Former NFL star Aqib Talib is reportedly stepping away from his role on Amazon’s Thursday Night Football broadcast after his brother’s arrest for murder last week.
NFL reporter Ian Rapoport revealed on Sunday that he had spoken with Talib, who informed him that he was opting to “spend time with his family.”
Just spoke to Aqib Talib. In light of the recent tragedy, he is going to step aside from his broadcasting duties at Amazon to spend time with his family.Talib was to serve as a contributor to the network’s pregame, halftime, and postgame features. Last week, tragedy struck a youth football game that had been at least partially financed by Aqib Talib after a football coach – Mike Hickmon – was shot and killed on the field following a dispute involving the referees.
Today at a little league football game a head coach was shot and killed his son is the QB on the team witnessed
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