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Justices Cite Free Speech in Animal Abuse Videos

They seem ready
to strike down law

Oct 6, 09 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court seems likely to back an appellate court ruling that said depictions of animal cruelty are protected as free speech by the First Amendment. In arguments today, the justices considered the case of a man convicted of selling dogfighting videos under a 1999 law that equates videos of... More »

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Antonin Scalia • John Roberts • free speech • censorship • dogfighting • John Paul Stevens • US Supreme Court • justices • dog fighting

 Vick Gets New 
 Endorsement 
 Deal With Nike 

Athletic-apparel company cut ties with QB over dogfighting rap

Sep 30, 09 6:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nike, which ate a reported $1.5 million when it severed ties with Michael Vick over his dogfighting rap in 2007, has signed the quarterback to a new endorsement deal. “He has always been a fan of the brand and looks forward to the relationship,” his agent tells... More »

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entertainment • Michael Vick • dogfighting • Nike • Philadelphia Eagles • endorsement

 Chicago Day-Care Home  
 Used for Dogfights 

Cops make arrests after raids in Maywood, Ill

Sep 24, 09 2:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chicago police raided an Illinois day-care center that apparently doubled as a brutal dogfighting operation. Ten children were being watched at the private home at the time of the raid. A swing set used by the kids was only 10 feet from a bloody garage where a “vicious” pit... More »

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police • children • felony • dogfighting • Illinois • daycare

(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,"... More »

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NFL • Roger Goodell • Michael Vick • football • probation • dogfighting • Andy Reid • federal prison • National Football League • pro football


 Vick's Fans, 
 Critics Plot 
 Rallies Ahead 
 of Eagles Game 

NAACP to march at stadium, while SPCA throws 'tailgate' party

Aug 27, 09 1:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Vick’s first NFL game since his conviction for dog fighting has triggered strong reactions among animal and civil rights advocates in Philadelphia and they plan to let him know it, AP reports. Before he steps onto the field today as the Eagles’ quarterback, the Pennsylvania SPCA will throw... More »

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NFL • Michael Vick • football • Philadelphia • animal rights • dogfighting • SPCA • Philadelphia Eagles • NAACP

(Newser) - Disgraced football star Michael Vick spent long nights in prison "crying" over what he did to "the animals" in his dog-fighting operation, and the mess he made of his life, he said on 60 Minutes yesterday. "The first day I walked into prison, and he slammed that... More »

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prison • Michael Vick • dogfighting • Philadelphia Eagles • quarterback • animal abuse

 Vick Vows He 
 'Won't Disappoint' 

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

Aug 14, 09 12:06 PM CDT
(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... More »

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NFL • Atlanta Falcons • Michael Vick • football • press conference • dogfighting • Philadelphia Eagles • federal prison • quarterback

OPINION

Hey PETA,
Vick's an
Animal, Too

Disgraced QB paid
his price, deserves
a second chance

Aug 1, 09 11:11 AM CDT
(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.... More »

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NFL • Michael Vick • football • PETA • dogfighting

NFL Commish Conditionally Reinstates Vick

It's official: QB may play as soon as October
—if he can find a team

Jul 27, 09 3:43 PM CDT
(AP) - Michael Vick was reinstated by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell today and could play in regular-season games as early as October. Vick can immediately participate in preseason practices, workouts and meetings and can play in the final two preseason games—if he can find a team that will sign him. A... More »

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NFL • Roger Goodell • Michael Vick • football • dogfighting • quarterback

(Newser) - Now that Michael Vick’s dogfighting sentence is over, it’s possible for him to return to the NFL. Whether commissioner Roger Goodell will allow it is another thing entirely. Jim Trotter and George Dohrmann, in Sports Illustrated, are divided. “It’s time for him to have an opportunity... More »

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NFL • Roger Goodell • Michael Vick • football • dogfighting • quarterback • prison sentence

(Newser) - Michael Vick’s 23-month federal dogfighting sentence ended today, paving the way for the disgraced football player to finagle a return to the NFL, the AP reports. Two prison officials appeared at Vick’s house today, likely to remove the electronic ankle monitor he’s sported for the past two... More »

