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vick When Michael Vick joined the Atlanta Falcons in 2001, everyone asked the same two questions: How good can he be, and how good will he be? Nearly a decade later, with Michael now the quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles, those questions remain unanswered. He has the arm of John Elway, the moves of Gale Sayers, and the speed of Bob Hayes. Unfortunately, Michael also had the judgment of O.J. Simpson. Of course, he is hardly the first public figure to plunge from unimaginable heights to unspeakable depths. What makes Michael so electrifying—and polarizing—is that his road to redemption may lead to the place he could never reach before his fall. This is his story… 当michael vick2001年加入亚特兰大猎鹰队的时候，每个人都问了两个问题：他能有多好？他会有多好？差不多十年以后，当michael现在是费城老鹰队四分卫的时候这两个问题还是没有答案。他有john elway(译注：丹佛野马名人堂四分卫，臂力惊人)的臂力，gale sayers（译注：六七十年代芝加哥熊队的名人堂跑锋，bob sanders出道之前，gale sayers的脚步应该是跑锋里面最风骚的之一）的脚步，bob hayes（译注：奥运百米冠军，后加入达拉斯牛仔，外接手，名人堂）的速度，不幸的是，他也有o j simpson（译注：杀妻案，比尔队跑锋，名人堂）的审判。当然了，他并不是第一个从无法想像高度跌到不可言喻低度的公众人物。vick让人们这么激动和对他的爱憎分明是因为他的救赎之路可能会把他带到一个在他斗狗前从没达到过的位置。这是他的故事。 GROWING UP【成长的烦恼】 Michael Dwayne Vick was born on June 26, 1980, in Newport News, Virginia. (Click here for a complete listing of todays sports birthdays.) Located at the southernmost tip of the peninsula that divides the James River and Chesapeake Bay—and across the water from Norfolk—his hometown had seen its share of good times and bad. Like most port cities, Newport News fell on hard times in the 1970s and 80s. When Michael entered the world, the city was best known for producing drug dealers and gang members. Serious trouble, the kind that turned many young men into statistics, lurked around most corners in his neighborhood. michael dwayne vick于1980年6月26日出生在佛吉尼亚的newport news，此地座落于分开james河和chesapeake湾那个半岛的最南端，并且和norfolk隔水相望。他的家乡见证了美好和艰难的时代，像大多数港口城市一样，newport news在20世纪七八十年代是一段艰难的时光，当vick来到这个世界的时候，这个城市最出名的是盛产毒贩子和帮会分子。那种把许多年轻人变成统计数字的真正麻烦在他的社区隐藏着。 Michaels family situation was less than ideal. His mother, Brenda Vick,