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Nike Denies Endorsement Deal With NFL Player Michael Vick

Oct. 1, 2009
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Nike Inc on Thursday denied it has an endorsement deal with Michael Vick more than two years after dumping the National Football League quarterback following his arrest for bankrolling a dog-fighting ring.
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Bears: Vick visit 'nothing to do with us'

CHICAGO, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- A trip to Chicago by ex-football star Michael Vick touched off news reports that he might be visiting with the NFL's Bears, but the team said that wasn't so.
Agent: Vick may play again soon

Agent: Vick may play again soon

NEW YORK, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Quarterback Michael Vick, a free man after serving federal time for a dogfighting conviction, may be playing in the NFL again soon, his agent said Tuesday.
Jesse Jackson urges Vick reinstatement

Jesse Jackson urges Vick reinstatement

NORFOLK, Va., Aug. 5 (UPI) -- The Rev. Jesse Jackson says former Atlanta quarterback Michael Vick should be allowed to return to the NFL immediately because he has paid his debt to society.
Falcons release Michael Vick

Falcons release Michael Vick

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga., June 12 (UPI) -- Michael Vick, completing his sentence for dogfighting convictions, was released Friday by the Atlanta Falcons, for whom he'd played quarterback for 74 games.

Vick burned through millions before jail

ATLANTA, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Bankruptcy records allege jailed football star Michael Vick spent $18.2 million in the two years before being convicted in a dogfighting case.

Vick hopes to return to NFL upon release

NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick testified from a federal prison at a Virginia bankruptcy hearing, saying he hopes to return to the NFL.
Vick won't have to repay entire $20M bonus

Vick won't have to repay entire $20M bonus

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Atlanta quarterback Michael Vick, serving a jail term on dogfighting charges, will be allowed to keep at least some of $20 million in bonuses from the Falcons.

Michael Vick suspended indefinitely

NEW YORK, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Michael Vick was suspended from the NFL indefinitely Friday by Commissioner Roger Goodell.

NFL orders Vick not ro report to camp

NEW YORK, July 23 (UPI) -- NFL commissioner Roger Goodell ordered Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick Monday not to report to the team's training camp, which starts Thursday.

Protest calls for Vick suspension by NFL

NEW YORK, July 21 (UPI) -- Animal rights activists are demanding the NFL take a hard line with Atlanta Falcons star Michael Vick over charges he was involved in a dogfighting ring.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler