Marshawn Lynch joining Amazon’s ‘Thursday Night Football’ after DUI arrest

Marshawn Lynch has been employed by Amazon Prime Video to be part of its “Thursday Evening Soccer” pregame present, Marie Donoghue, Amazon’s vice chairman of International Sports activities Video, mentioned on the “Marchand & Ourand Sports activities Media Podcast.” 

Lynch was arrested in August and charged with DUI. Donoghue mentioned, nevertheless, that wasn’t why the previous star NFL working again is simply now beginning for Amazon this Thursday, its fifth recreation of the season. 

Marshawn Lynch during a Seahawks playoff game on Jan. 12, 2020.
Marshawn Lynch throughout a Seahawks playoff recreation on Jan. 12, 2020.
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“I feel Marshawn wished to work via some issues,” Donoghue mentioned on the podcast. “We have been already working with him. We by no means walked away. We simply labored via some issues with him and we’re excited. We are able to’t look ahead to him to affix.” 

Lynch will seem on three-minute to four-minute options that Amazon is looking, “‘N Yo’ Metropolis.” On Thursday, previous to the Commanders’ recreation on the Bears, Lynch’s first characteristic will probably be aired. It options Lynch enjoying soccer with youngsters from Highland Park, the suburb of Chicago that was ravaged by a gunman on July 4. The next week, Lynch will probably be feeding alligators earlier than Saints versus Cardinals. 

Lynch, 36, was arrested in Las Vegas this summer time. In line with data obtained by TV station KSNV, the Las Vegas Municipal on-line court docket data mentioned Lynch faces fees of “driving underneath the affect, failure/refusing to give up proof of safety, use of an unregistered car and failure to drive in a journey lane.” 

The Publish first reported Amazon’s curiosity in Lynch in January.

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