Vick pleads guilty, apologizes in dogfighting case
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RICHMOND, Virginia  - U.S. football star Michael Vick pleaded guilty and publicly apologized on Monday for his role in a dogfighting case that will land him in jail and already has prompted his suspension from the sport.
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Michael Vick's father said he asked his son to give up dogfighting, or to at least put property used in the venture in the names of others to avoid being implicated, according to a report in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick is scheduled to appear in federal court Monday to plead guilty to dogfighting charges.
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The prosecutor in the county where Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick has admitted to bankrolling a dogfighting operation plans to present evidence to the grand jury, Tuesday, that could possibly lead to an indictment
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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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RICHMOND, Aug. 27 -- NFL superstar Michael Vick was set to formally enter his guilty plea to federal dogfighting charges this morning, three days after admitting in a court filing that he supplied most of the gambling money for fights and endorsed the killing of poorly performing dogs.
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Michael Vick declared "I am not the bad person or beast I've been made out to be" and asked for leniency in a letter to the federal judge who sentenced him to 23 months in prison for a dogfighting conspiracy.
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Michael Vick's guilty plea to a federal dogfighting conspiracy charge will cap one of the most rapid and startling falls from stardom in American sports history.
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Michael Vick, already looking at a federal prison term for bankrolling a dogfighting operation in rural Virginia, now faces two state charges that could get him more prison time if he's convicted.
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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 conviction of football star Michael Vick on dogfighting charges appears to have polarized U.S. opinion along racial lines but it would be a mistake to assume divisions are clear cut, analysts said on Tuesday.
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Michael Vick was fined $10,000 by the NFL and agreed to donate another $10,000 to charity for an obscene hand gesture toward Falcons fans following last weekend's loss to New Orleans.
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RICHMOND, Va. -- The man who provided prosecutors most of the information that led to Michael Vick's downfall was sentenced to two months in prison Friday for his role in the NFL star's dogfighting ring.
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Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick admitted on Friday he participated in an illegal dogfighting operation and was suspended indefinitely by the National Football League.
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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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Atlanta Falcons quarterback  Michael Vick was solemn as he pleaded guilty in federal court  on Monday in a dogfighting case almost certain to wreck his  football career.
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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.