NPR's A Martinez talks to hall-of-fame running back Barry Sanders about the Amazon Prime documentary Bye Bye Barry — which tells the story of why he retired abruptly from the Detroit Lions in 1999.

SALT LAKE CITY — Scott Mitchell sinks into the soft gray sectional at 1 a.m. Hey look, Barry Sanders is on television. It’s a promo for “Bye Bye Barry,” a documentary that debuted on ...

As everyone knows, football is a game marked by violence. But when you watched Barry Sanders run the ball, you saw beauty. You almost couldn't compare him to other football players. He was ...