When you hear the word Michael Vick a lot of controversy comes up because everyone knows him as the man who was arrested for illegal dog fighting. But there is a whole lot more to him then what some people think. Like did you know he played in the NFL? Ok yes you probably did but what else do can you tell me about him? See it is harder than you thought. Before his legal troubles he was a very successful and promising athlete. Even after his time in prison he still found success in the NFL. This is his story.
Born Michael Dwayne Vick on June 26, 1980, in Newport News, Virginia. The second of four children born to Brenda Vick and Michael Boddie, Michael grew up in a very tough area of his hometown, a place dominated by drugs and frequent gang activity. Despite their surroundings, Brenda and Michael ran a quite stable household. Michael, a sandblaster at the local shipyard who had played football in his youth, seems to have had a special premonition about his son. According to one account, upon Vick’s birth father cradled him in his arms, took him outside and held him up toward the nighttime sky. “Behold the only thing greater than yourself,” he then said, repeating the words Omoro spoke to his son, Kunta Kinte, in the movie Roots. (Biography.com Editors) Micheal was blessed with very good athletic ability. Like his father, who gave …show more content…
In 2004, two men driving a truck owned by Vick were arrested for transporting a large quantity of the devils lettuce. Vick was never prosecuted. The following year, a woman sued him for allegedly giving and STD to her. He was able to settle the case out of the court. But more and very serious trouble came his way two years later. In April 2007, authorities investigating drug activity related to a cousin of Vick's raided a property owned by the football star in Surry County, Virginia. The raid unveiled an entrenched dog-fighting scene that included a number of injured
Born Michael Dwayne Vick on June 26, 1980, in Newport News, Virginia. The second of four children born to Brenda Vick and Michael Boddie, Michael grew up in a very tough area of his hometown, a place dominated by drugs and frequent gang activity. Despite their surroundings, Brenda and Michael ran a quite stable household. Michael, a sandblaster at the local shipyard who had played football in his youth, seems to have had a special premonition about his son. According to one account, upon Vick’s birth father cradled him in his arms, took him outside and held him up toward the nighttime sky. “Behold the only thing greater than yourself,” he then said, repeating the words Omoro spoke to his son, Kunta Kinte, in the movie Roots. (Biography.com Editors) Micheal was blessed with very good athletic ability. Like his father, who gave …show more content…
In 2004, two men driving a truck owned by Vick were arrested for transporting a large quantity of the devils lettuce. Vick was never prosecuted. The following year, a woman sued him for allegedly giving and STD to her. He was able to settle the case out of the court. But more and very serious trouble came his way two years later. In April 2007, authorities investigating drug activity related to a cousin of Vick's raided a property owned by the football star in Surry County, Virginia. The raid unveiled an entrenched dog-fighting scene that included a number of injured