Michael Vick News
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Vick met by protests while receiving Courage Award
10:50 AM on 03/10/2010
BALTIMORE (AP) - A humbled but defiant Michael Vick was honored Tuesday night as one of 32 NFL players to receive the Ed Block Courage Award...
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Will Roethlisberger get the Michael Vick treatment?
10:15 AM on 03/10/2010
OPINION - Ben Roethlisberger, a white athlete, is innocent until proven guilty, but for black athletes, rapper Jay-Z said it best: Guilty until proven innocent...
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Playgirl would like to show you another side of Michael Vick
8:47 PM on 02/22/2010
The embattled American footballer, who was arrested for animal abuse and promoting dogfighting in 2007, has been invited to pose for Playgirl in return for a $1 million...
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Vick shows rebuilt life on BET docu-series
5:51 PM on 01/22/2010
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Michael Vick returned to the site of his gruesome dogfighting crimes, looked at an empty dog bowl left behind in a dingy cage...
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Michael Vick wins Eagles' courage award
3:47 PM on 12/23/2009
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Michael Vick's peers appreciate his tough journey back to the NFL. Vick won the Ed Block Courage Award, voted on by his teammates on the Philadelphia Eagles, after the once-disgraced star quarterback returned...
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Welcome back: Vick still rules in Atlanta
9:04 AM on 12/07/2009
ATLANTA (AP) -- Michael Vick felt the tears welling up as he headed to the Georgia Dome. He was all smiles on his way out the door...
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Antoine Walker a poster child for athletes squandering riches
7:32 AM on 11/17/2009
OPINION - Former NBA star Antoine Walker has been slow to enter a plea in a bad check-writing scheme that could ultimately incarcerate him up to four years...
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NFL star would rather be naked than wear fur
6:36 AM on 11/12/2009
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) - Here's a change in Atlanta: A Falcons player showing some love for animals...
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Pit bull group says Vick won't visit his former dogs
2:15 PM on 10/15/2009
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - A Bay Area pit bull advocacy group says Michael Vick has declined an invitation to visit eight of his former dogs this weekend...
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Why Nike will just do it and sign Michael Vick
8:30 AM on 10/05/2009
OPINION - The truth is that I don't believe a single word of the Nike dismissal. They know that Vick is not washed up, and that some of his best years...
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Nike: No endorsement deal with Vick
10:34 AM on 10/01/2009
(AP) - Nike says it does not have a "contractual relationship" with Michael Vick, a day after the quarterback's agent announced a deal with the manufacturer...
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Michael Vick warns students about the dangers of peer pressure
3:02 PM on 09/08/2009
VIDEO -- The Philadelphia Eagles quarterback addressed a rapt audience of 200 freshmen on their first day at Nueva Esperanza Academy, a North Philadelphia charter school...
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Vick could make NAACP look like Chicken Little
10:38 AM on 08/31/2009
OPINION -- By dragging the NAACP into the fray, chapter president J. Whyatt Mondesire threatens to make the organization out to be no better than a Chicken Little of civil rights...
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Vick feels the brotherly love in his Eagles debut
6:36 AM on 08/28/2009
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- It's been a long time since Michael Vick heard such sweet sounds.As Vick entered Thursday night's preseason game against Jacksonville on the second play from scrimmage, many in the crowd stood and cheered. Although he never acknowledged the support, Vick was thrilled about the reception from the Philadelphia fans...
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For Vick, once a quarterback, always a quarterback
5:27 AM on 08/17/2009
OPINION - A black quarterback was not taken in the first round of the NFL draft until 1978 and in 1988, Doug Williams became the first black quarterback to play in and win a Super Bowl.
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Vick: I've done some terrible things
11:37 AM on 08/14/2009
VIDEO - A remorseful Michael Vick wants a second chance and a fresh start with the Philadelphia Eagles -- and knows he won't be easily forgiven by fans...
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The return of the prodigal quarterback
6:40 AM on 08/14/2009
OPINION -- I was as shocked as the rest of America to hear that Michael Vick has been signed by the Philadelphia Eagles. Although I've always supported Vick's human right to fairness...
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Put Vick on the field, not on a pedestal
11:50 AM on 08/07/2009
Like most fair-minded and even moderately temperate souls, I've long been of the unwavering belief Mike Vick...
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Vick and Forrest reflect different sides of black athletes
8:00 AM on 07/30/2009
(AP Photo/John Froschauer, File) by Roland Laird Where African American athletes are concerned, Michael Vick and Vernon Forrest represent two sides of the same coin. We all know Vick's story: super-talented football player who refused to cut ties with his past and paid a severe price for it. The idea...
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NFL reinstates Michael Vick
3:38 PM on 07/27/2009
NEW YORK (AP) -- Michael Vick is back in the NFL. Now all he needs is a team to play for. Vick, free after serving 18 months in prison for running a dogfighting ring, was reinstated with conditions by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on Monday. He could participate in regular-season games as early as October.
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