BADLANDS SEASON 6 | Episode #02 | 11.2.22
Michael Vick: Shallow Graves, Dogfights, and Self-Destruction
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Armed with superstardom and a $100 million NFL contract, Michael Vick made it to the hallowed national stage, a place where many of his peers could only dream about. But his increasingly bad decisions led to his self-destruction and one of the most dramatic turnovers of public opinion in NFL history. It took just one search warrant for Michael Vick to go from one of the NFL’s most iconic players to its most vilified. And it wasn’t just secrets that police found buried on his 15-acre estate in rural Virginia.
Sources
Finally Free: An Autobiography, by Michael Vick with Brett Honeycutt and Stephen Copeland
30 for 30: Vick (Part 1 and Part 2)
Michael Vick is Virginia Tech's star without the ego to match (Sports Illustrated)
Falcons quarterback Michael Vick has given the NFL a jolt (Sports Illustrated)
Give Him Some Respect (Sports Illustrated)
Downward Mobility (Sports Illustrated)
George Dohrmann and Farrell Evans: The Road to Bad Newz (Sports Illustrated)
The Fall and Rise of Michael Vick (Sports Illustrated)
What's Next for Michael Vick? (Sports Illustrated)
Starting Here, Starting Now (Sports Illustrated)
More details of Michael Vick's abuse of dogs revealed as he faces state charges (ESPN)
Credits
Hosted by Jake Brennan.
Written by Alex Reimer.
Copy edited by James Sullivan.
Scored and mixed by Sean Cahalin.
Additional music and score elements by Ryan Spraker.
*illustrations by Avi Spivak @avispivak