https://www.mitchalbom.com/barry-sanders-retirement-a-bombshell-we-should-have-seen-coming/ #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Fri, 09 Oct 2020 14:49:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.mitchalbom.com/barry-sanders-retirement-a-bombshell-we-should-have-seen-coming/#comment-1839 Fri, 09 Oct 2020 14:49:24 +0000 https://www.mitchalbom.com/?p=26934#comment-1839 […] For much of the 1990s, running backs in the NFL were either dependable, between-the-tackles carriers like Emmitt Smith, or they were more exciting, flashy players; of the latter breed, the standout remains Barry Sanders. Playing for the unfashionable Detroit Lions, Sanders was an incredible player to watch – elusive, unpredictable, and somehow humble. It was a mark of how untouched by arrogance he was that, when Sanders retired at the age of 31, he did so by faxing a letter to his hometown newspaper. […]

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