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Deion Sanders Honors MLB Legend Rickey Henderson in IG Photo: 'My Baseball Hero'

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Colorado football head coach Deion Sanders paid his respects to Rickey Henderson on Sunday after the MLB legend died on Saturday at the age of 65, calling Henderson his "baseball hero."

Sanders was a two-sport athlete during his playing days and spent nine seasons in Major League Baseball, accumulating 186 stolen bases in his career, including 56 in the 1997 season.

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