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Buffalo Bills running back Frank Gore is timeless. The 36-year-old Buffalo Bills running back racked up 109 yards on the ground during his team’s loss to the New England Patriots on Sunday, and in doing so, Gore broke the 15,000 yard mark for his career. On Wednesday, legendary Hall of Fame halfback Barry Sanders took […]

The Dallas Cowboys will have their hands full when they face running back Saquon Barkley and the New York Giants on Sunday. The No. 2 overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft, Barkley didn’t disappoint as a rookie, going to the Pro-Bowl and winning Offensive Rookie of the Year while recording a league-leading 2,028 scrimmage […]

New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley is one of the hottest commodities in football. Barry Sanders’ positive words about the young star are only going to balloon his stock among fans all over the world. The two running backs met in the NFL’s opening gala for its 100th professional season. It has only been […]

Andrew Luck’s decision to leave football behind rocked the sports world to its core, but the Indianapolis Colts quarterback is hardly the only athlete who stepped away from the game they once loved at the peak of their powers. These are the 10 most shocking retirements in the history of sports. 10. Sandy Koufax The […]

New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley is known to be an avid fan of Barry Sanders. The ascending star rusher went as far as to say that he believes that Sanders could still play in the NFL. Saquon Barkley says Barry Sanders is the one player from the #NFL100 Super Bowl commercial who could […]

The retirement of Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck has brought the focus back to other players that decided to call it quits at the height of their powers. Among the most notable is former Detroit Lions running back Barry Sanders. Sanders shocked the NFL world when he retired after 10 seasons of pure dominance. He […]

Some fans of the Indianapolis Colts didn’t appreciate Andrew Luck’s retirement on Saturday night. They booed him off the field. Somebody who knows all too well what Luck is going through is Barry Sanders. “It was tough,” Sanders told the New York Daily News today. “But I understood because I had been an avid fan before myself, so […]

Since arriving in the NFL, Alvin Kamara has become one of the most tantalizing running backs in the league. Former New Orleans running back Deuce McAllister sees some similarities between the superstar playmaker and Detroit Lions legend Barry Sanders. “That’s high praise,” McAllister said, per The Athletic’s Jeff Duncan. “His thighs aren’t as big as […]

Former Detroit Lions running back Barry Sanders shocked almost everyone when he decided to hang up the cleats on the eve of training camp in 1999 after just 10 years in the NFL. It was a bit of a clumsy retirement, and it put Sanders and the Lions at odds for many years. Sanders was […]

Although Detroit Lions running back Barry Sanders’ sudden decision to retire still raises plenty of questions to this day, it appears those close to the situation were hardly surprised. Sanders was still at the top of his game when he decided to retire in 1998 after 10 seasons in Detroit. According to Dave Birkett of […]

Back when Calvin Johnson retired after the 2015 campaign, the Detroit Lions required him to return a portion of his signing bonus, which didn’t exactly sit well with Johnson and caused some bad blood. Lions president Rod Wood said earlier this offseason that he hopes the franchise can repair its damaged relationship with Johnson, but […]

In a shocking turn in the sports world, one of the NFL greats in tight end Rob Gronkowski retired at the age of 29. It’s something that some pundits expected with the many injuries that have plagued him throughout his professional career. Gronkowski wasn’t able to play a full season since 2011, while dealing with […]