Thursday night was a special one for Amazon's ever expanding presence in the world of sports broadcasting. Yes, they aired the Chargers' dominant Thursday Night Football win over the Vikings. And yes, the show did serve as a sneak preview at the new studio that will serve as the nerve center for the studio's new coverage of the NBA (which begins Friday night). However, the clear most important development was the return of Red Panda.
The beloved halftime performer, whose name is Rong Niu, put on a show after the TNF broadcast, with much of Prime Video's roster of analysts present for the occasion. Former football stars like Ryan Fitzpatrick, Richard Sherman and Tony Gonzalez joined with their new NBA counterparts—Blake Griffin, Dirk Nowitzki and Steve Nash among them—to watch the legend at work.
