We look back at Detroit Lions legendary running back Barry Sanders' marvelous career. Video by Kirkland Crawford/DFP Wochit, Wochit
It was the fax heard around the world. Barry Sanders, for the first and only time in his career, mailed it in. Through a piece of paper in a Wichita newspaper office, one of the greatest running backs in the history of football called it quits.
Twenty years later, Lions fans are still scratching their heads.
And banging their tabletops.
And covering their eyes.
You could argue that the Lions’ failures made Sanders leave the game, or that Sanders leaving the game led to more Lions’ failures.