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Colorado prohibiting reporter from asking Deion Sanders questionsThe University of Colorado has prohibited Sean Keeler, a Denver Post columnist, from asking questions to head coach Deion Sanders and other members of the football program.,The school confirmed the news Friday in a statement provided to ESPN: "After a series of sustained, personal attacks on the foo...

Deion Sanders' kid commits to play with his Prime Time pop at Jackson StateShedeur Sanders’ Friday announcement to change his commitment from Florida Atlantic University to Jackson State caught people by surprise....

Lazy Hyphens Are Killing The Art Of Cool Sports NicknamesWhat happened to all the good sports nicknames? My favorite nicknames of my lifetime are Frank Thomas: “The Big Hurt,” coined by Ken Harrelson, and Deion Sanders, who gave himself the “Prime Time” moniker....

Deion Sanders Tries The "You Never Played The Game" Bit On An All-Pro Safety

Kevin Byard plays safety for the Tennessee Titans and was a first-team All-Pro after making 87 tackles and eight interceptions last season. Given his performance, Byard he wondered how Hall of Fame defensive back and current NFL Network analyst Deion Sanders could think that Tyrann Mathieu is the be...

Deion Sanders Denies Shelving Florida Recruits At All-America Game Due To FSU Bias

Deion Sanders serves as one of the coaches at an annual high school football All-America game, though it seems that not all of his players were pleased with the (mostly ceremonial) job he did. Dual-threat quarterback Emory Jones, ranked as the fourth-best player in Georgia by ESPN, tossed just three...

Deion Sanders Fondly Recalls That Time He Owned The Giants At The NFL Combine

Deion Sanders was picked fifth overall by the Atlanta Falcons in the 1989 NFL draft. Four of the first five picks ended up in the Hall Of Fame (word to Tony Mandarich), but even though it was a spectacular draft, there was no way Sanders was going to make it past the very top of the draft order. Dud...

Deion Sanders Says Vontaze Burfict "Owes The Media" Answers

Vontaze Burfict was understandably taciturn following the Cincinnati’s wild card game meltdown and his role in setting up the Steelers’ winning field goal, so NFL Network analyst Deion Sanders took the Bengals linebacker to task during tonight’s postgame show—stating that refusing to answer reporter...

The Miseducation Of Deion Sanders

Deion Sanders knows better than most that there's power in a nickname. When he was still just a skinny cornerback at Florida State University, he dubbed himself "Prime Time" and birthed an alter ego that would earn him fame, riches, and a place in the pantheon of the 20th century's greatest athlet...

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Randy Moss Talks About Freaking Out When He Met Deion Sanders

Back before the 1998 NFL Draft, Randy Moss says he was certain he was going to the Dallas Cowboys. Jerry Jones apparently told him the team would pick him if he was still available. (The Cowboys didn't take Moss with the eighth pick, instead drafting linebacker Greg Ellis; Moss fell all the way to t...

by Samer Kalaf|

|Tue Nov 11 2014

Deion Sanders's Disaster Of A School Is Being Shut Down

Following an eight-month investigation, the Texas Education Agency announced yesterday it will move to shutter Prime Prep Academy, the charter school co-founded by Deion Sanders. It has been, let us say, a long time coming....

by Barry Petchesky|

|Wed Jul 16 2014

Will We Ever See Another Two-Sport Athlete?

Seahawks QB Russell Wilson was a college infielder, and was drafted by the Rockies in 2010. After being acquired in the Rule 5 draft by Texas, he showed up at Rangers spring training to take some drills, and said, "I've always had the dream of playing two sports." Well, the quintessential two-sport...

by Barry Petchesky|

|Wed Mar 19 2014

Here's some audio of Deion Sanders demanding a raise and threatening the CEO of Prime Prep Academy, a charter school Deion Sanders helped found. In it, he names "HNIC" as his official position in the school which, you know, might be worthy of a raise on its own. [Dallas Observer]...

by Greg Howard|

|Thu Jan 30 2014

Deion Sanders Kept Bikini-Clad Pro Bowl Streaker Out Of Jail

The Pro Bowl fosters two traditions: crushing boredom, and fans running onto the field. Sunday's edition produced both!...

by Barry Petchesky|

|Tue Jan 28 2014

Deion Sanders Examines Jacksonville's Talent

by Samer Kalaf|

|Fri Dec 06 2013

Deion Sanders Fired From Own Prep School After Weird Assault Allegation

Deion Sanders has been fired from Prime Prep Academy, the charter school he co-founded last year in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. A faculty member is alleging Deion assaulted him, but Sanders has not been charged with any crime. Sanders says there was a confrontation, but no assault occurred. ...

by Kyle Wagner|

|Fri Oct 11 2013

Worker's Comp Could Cost The NFL More Than The Concussion Settlement

The headline on and main talking point from this L.A. Times article is almost distracting, but it's fun: It turns out that moron and/or hypocrite Deion Sanders, who criticized former players are just "trying to make money" off of concussion lawsuits against the NFL, filed his own worker's compensati...

by Barry Petchesky|

|Fri Sep 06 2013

Deion Sanders Got His Laser Dog Back

That dog, though... [via SB Nation]...

by Barry Petchesky|

|Fri May 31 2013

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