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Michael Vick made his Eagles debut at Lincoln Financial Field on Thursday night during the Eagles' 33-32 win. While he only participated in six plays, all in the first half, we did get a glimpse of what he might become this season.

The plea deal in the weapons case will send the former Giants receiver Plaxico Burress to prison for two years.

Brett Favre is on his way to Minnesota to meet with the Vikings.

Jay Cutler came out throwing against Buffalo in his Bears preseason debut Saturday night, missing as many attempts as he completed, not including the one he had intercepted, in a 27-20 loss.

Michael Vick, recently reinstated to the NFL after being freed from federal prison after a dog fighting-related conviction, has signed a two-year deal with the Philadelphia Eagles, according to his agent, Joel Segal. The league suspended Vick in August 2007 after he pleaded guilty to bankrolling a dogfighting operation at a home he owned in Virginia.

Suspended Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte' Stallworth will be allowed to leave home confinement to train with a strength and conditioning coach, a judge ruled Tuesday.

Eli Manning would be the league’s highest-paid player after a reported $97.5 million deal with the Giants.

Michael Vick, sidelined from pro football for two years in the wake of a dogfighting scandal, has received a conditional reinstatement from the NFL, clearing the way for him to return this season.

N.F.L. Commissioner Roger Goodell has not committed to a time frame for making a decision on whether to reinstate Michael Vick.

In a Tampa middle school locker room, prosecutors say four flag football players held down a younger teammate and committed a horrifying assault: Raping him with a hockey stick and a broom handle.