Michael Vick
| Date | News |
| 10/04/24 | The Black quarterback is now the NFL’s leading man. But at what cost?. Black signal callers are no longer marginalized. But it also means that, to some extent, they have been forced to become company men Two years ago, under a cloudless sky in north central Louisiana, Doug Williams and Michael Vick met on the football field at Grambling University’s Eddie G Robinson Memorial Stadium to reflect on the NFL trail they helped blaze. In 1988 Williams led Washington past Denver in Super Bowl XXII, breaking fresh ground: he was the first Black quarterback to start in a Super Bowl and finished the game as MVP. In 2001 Vick was the top pick in the NFL draft. All were landmark firsts for Black quarterbacks – and they didn’t stop there. “Look around this league now,” Williams told Vick in his stubborn Louisiana drawl. “I could be wrong, but in the next five to seven years? Half of the quarterbacks in this league gon’ be Black.” In his day Williams was famous for his deep shots – but he could well wind up three years long of this mark. Continue reading...Source: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/oct/04/the-... |
| 9/18/24 | ‘I Witnessed It’: Michael Vick Calls Ben Roethlisberger A First-Ballot Hall Of Famer. It’s awesome when greatness recognizes greatness, flowers are given, and respect is paid in professional sports from one player to another. For former NFL quarterback Michael Vick, he knows what greatness looks like at the quarterback position, having been one himself for stages of his career. Though he spent just one season with the Pittsburgh […] Source: https://steelersdepot.com/2024/09/i-witnessed-it-m... |
| 9/13/24 | 'He's kind of like Houdini out there': How a leaner Lamar Jackson has adapted to maintain run game. The Baltimore quarterback is 730 yards away from breaking Michael Vick's record for most rushing yards by a QB, and he's shown little signs of slowing down. Source: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41222767/balti... |
| 9/08/24 | ‘Fox NFL Kickoff’ Cast 2024: Charissa Thompson and Michael Vick Highlight Panel. "Fox NFL Kickoff" has been a staple of football coverage for over a decade. Here is the 2024 cast as well as how you can watch every week. Source: https://www.profootballnetwork.com/fox-nfl-kickoff... |
| 9/02/24 | Several former Eagles to appear in Michael Vick's docuseries on evolution of the black QB. The NFL was a league that once had a dark history of slighting and disrespecting black quarterbacks. Still, Philadelphia and the Eagles organization has been the gold standard in reversing the trend. The Eagles made Randall Cunningham the franchise’s first black quarterback.… Source: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/several-former... |
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