Vick case shines light on brutal sport
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Through all attempts to cover his tracks &#151; secretive lingo, coded Internet chatter, a move from Pennsylvania to Texas &#151; Thomas Weigner was intently pursued by a vigilant group of animal-loving sleuths.
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RICHMOND, Virginia  - Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick will be sentenced on December 10 after pleading guilty to dogfighting charges in a U.S. court, a judge ruled on Monday.
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Informants have come forward saying Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick was involved in dogfighting, a prosecutor investigating the case said.
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Like most decent Americans, I have been sickened by the Michael Vick dogfighting debacle. There can be no excuse for torturing and abusing man's best friend -- forcing dogs to fight to the death, under penalty of death. That a high-profile athlete like Vick carried this out in the name of "sport" makes it all the more disgusting.
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Atlanta Falcons quarterback  Michael Vick, whose fall from grace has been one of the most  sudden in U.S. sport, will formally plead guilty Monday in a  dogfighting case almost certain to wreck his football career.
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The facts surrounding Michael Vick's involvement in dogfighting -- from dog killings to the gambling and lying -- are far worse than anyone imagined, and it will take years before Vick can put it all behind him.
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The Falconsâ Michael Vick has been indicted on charges that he sponsored and gambled on dogfighting and authorized acts of cruelty against animals on property that he owned.
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Federal authorities have filed court documents outlining a suspected dogfighting operation on property owned by Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick.
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The troubles of Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, who pleaded guilty on Monday to a charge of dogfighting, could hurt the team both on and off the field, analysts said.
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Michael Vick can do some amazing things with a football. But first, he's got to hang on to it.
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Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick faced condemnation in the media on Wednesday and an uncertain future following his federal indictment on Tuesday over alleged involvement in a dog-fighting operation.
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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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NFL star Michael Vick was indicted by a federal grand jury yesterday on charges of sponsoring a dogfighting operation so grisly the losers either died in the pit or sometimes were electrocuted, drowned, hanged, or shot.
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A property owned by Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick was used as the "main staging area for housing and training the pit bulls involved" in an alleged dogfighting operation, according to court documents.
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Suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick was indicted today by a Virginia grand jury on state dogfighting charges, prosecutors announced. The grand jury brought two charges against Vick: one count of unlawfully torturing and killing dogs and one of promoting dogfights.
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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 fate of Michael Vick will be determined at sentencing later this year. The fate of the dogs, too violent to be let free around others, is all but sealed.