Oakland native Marshawn Lynch helped launch the Oakland Panthers last year, but the team will not debut until 2022. (Photo courtesy of Indoor Football League)

The Indoor Football League announced Monday that the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted the cancellation of its remaining games of the 2020 season.

The Oakland Panthers, co-founded by Oakland native and former Cal and NFL star running back Marshawn Lynch and entertainment entrepreneur Roy Choi, were scheduled to open the season on March 14, but the coronavirus crisis led to the suspension and eventual cancellation of games.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.