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Behind the story: The Vick interview
Prison likely made Michael Vick a better person. it could also make him a better QB.
Updated: December 4, 2009, 2:24 PM ET
By
David Fleming | ESPN The Magazine
Every so often during our recent interview, Mike Vick would reach down to the middle of his gray Nike zip-up sweat suit top and tug at something underneath his jacket. Whatever it was, it seemed to be gnawing away at him.
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