According to Philadelphia Eagles players, the most courageous man on the team in 2009 was one who started the year serving time in prison for an act of extreme cowardice.
Today, the Eagles announced that Michael Vick was the 2009 winner of the Ed Block Courage Award, an honor given to a player who shows courage in the face of adversity. Vick’s teammates voted for the award, thus demonstrating how tone-deaf and out-of-touch NFL players are with reality.
According to the Ed Block Courage Award Foundation Web site:
Each year, the Ed Block Courage Awards honors those National Football League players who exemplify commitments to the principles of sportsmanship and courage. Recipients are selected by their teammates for team effort, as well as individual performance.
The Ed Block Courage Award recipient symbolizes professionalism, great strength and dedication. He is also a community role model.
One recipient is selected from each NFL team, usually for things like coming back from injury, doing good work in the community or long, dedicated service to a franchise. I’d be surprised if the award’s founders intended for the honor to be given to someone doing community service as part of the terms of his parole or for showing courage in the face of reporters asking legitimate questions about federal crimes.
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Source: Yahoo! Sports
The top 10 off-field stories of the decade
Coming in at #1 of course….
The biggest off-field story of the decade started with a search warrant at Michael Vick’s Surry County, Virginia home, in which dogfighting facilities and over 60 dogs were found. Vick was at the center of the controversy, and when everything came down, he received a 23-month sentence in December of 2007 for felony charges of operating an interstate dogfighting ring. His reinstatement into the league and subsequent play with the Philadelphia Eagles has been far more of a non-factor than expected — as it was with Pacman Jones, much of Vick’s talent may have left with the end of his first NFL incarnation.
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Giants lose to Eagles
The Eagles beat the San Francisco Giants 27-13.
Michael Vick was forced out of Sunday’s game against San Francisco with a bruised thigh.
Vick was stopped on a third-and-1 late in the first quarter and left the field on his own power. He took a seat on the bench and was treated by the training staff.
Vick left for the locker room at the end of the quarter.
Vick was on the field for three plays. He ran twice for 2 yards.
RIP Chris Henry
Just wanted to send out my condolences to Chris Henry, his family, friends and fans, as well as the entire Cincinnati Bengals family.
Born: June 26, 1980
