters, who in one episode claimed to be "Ryan Howard, the baseball player" in an attempt to gain entry into a New York nightclub. Howard married former Philadelphia Eagles cheerleader Krystle Campbell in Maui on December 1, 2012. They are Catholic. A longstanding lawsuit between Howard and his family over finances was settled in November 2014. On January 5, 2016, it was announced that Howard had filed a lawsuit suing Al Jazeera for defamation following the publication's release of the documentary episode "The Dark Side: Secrets of the Sports Dopers", which linked Howard and Washington Nationals infielder Ryan Zimmerman, among others, to a clinic that allegedly distributed steroids and HGH. Zimmerman also filed suit against Al Jazeera for defamation. In May 2017, Howard announced his new role as Partner at SeventySix Capital, a Philadelphia-based venture capital firm led by Wayne Kimmel and Jon Powell. Howard has written six children's books with co-authors Erwin Madrid and his wife, Krystle Howard, published by Scholastic. The sale of Howard's palatial beachfront mansion in Belleair Shore, Florida, for $16.5 million was announced on January 30, 2019. In February 2019, Howard joined ESPN as an analyst for Baseball Tonight. On April 6, 2019, Howard announced that he and his wife were expecting a baby girl. Major league and franchise records Howard was included on the ballot for the National Baseball Hall of Fame class of when it was announced on November 22, 2021. See also List of Major League Baseball home run records List of Major League Baseball annual home run leaders List of Major League Baseball annual runs batted in leaders 50 home run club List of Major League Baseball career home run leaders List of Major League Baseball career slugging percentage leaders List of Major League Baseball players who spent their entire career with one franchise References External