Vick May Do PSAs for PETA

(NEWSER) - Michael Vick, who last played in the NFL in 2006, will be eligible to suit up for the Eagles on Sept. 27, the Philadelphia Daily News reports. "Hopefully we can have a success story here that will be good for society in general and good for the NFL," commissioner Roger Goodell said today after meeting with the suspended quarterback and coach Andy Reid. "He is very genuine in his remorse." More»

QB: 'I'm glad to have a second chance'

(NEWSER) - Michael Vick says he “won’t disappoint” as a player for of the Eagles, the Philadelphia Daily News reports. “I’m glad to have an opportunity at a second chance,” said the convicted felon and newly signed quarterback. He said at a press conference today he had “ done some terrible things, made a horrible mistake,” but “now I want to be part of the solution and not the problem,” the AP reports. More»

Disgraced QB paid his price, deserves a second chance

(NEWSER) - What Michael Vick did was pretty reprehensible, but he deserves a second chance anyway, writes Raina Kelley of Newsweek, simply because he’s paid the price for his misdeeds. “He lost his freedom, his job, his worldly possessions, his good name, and the esteem of his fellow players. I don’t know about your tolerance for pain, but that seems like an apt punishment to me.” More»

QB short on remorse, declined test 'to weed out psychopaths'

(NEWSER) - A potential deal between PETA and disgraced Falcons QB Michael Vick, for anti-dogfighting public service ads, is off the table, the animal rights group now says, and has been since December, Advertising Age reports. A PETA rep says they pulled the offer after learning from a USDA report on his dogfighting history that Vick "enjoyed placing family pets in the ring with fighting pit bulls and that he laughed as dogs ripped each other apart," the AP reports. More»

(AP) - Michael Vick has been approved for release to home confinement, a government official said today. The disgraced NFL quarterback's lawyers have said they expect him to be moved any day into a halfway house in Newport News, Va. But the official says there's no bed space, so Vick could be released to his Hampton, Va., home as soon as May 21. More»