It looks as though Marshawn Lynch got away with this one. He may take a hit in the pocket book, but he’ll be just fine in his career.

ESPN.com — NFL commissioner Roger Goodell personally informed Buffalo Bills running back Marshawn Lynch on Monday that he won’t be disciplined by the league for a hit-and-run accident that left a woman injured.
“I think the facts are clear on the case at this point in time, and I don’t plan any discipline,” Goodell said Monday, during a visit to Bills training camp in suburban Rochester.
Goodell based his decision on the fact that Lynch …read more

From ESPN.com ~
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo Bills running back Marshawn Lynch is expected to plead guilty next week to an unspecified charge stemming from a hit-and-run accident involving his SUV, Erie County District Attorney Frank Clark said Friday.
Clark declined to detail the charge but said a tentative plea agreement assumes Lynch was driving his 2008 Porsche Cayenne when it hit a woman crossing a Buffalo intersection early May 31, leaving the victim with a bruised hip and in need of stitches.
There was one other person in the SUV at the time, Clark said. He would not say who it …read more

Hit and run.
I told you all that I would keep a watchful eye on this case. Here’s the latest from the Buffalo News:

Erie County District Attorney Frank J. Clark said this morning that he’s hopeful about reaching some kind of settlement today in the hit-and-run case involving Bills running back Marshawn Lynch’s vehicle.
“We’re continuing to discuss the matter, and we haven’t reached a resolution yet,” Clark told The Buffalo News at mid-morning. “I’m very optimistic that we’ll have at least an agreement in principle by this afternoon.”
Other sources said grand jury testimony about the case has been postponed today, as …read more

Man, I am tired today. Hey Mr. Stern — how about starting the games at 8 p.m. instead of 9 p.m. next year to give us east coast kids a break!
yawn
I stayed up to watch the game because the Boston Celtics put on the greatest comeback in NBA Finals history. It was amazing to watch (and I was watching and blogging at the same time). I read on Yahoo! Sports this a.m. (a brilliant column by Dan Wetzel) that Paul Pierce came in the locker room at halftime and pretty much said to Doc Rivers, “Give me Kobe.” The …read more