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Disgraced former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday.

Vick, who is currently serving a 23-month prison sentence in Leavenworth, Kansas on federal dogfighting charges, filed Chapter 11 papers in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Newport News on Monday claiming to owe between $10 and $50 million to various creditors. The seven largest creditors listed in the court papers are owed a total of about $12.8 million.

The debt includes a $3.75 million pro-rated signing bonus that the Falcons are attempting to recover. After the plea on dogfighting charges, the Falcons tried to recover about $20 million in bonuses Vick earned from 2004 to 2007. But a federal judge held that Vick is entitled to keep all but $3.75 million of the money paid to him for playing football through the 2014 season.

In May this year, a federal judge ordered Vick to repay about $2.5 million to a Canadian bank for defaulting on a loan. The Royal Bank of Canada had sued Vick in September, arguing his guilty plea to a federal dogfighting charge — and the resulting impact on his career — prevented him from repaying the loan.

After pleading guilty last year to financially supporting a Virginia-based dogfighting ring, the disgraced Vick was subsequently suspended indefinitely by the NFL without pay and lost all his major corporate sponsors.

Will Vick every play again? That's the big question. What a lot to lose!

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Hey folks, I haven't been doing much postings lately as it's been fairly quiet in the NFL off season.
The NFL draft has also come and gone.

I will hopefully get back to full time posting as the NFL pre-season approaches.

I'm really looking forward to the 2008-2009 NFL regular season.

See you all soon!

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Former Dallas Cowboys and Arizona Cardinals running back Troy Hambrick was sentenced to five years in the jail for selling crack cocaine to an undercover cop.

Hambrick appeared in 61 games for the Dallas Cowboys and Arizona Cardinals from 2000 to 2004, and got nine touchdowns.

His best season was in 2003, when he ran for a team-leading 972 yards with the Dallas Cowboys.

Some other NFL stars to hit the crime headlines lately:

New England Patriots defensive back Willie Andrews will not face jail time - he entered a plea in his drug charges.

Atlanta Falcons star Michael Boley has been charged with battery.

Indianapolis Colt's Marvin Harrison apparently is not being investigated over a shooting.

Former Detroit Lions star Robert Porcher was sentenced to 50 hours of community service and a year of probation after pleading no contest to assaulting his former wife.

The Cincinnati Bengal's Ahmad Brooks was accused of punching a woman in the face recently.

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It's coming folks...the NFL regular season schedule has been released. Check out the NFL site for details.

The offseason has been relatively quiet. The draft comes tomorrow. We'll keep you posted on how that goes and bring you the latest NFL news and views on the 2008 NFL Draft.

Keep it here at NFL Mania.

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The NY Giants won 17-14 to end New England's quest for perfection. New York are the new world champions.

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Conference Recaps
Giants 23 Packers 20 (OT)
Chargers 12 Patriots 21

Divisional Recaps
Giants 21 Cowboys 17
Chargers 28 Colts 24
Jaguars 20 Patriots 31
Seahawks 20 Packers 42

Wild Card Recaps
Titans 6 Chargers 17
Giants 24 Buccaneers 14
Jaguars 31 Steelers 29
Redskins 14 Seahawks 35

Tom Brady and the New England Patriots (18-0) will try to match the 1972 Miami Dolphins as the only teams to complete an undefeated season when they face Eli Manning and the New York Giants on Feb. 3 in the Super Bowl at Glendale, Ariz.

The New England Patriots’ path to perfection has one last hurdle: a New York team of road warriors hoping for a Giant upset.

Brady and the Patriots (18-0) will try to match the 1972 Miami Dolphins as the only teams to complete an undefeated season when they face Eli Manning and the Giants on Feb. 3 in the Super Bowl at Glendale, Ariz.

Standing in the Patriots’ way are the Giants (13-6) and Manning — Peyton’s little brother, whose moxie and leadership abilities no longer can be questioned.

Check back often as game day approaches. We will continue to post important news & announcements.

Venue: University of Phoenix Stadium - Glendale, Arizona
Date: February 3, 2008
Kick-off: 4:18 p.m. (6:18 p.m. EST)
Television: FOX
Radio: Westwood One

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Saturday January 12, 2008

Seattle 4:30 pm EST
Green Bay FOX

Jacksonville 8:00 pm EST
New England CBS

Sunday January 13, 2008

San Diego 1:00 pm EST
Indianapolis CBS

NY Giants 4:30 pm EST
Dallas FOX

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Wild-card weekend in the NFL - Jacksonville Jaguars knocked off the fourth-seeded Pittsburgh Steelers in the first AFC matchup 31-29 Saturday, and the New York Giants dominated the fourth-seeded Buccaneers in Tampa 24-14 on Sunday.

The San Diego Chargers overcame some first-half sluggishness to knock off the visiting Tennessee Titans 17-6, and the NFC West champion Seattle Seahawks stopped the resurgent Washington Redskins in Seattle 35-14.

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