Sports: Michael Vick, quarterback?

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Michael Vick has traded prison orange for the “midnight-green”-and-white jersey of the Philadelphia Eagles, and might even get up off the bench soon. The Takeaway’s sports contributor, Ibrahim Abdul-Matin, joins us with a look at Michael Vick’s first taste of regular season NFL game-play in more than two years?except he won’t be starting as quarterback.

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