Vick indictment blindsided Falcons
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The Atlanta Falcons on Tuesday said they were not given advance warning of star quarterback Michael Vick's indictment on charges related to dogfighting. Meanwhile, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell told the Falcons not to discipline Vick until an NFL review is completed.
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WAVERLY, Virginia  - Atlanta Falcons football star Michael Vick faced additional dogfighting charges on Tuesday when he was indicted by a local court in Virginia, one month after pleading guilty in a federal case.
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The prosecutor in the rural county where Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick has admitted to bankrolling a dogfighting operation plans to present "a host of bills of indictment" regarding the case to a grand jury today.
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When the Falcons have the ball -- Atlanta certainly was thankful for its bye week. Michael Vick was able to shake off a stomach flu that forced him to miss some practice time last week. However, the franchise quarterback hasn't played a full game since Dec. 18 vs. Carolina, so his arm may be rusty. His legs are another story ...
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The National Football League ordered star quarterback Michael Vick on Monday not to report to training camp with his Atlanta Falcons after he was indicted on dog-fighting charges.
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SURRY, Va. -- Informants have come forward saying they can link Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick to dog fighting, the prosecutor in the case said Thursday, and he has turned their accounts and contact information over to investigators.
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The owner of the Atlanta Falcons football team said on Monday it was not in the team's best long-term interests to cut convicted star quarterback Michael Vick from the squad.
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Making Michael Vick &#151; one of the NFL's most exciting players &#151; look ordinary for much of the day, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers dominated Atlanta 27-0 Sunday to keep the first-place Falcons from clinching the NFC South championship.
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TAMPA, Fla. Tampa Bay prevented Atlanta from clinching the NFC South championship by shutting out the Falcons and Michael Vick 27-to-0.
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The troubles of Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, who pleaded guilty on Monday to dogfighting conspiracy charge, could hurt the team both on and off the field, analysts said.
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Michael Vick's teammates managed to escape his considerable shadow, putting Atlanta within one win of the Super Bowl.
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This much we know: Michael Vick won't be on the field when the Atlanta Falcons open training camp next Thursday. He'll be in a federal courtroom.
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This N.F.C. championship game was about whether the Falcons' Michael Vick, with his scrambling ways, could tie the Eagles in knots. He could not.
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Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick and three others were charged with competitive dogfighting.
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First, Michael Vick apologized to all the people he lied to. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank. Coach Bobby Petrino. His teammates.
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Thereâs a resignation in Atlanta that Michael Vick did something seriously wrong, that he will have to atone for it and that his days with the Falcons are probably over.
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Michael Vick's plea agreement and Roger Goodell's decision yesterday to suspend the Atlanta quarterback indefinitely add up to this: It's better than 50-50 that Vick will never play in the NFL again.