Kansas - Barry Sanders

Kansas - Barry Sanders

While Gale Sayers is worthy of praise, the NFL throne of Kansas has to go to the Wichita, Kansas-bred Hall of Fame running back, Barry Sanders. Sanders was one of the most electrifyingly elusive runners pro-football has ever seen. He inspired a generation of young football hopefuls to play what can be considered a dangerous style. Somehow, standing at just 5'8 Sanders was able to stand the test of time playing for a total of ten years in the most combative sports league in America. In three years of collegiate football at Oklahoma State University Sanders rushed for close to 3,800 yards and scored a total of 52 touch downs earning the Heisman Trophy in 1988.

His impressive college performance led him to be the third overall pick of the 1989 NFL Draft by the Detriot Lions where he played his entire career. While Sanders was unable to earn any diamond-encrusted hardware, he was a 4x NFL Rushing Yards Leader (1990, 1994, 1996, 1997), a 1x NFL MVP (1997), 10x Pro-Bowler, and so much more. Sanders is the third all-time leader in rushing yards carrying the ball for a total of 15,269 yards. To this very day, we haven't seen a single player recreate what Barry Sanders was able to do on the football field.

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Did You Know...

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Chefs made their way into celebrity land a while ago. But how many celebrities that weren’t trained as professional cooks are actually whizzes in the kitchen? Here are several that come to mind.

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Actress Julia Roberts is confident about her cooking skills. “I’m quite a good cook,” she told E! News. “I’m like a closet home ec teacher…I can really cook anything.” Roberts has said she often cooks fish for herself and her kids. And speaking of her three children, “They think that I’m a good cook,” Roberts told People. “They actually told me that I should open a restaurant.” She also relishes cooking for the holidays, particularly shredded Brussel sprouts. Roberts hasn’t published a cookbook, but we did find recipes attributed to her for peach crisp and banana hemp muffins. Or you can make the same summer salad the actress supposedly eats.

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Chrissy Teigen started off as a supermodel. Then her love of cooking filtered into her professional life too. At this point, she’s created recipes for a limited Blue Apron release and also just launched her own home and cooking line at Target named “Cravings,” after the two cookbooks she’s released. Teigen describes cooking as “a time of peace” for herself. So maybe peace out to her tuna melt sandwich or the fried chicken wings that are a favorite of her husband, John Legend.

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Lady Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, comes from a cooking Italian family. Her father started his own restaurant in New York and also published a cookbook. And apparently, Lady Gaga has inherited the family’s cooking genes. Her Instagram account occasionally features photos of her culinary activities. Sure, sometimes it’s topless cooking. But other times it’s more poignant like in the post she shared about her bringing food to the family of her dear friend who passed away. Want to try a Gaga/Germanotta family favorite? Check out her recipe for whole wheat pasta with a sweet fennel sauce.

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