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sports • NFL • Atlanta Falcons • Michael Vick • football • dogfighting • house arrest • sentence

Vick's New Gig: Counselor
at Boys & Girls Club

Former quarterback trades in construction work for something more familiar

Jun 30, 09 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Vick has begun working at a Virginia summer camp after leaving his job as a construction worker, the Virginian-Pilot reports. The former Atlanta Falcons quarterback is finishing up two months of house arrest after his conviction for abetting dogfighting; he’s required to work a job. Vick began yesterday... More »

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sports • Atlanta Falcons • Michael Vick • football • probation • dogfighting • house arrest • summer camp • Boys & Girls Club

analysis

 How Vick 
 Can Get 
 Back to NFL 

Must show 'remorse' without moves looking 'choreographed'

May 29, 09 12:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Can Michael Vick overcome his dismal image and play again in the NFL? His high school coach thinks so—but it will require a serious, sustained effort from the quarterback convicted on dog-fighting charges, USA Today reports. “From a reputation standpoint,” says a crisis-management expert, “being inhumane... More »

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NFL • Roger Goodell • Michael Vick • dogfighting • public relations • Humane Society • public image

 Vick Begins House Arrest 

He'll work construction while living in his Va. home

May 21, 09 8:08 AM CDT
(AP) - Michael Vick arrived at his Virginia home today after being released yesterday from federal prison. After 19 months in a Kansas lock-up, the suspended NFL player will spend the remaining two months of his sentence for financing a dogfighting operation under home confinement, wearing an electronic monitor and working a... More »

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NFL • prison • Michael Vick • football • Virginia • dogfighting • house arrest

 Vick Sprung From Prison 

Final 2 months of sentence will be home confinement

May 20, 09 9:03 AM CDT
(AP) - Michael Vick has left a Kansas prison and is on his way back to Virginia, where he'll be confined to his home for 2 months, one of the suspended NFL star's lawyers says. Vick left the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth overnight, ostensibly for a home he owns in Hampton. The... More »

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NFL • Atlanta Falcons • crime • Michael Vick • football • dogfighting • Fort Leavenworth

PETA Drops
Vick Deal Over Psycho Fears

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

May 2, 09 8:00 AM CDT
(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... More »

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NFL • Michael Vick • animal cruelty • PETA • dogfighting

 Vick May Do PSAs for PETA 


May 1, 09 3:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - As he seeks to scrub his sullied image, disgraced NFL quarterback Michael Vick is in talks appear in public-service ads for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Advertising Age reports. “We want him to discourage people from taking part in dogfighting,” a PETA rep said of charges... More »

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NFL • Michael Vick • PETA • dogfighting • federal prison • PSA

It's Hunters vs. Rush in Righty Showdown

Sportsmen's groups angry over pundit's ads for Humane Society

Apr 28, 09 10:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Can hunters do what other critics have conspicuously failed to do: face down Rush Limbaugh without taking it back? Recreational shooters' groups are incensed that Limbaugh has been doing public-service radio spots for the Humane Society, denouncing dogfighting and animal cruelty, the Washington Times reports. It's not that they love... More »

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Rush Limbaugh • dogfighting • Humane Society • hunters

1st Amendment v. Dogfight Video: High Court to Decide

Conviction rests on First Amendment status of animal abuse tapes

Apr 20, 09 2:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court agreed today to hear that pits the First Amendment against the production and sale of dogfighting videos, the Chicago Tribune reports. The case involves a man jailed for selling several brutally explicit videos of pit bulls fighting. A federal appeals court overturned his conviction on grounds that... More »

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free speech • First Amendment • animal cruelty • violence • dogfighting • US Supreme Court • video violence

(AP) - A judge rejected Michael Vick's plan to emerge from bankruptcy today, telling the suspended NFL star to rethink how he'll pay back creditors. Vick, who is serving a 23-month prison sentence for bankrolling a dogfighting operation, had outlined a plan based on the goal of returning to the NFL.... More »

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NFL • Atlanta Falcons • Michael Vick • bankruptcy • dogfighting

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