http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:10:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/07/streetalk-has-michael-vick-paid-his-dues/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/07/streetalk-has-michael-vick-paid-his-dues/#comments Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:21:30 +0000 Jeff Slate http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=20452 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/07/streetalk-has-michael-vick-paid-his-dues/feed/ 12 Pit bull owners share their thoughts on the NFL's dog-fighting bad boy. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/13/tony-dungy-vick-wants-a-second-chance/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/13/tony-dungy-vick-wants-a-second-chance/#comments Wed, 13 May 2009 22:11:43 +0000 Alejandro A. Leal http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=19728 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/13/tony-dungy-vick-wants-a-second-chance/feed/ 0 Former Colts coach met with Vick at the federal penitentiary where the former Atlanta Falcons quarterback is incarcerated. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/20/humane-society-launches-drive-to-end-atlanta-dogfighting/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/20/humane-society-launches-drive-to-end-atlanta-dogfighting/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:15:13 +0000 Ken Edelstein http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=7650 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/20/humane-society-launches-drive-to-end-atlanta-dogfighting/feed/ 1 The Humane Society of the United States is bringing to Atlanta an anti-dogfighting program that it says was successful in Chicago. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/04/vicks-20-million-victory/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/04/vicks-20-million-victory/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:13:07 +0000 Scott Freeman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/04/vicks-20-million-victory/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/04/vicks-20-million-victory/feed/ 4 A federal judge ruled today that former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick is entitled to most of the $20 million in bonus money that he was paid by the team prior to his imprisonment on dogfighting convictions. A special master had ruled in October that Vick had to return all the money to the Falcons. The [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/12/10/michael-vicks-football-career-is-most-likely-over/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/12/10/michael-vicks-football-career-is-most-likely-over/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:30:12 +0000 Scott Freeman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/12/10/michael-vicks-football-career-is-most-likely-over/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/12/10/michael-vicks-football-career-is-most-likely-over/feed/ 3 October 2009. That’s when a 29-year-old Michael Vick will be released from federal prison for bankrolling a dog fighting operation that will go down in history as one of the dumbest things a high-profile professional athlete has ever done. $130 million. That’s the contract Michael Vick threw away when he helped kill a half-dozen pit bulls that weren’t [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/12/05/willie-nelson-helps-put-teeth-in-georgias-dogfighting-laws/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/12/05/willie-nelson-helps-put-teeth-in-georgias-dogfighting-laws/#comments Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:20:50 +0000 Scott Freeman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/12/05/willie-nelson-helps-put-teeth-in-georgias-dogfighting-laws/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/12/05/willie-nelson-helps-put-teeth-in-georgias-dogfighting-laws/feed/ 2 With the fall of Falcons star Michael Vick — who is scheduled to find out his prison term Monday — dogfighting has been under the spotlight in Georgia this year. The irony is, according to state Sen. Chip Rogers, R-Woodstock, had Vick been under investigation by Georgia authorities, the law against dogfighting here is so [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/09/25/michael-vick-indicted-on-state-charges/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/09/25/michael-vick-indicted-on-state-charges/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:12:59 +0000 Scott Freeman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/09/25/michael-vick-indicted-on-state-charges/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/09/25/michael-vick-indicted-on-state-charges/feed/ 0 A grand jury in Virginia has handed up two felony indictments against Michael Vick and three others. Vick was charged with one count of beating or killing a dog and one count of engaging in and promoting dogfighting. The charge of beating or killing a dog carries up to five years in prison and a $2,500 [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/09/25/double-jeopardy-for-michael-vick/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/09/25/double-jeopardy-for-michael-vick/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:54:17 +0000 Scott Freeman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/09/25/double-jeopardy-for-michael-vick/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/09/25/double-jeopardy-for-michael-vick/feed/ 5 On a day when fallen boxing champion Mike Tyson pleaded guilty to a cocaine charge and faces four years in prison, the county prosecutor in Surry County announced that he will seek a state indictment against Michael Vick for dogfighting and cruelty to animals. And if the fallen former Falcons quarterback is convicted of state charges, [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/08/29/espn-has-a-little-fun-at-vicks-expense/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/08/29/espn-has-a-little-fun-at-vicks-expense/#comments Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:12:39 +0000 Scott Freeman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/08/29/espn-has-a-little-fun-at-vicks-expense/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/08/29/espn-has-a-little-fun-at-vicks-expense/feed/ 0 Those clever guys at ESPN.com came up with some humorous headline ideas concerning Michael Vick’s guilty plea. Our personal favorite: “Vick Completes First Step To Joining ‘09 Raiders.” Bookmark It http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/08/20/five-things-vicks-guilty-plea-means/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/08/20/five-things-vicks-guilty-plea-means/#comments Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:30:23 +0000 Scott Freeman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/08/20/five-things-vicks-guilty-plea-means/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/08/20/five-things-vicks-guilty-plea-means/feed/ 3 1) Michael Vick’s tenure with the Atlanta Falcons is over. Read Arthur Blank’s statement to Peter King of Sports Illustrated after Vick’s final two co-defendants entered guilty pleas: “With Michael, I guess looking back now, we should have been concerned about the time he spent away from our facility. When he went home to Virginia, it’s like [...]