Everyone who goes on to the 4 letter networks website may have seen, Mike Vick as a white man or some other rediculous article. However, Seth Wickersham has an interesting article about what life was like for Vick in the federal pen. Here is an exerpt.
Vick plays in a basketball game, part of a prison-organized tournament. When his team wins, another inmate accuses Vick of paying off the refs. He tries to shake him off, but the inmate, in front of all the others, yells "F-- you!" over and over. Vick's prepared himself to walk away from a confrontation like this, but now, in the moment, it's not so easy. He figures if he ignores this guy, he'll be branded as weak.
"I'm a grown man," Vick snaps. "You're not talking to me that way."
"What do you want to do?" the guy says. "You got more to lose than me."
"I'm in the same position you're in," Vick says.
They stare at each other for a moment, then Vick lunges. But before he can swing, another inmate grabs him and pulls him back, reminding him, "Vick, you can't do this!"
Vick backs off and looks at the man who saved him from the fight, from perhaps a transfer to another prison, coupled with a longer sentence that would have kept him out of football another year. It's Dink, his floor-mopping companion.
Pretty intense stuff. I don't know how he got the information, but he did one heck of a job. Out of all the articles about Vick, this is what I want to read. I don't care that PETA is mad at him, I don't care what Jesse Jackson thinks. I want to know what it was like day in and day out in Leavenworth, Kansas.
Love Vick, Hate Vick, or have him on your fantasy team. This is worth the read. The full article can be found in Sept 5th ESPN the Magazine or here.
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