"said Hall of Fame running back Marcus Allen on ESPN Classic's SportsCentury series. Think of Barry Sanders as a coin. "Heads" is the record-setting running back who was described as electrifying ...

One was Rodney Hampton, the running back for my favorite team, the New York Giants. The other was Barry Sanders, and I played completely different when pretending to be Barry Sanders. Sanders was ...

Though Ashton Jeanty got close, OSU legend Barry Sanders maintains his single-season rushing record, a welcome sight to those ...

The Heisman Trophy runner-up is on the doorstep of the FBS single-season rushing record, sitting 131 yards shy of Barry Sanders' 1988 mark that has stood for 36 years. While 131 yards against Penn ...

In the summer of 1998, Detroit Lions superstar Barry Sanders was coming off of a season where he rushed for over 2000 yards, and marked his third straight season with 11 rushing touchdowns.

When Oklahoma State tailback Barry Sanders won the 1988 Heisman, he and the Cowboys stood half a planet away -- in Tokyo, preparing to play Texas Tech. The announcement came at 7:50 a.m., Sunday ...

Barry Sanders has done a lot in his football life. In 10 seasons with the Lions, he led the NFL in rushing four times, amassing 15,269 yards over the course of his career. He won MVP in 1997 ...