Marshawn Lynch’s playing career ended at the Oakland Coliseum, where he spent his final two seasons with the Raiders.
But his football career is hardly over — no, it’s only moving across the Champions Plaza in Oakland.
The Raiders are leaving for Las Vegas at the end of the season, but the unofficial mayor of Oakland is making sure that professional football stays The Town.
Lynch has co-founded and will co-own an indoor football team — the Oakland Panthers — which will begin play at the Oakland Arena (formerly Oracle Arena) this spring.
The Panthers — a nod to Oakland’s Black Panthers history of the 1960s — will be a member of the Indoor Football League.