The Virginian-Pilot reports today that federal authorities discovered a total of 17 dog carcasses in two searches of a property owned by Falcons quarterback Michael Vick. That includes seven dogs found the first time the property was searched, on June 7, and 10 dogs found yesterday. The worst news for Vick may be that court documents put forth by the federal government say dogfights on Vick's property involved bets in the thousands of dollars. Even if the ESPN report yesterday that Vick is unlikely to be indicted turns out to be correct, any association with gambling -- even just owning a property on which gambling took place -- could land Vick in hot water with the league office.
According to the Virginian-Pilot, the federal complaints says fights on Vick's property usually happened late at night or early in the morning, and sometimes involved two or three matches that lasted several hours. The dog fights generally ended when one dog died or surrendered. Sometimes at the end of a fight, the losing dog was drowned, strangled, hanged, shot or electrocuted, the report said.
Vick's lawyer declined to comment.

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7-07-2007 @ 9:00AM
chris said...
Dog fighting KILLING is sick, He owns the property so suspend him football wise, if thats all you can do,
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7-07-2007 @ 10:00AM
AC Sports said...
He owns the property. Who owns the dogs? Isn't Vick a registered breeder?
He needs a BIG NFL suspension. He should also face charges. I really hope they charge him.
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7-07-2007 @ 10:20AM
notsurprised said...
Why is anyone surprised? Vick is a dumbass, swamp-running moron and that's all he's ever going to be. Fortunately, he's a professional in a sport where that doesn't matter at all. Atlanta fans are trash like him so they'll just love him all the more and blame a white person.
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7-07-2007 @ 10:29AM
e-boogs said...
let the man breath you talk about dog fights then sit in your livingrooms and watch these damn reality shows breaking real life humans down then we all watch boxing,karate,mixed martial arts in the cages on ESPN and will pay top dollar if it's on pay-per view. They are Pitbulls nobody wants them as house pets then why shouldn't they be game dogs? WHY because Mass Media can't make any money off of the fights if they could then it would be on in a million plus t.v. sets with high ratings talking about vic and other dogmen is the only way they can get the sport on T.v.
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7-07-2007 @ 10:37AM
frankali69 said...
These black slave fights forced by rival white slave masters would sometimes involved two or three matches that lasted several hours. These fights generally ended when one black slave died or surrendered. Sometimes at the end of a fight, the losing black slave was drowned, strangled, hanged, shot or electrocuted by the slave master!!.
As you can see not much has changed over the years..!!!
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7-07-2007 @ 10:39AM
echiro34 said...
What a terrible and disgusting act of violence dog fighting is. Anyone that could bury or strangle a dog deserves to be charged to the fullest extent. Nothing normal about this.
http://www.sportsnipe.com
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7-07-2007 @ 10:41AM
R.B said...
You do NOT need to be "registered" to be a breeder. Anyone who wants to breed can, and do. 17 dead dogs on the property is not a lot. Dogs that do not fit into a breeding program are culled, either by sterilization or death.
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7-07-2007 @ 10:45AM
blanche said...
Nothing is going to happen to Vick. The fans in Atlanta are trash just like him so they'll love him regardless of what they find or prove. He's always been a coddled, overpaid, immature punk and that's all he's ever going to be.
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7-07-2007 @ 10:52AM
greatform4 said...
Truly PATHETIC to bring race into it, when this is clearly a sickening series of acts committed against animals. Anyone who committed these acts, or knew about them and didn't stop them, should go to jail. Money and status should be no defense; neither should "ignorance" of what went on. Vick must have been working on his " plausible deniability" all along, which would sure seem to be an indicator that he knew it was wrong, and would taint him forever should it be found out. Injustices against people do not justify committing cruelty against the equally helpless generations later. It seems that all Americans should have more compassion for the victims of crimes committed every day against the weaker and more helpless-children and animals-instead of looking for ways to vindicate such mind-boggling horrors. Disgusting!!!!!
