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'My heart don't pump fear no more'

Michael Vick may have his regrets, but going to prison isn't one of them

Updated: December 5, 2009, 3:00 AM ET
By Michael Vick, with David Fleming | ESPN The Magazine

This article appears in the Dec. 14 issue of ESPN The Magazine as No. 13 in The Mag's list of the biggest 100 sports stories of the year.

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Michael Vick is trying to keep his balance.

Standing in a room inside the Eagles' practice facility, he perches awkwardly on one leg as he attempts to wiggle on cleats. His hands are filled with Air Force I's, a hairbrush, ...

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2. First Person: James Harrison's pick-six caps off first half of Super Bowl XLIII
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