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Michael Vick: Worldly Redemption or Temporary Reprieve

“Michael Vick is one of the great stories in life ...He got a second chance...”. Mike Ditka, ESPN NFL Analyst, guest on Mike & Mike, ESPN, Monday, November 8, 2010 It's good to see Michael Vick succeeding in a trade that he loves. Not to long ago he was awash in legal issues due to his affinity to dog fighting which was against the law and simultaneously being taunted by animal rights groups, primarily PETA, that found his alleged dog fighting addiction horrendous. In the end, Michael had to go to jail. It was double jeopardy by indictment for breaking a law and finding himself on the wrong side of animal rights groups, primarily PETA. Now some are finding his story redemptive. A REPRIEVE IN TURKEY Iverson, who agreed to a $4 million, two-year contract with Besiktas, is the Turkish league's biggest signing. He has called his move to the Istanbul club "a chance to get back on track with my basketball career" after no NBA team was willing to offer him a