PHILADELPHIA -- Michael Vick flicked his wrist and fired tight spirals deep downfield. A two-year layoff sure didn't hurt Vick's arm strength. He showed off...
Michael Vick held a press conference, along with Tony Dungy, to discuss his return to the NFL with the Philadelphia eagles. Watch the press conference...
I believe in second chances. I believe that redemption is the soul of hope. I believe debts paid warrant fresh starts. Except when it comes to Michael Vick.
Fans find nothing objectionable in a bone-crushing clothesline tackle of a wide receiver cutting across the middle, but there is something about Vick's crime, just as Goodell suggests, that turns the stomach.
At a time when race is just a front-porch confrontation away from another round of national examination, in discussing Michael Vick it doesn't come up nearly as often as other points.
Vick has paid for his transgressions. He was once the highest paid athlete in the NFL, he had lucrative endorsement deals, real estate holdings, and business ventures, all of which are gone.
We're not big on giving ex-cons an employment chance, unless they're Michael Vick or Martha Stewart. The others get their resumes thrown in the trash if a manager finds out they have a record.
On Chicago's South Side, Michael Vick spoke to at-risk youth and urged them not to get involved in dog-fighting, telling kids from personal experience not to go down this dead-end path.
I always look for the best in people, and when Michael Vick tells me that looking into the eyes of people who love and respect animals and seeing their pain and disgust changed him, I believe it.
In what other profession besides pro sports would a person convicted of running a massive dogfighting ring be welcomed back to their old employer almost immediately upon release from prison?
. same picture
. newspaper has on one side," Black man beaten to death by police"
. On the other, "Black man engages in dog fighting"
. little boys looks up and asks daddy," Dad, is it ok to care more about the life of a black man than a life of a dog?"
while the Dad has a puzzled look on his face.