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7-07-2007 @ 10:55AM
LeeAnn said...
ONLY an idiot or a moron looking to start something out of nothing would use this space to start an ethnic war!!! This is about a HUMAN BEING who owns land that the authorities found dead dogs on. Stick to the facts folks.......this is not the forum to start throwing in the issue of race UNLESS it is the 100 meter, 50 yard dash or marathon!!!!
Mr. Vicks owns that land where the dogs bodies were found. What we should be concerned with is how they got there, did Mr Vicks know about it, and how did the authorities know to look there?
SHEESH, grow up already!!!!!
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7-07-2007 @ 11:06AM
Moe said...
Sickening, simply sickening. ANYONE who could use an animal for this sort of thing is the lowest of low life, including Mr. Vick if he is involved in any way shape of form. May they all burn in hell for what they did and may any person who abuses an animal in any way burn in hell.
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7-07-2007 @ 11:07AM
hruhl said...
You don't want to know what punishment I feelwould be appropriate for low-lives who would submit animals to that level of uncivilized behavior. Perhaps a cattle prod and a chain around their necks would be a good start.
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7-07-2007 @ 11:15AM
Dr. Alberts said...
As a veterinarian, I am constantly confronted with man's cruelty to animals. However, Mr.Vick and his associates have reached a new low. How any one could watch a dog die slowly is unfathomable. When animals die, the light goes out of their eyes and one can see them pass away. I am sure this was lost on Mr.Vick. I can only hope Mr.Vick finds himself in the same position as he placed the poor dogs, suffering, people watching but no one helping him. I hope both his knees blow their ACL's, he gets so many concussions his brain, assuming their is one in his possesion, is one big mass of bleeding gray matter.
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7-07-2007 @ 11:15AM
alexander young said...
This is ridiculous, aolsportsblog.com are the same people that told us weeks ago that 36 dogs were found at the haunted vick house, then it turned out to be untrue, instead of apologizing for misleading their fan base, you guys blamed espn radio in an extremely lame manner. Now you are posting more dogs were found, yet a website that doesnt ususally post just large levels of bullshit, espn, isnt reporting anything yet. if you guys did it again its a wrap for you, stop trying to get a scoop at the expense of your credibility.
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7-07-2007 @ 11:33AM
joe said...
this proves you can take a piece of shit out of the toilet put a jersey on it a few gold chains but in the end all you still have a piece of shit and both vick brothers have proven that their mom should have flushed
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7-07-2007 @ 11:37AM
Timmay said...
You can take the man out of the jungle.....etc
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7-07-2007 @ 11:41AM
Billy Bidinko said...
Another athlete booger with money and no social redeeming brains. Simple as that.
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7-07-2007 @ 11:46AM
Ray said...
You've got to be kidding me. Someone is turning this into a race thing? My God. Not everything is about race. This about being a decent human being no matter what the color of your skin is. Having innocent dogs killing each other is not...decent. It's cruel and disgusting. He has nothing better to do with his money? Try a charity!!!
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7-07-2007 @ 11:49AM
Stak on the DL Leeann said...
I can tell that "LeeAnn" Post # 7 is really FAT WHITE TRASH STAK! I been reading this Blog and his Hilly Billy posts since this started... I can tell his stupid stlye anywhere. I guess since the people started making fun of his myspace page and his ugly family.. He has to post under different names.. In case you all want a good laugh and see what white trash Vick supporter looks like: Stak an old fart w/ a my space page and a ROCK STTTAAARRR just click below:
www.myspace.com/wavedout
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7-07-2007 @ 12:05PM
chifan said...
You have to love the brothers who are defending and comparing these dog fights to slave fights. All I can say is " keep living in the past people". It's 2007 and all you can say about a person brutalizing animals is " it's OK " and if you disagree, your a racist! Your attitude will keep your people forever enslaved in it's own bigotry. What is wrong, is wrong, I am black and ashamed of what this person did. He should be punished by the same laws that govern all of us.
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