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Eagles' Michael Vick honored with Ed Block Courage Award
Yahoo! Sports ^
| 12/23/2009
| Chris Chase
Posted on 12/23/2009 10:00:15 AM PST by mellow velo
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.
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According to the Ed Block Courage Award Foundation Web site:
The Ed Block Courage Award recipient symbolizes professionalism, great strength and dedication. He is also a community role model.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: 2009review; award; courage; eagles; manoftheyear; michaelvick; napl; sports
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Words escape me.
But I guess in a year when Obama wins the NPP, anything is possible.
To: mellow velo
Too soon to call a complete recovery. Vick prediction is he will pull a Tiger Woods of some sort and prove he is UNWORTHY of the award.
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posted on
12/23/2009 10:01:48 AM PST
by
TheDailyChange
(Politics,Conservatism,Liberalism)
To: mellow velo
This just supports my thinking that the world is going crazy.
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posted on
12/23/2009 10:02:04 AM PST
by
marvlus
To: mellow velo
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posted on
12/23/2009 10:02:23 AM PST
by
YourAdHere
(Joey Greco '12)
To: mellow velo
Vick's teammates voted for the award, thus demonstrating how tone-deaf and out-of-touch NFL players are with reality.Tone-deaf, racist, cruel, pampered; the list goes on and on....
To: 2ndDivisionVet; Slings and Arrows; Markos33; JoeProBono; shibumi
"You gotta be kidding me" ping.
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posted on
12/23/2009 10:03:33 AM PST
by
Salamander
(I'm sure I need some rest but sleepin' don't come very easy in a straight white vest.....)
To: mellow velo
2009 has been a strange year...
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posted on
12/23/2009 10:03:57 AM PST
by
darkwing104
(Lets get dangerous)
To: mellow velo
One of his prizes is a stuffed PIT BULL.
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posted on
12/23/2009 10:04:05 AM PST
by
Dick Bachert
(THE 2010 ELECTIONS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT IN OUR LIFETIMES! BE THERE!!!)
To: mellow velo
Why don’t they sign Tiger up so that they can give him the award next year? Then OJ. Blago. And any other schmuck who’s messed his own life up, but didn’t commit suicide because of it.
Geez. Great of you to hang in there, dog killer, here’s an award.
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posted on
12/23/2009 10:04:24 AM PST
by
ReneeLynn
(Socialism is SO yesterday. Fascism, it*s the new black. Mmm Mmm Mmm.)
To: YourAdHere
The dog killer/fighter/torturer/abuser/starver.
Yeah, that’s him.
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posted on
12/23/2009 10:04:58 AM PST
by
Salamander
(I'm sure I need some rest but sleepin' don't come very easy in a straight white vest.....)
To: mellow velo
All the Haters come out to play.
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posted on
12/23/2009 10:05:17 AM PST
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: mellow velo; Travis McGee
When do I get nominated?
I’m a playa...everyone know that..yo
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posted on
12/23/2009 10:05:50 AM PST
by
wardaddy
(Say Merry Christmas or I'll kill you..slow....I am weary of the onslaught on Christ in America)
To: mellow velo
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posted on
12/23/2009 10:06:38 AM PST
by
Hegemony Cricket
(The emperor has no pedigree.)
To: mellow velo
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posted on
12/23/2009 10:07:05 AM PST
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
To: Salamander
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posted on
12/23/2009 10:07:30 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Hopefully, they’ll insert his award.
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posted on
12/23/2009 10:09:38 AM PST
by
Salamander
(I'm sure I need some rest but sleepin' don't come very easy in a straight white vest.....)
To: mellow velo
I see a pattern here ...
0bama - Nobel Peace Prize
Tiger - Athlete of the Decade
Serena -Athlete of the Year
Vick - Ed Block Courage Award
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posted on
12/23/2009 10:10:18 AM PST
by
maggief
To: mellow velo
Never has a professional sports team so perfectly mirrored their host city.
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posted on
12/23/2009 10:11:22 AM PST
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: mellow velo
Vick and the Eagles: a perfect match, apparently. I feel sorry for Eagles fans...
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posted on
12/23/2009 10:11:43 AM PST
by
Sans-Culotte
( Pray for Obama- Psalm 109:8)
To: mellow velo
Sheesh, people. Vick served his time, is doing his bit for “animal welfare”-type charities, managed to get back into NFL-quality shape, and has truly added a new dimension to the Eagles with his play, smoothly platooning with McNabb. Things could go badly in the future, of course, but I’m willing to give him the benefit of the doubt for now that he has found redemption.
His teammates know him better than any of us, and if they wanted to give him this award, I’m not second-guessing them.
Sure a lot of “first-stone casters” around here today.
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posted on
12/23/2009 10:13:01 AM PST
by
JennysCool
(My hypocrisy goes only so far)
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