RIGHT THE FIRST TIME? To disagree with Dana, I don't think the mere existence of the two facts that 1) Michael Vick plays football and 2) Michael Vick runs an underground dogfighting ring are enough to draw a connection. Indeed, I'm not even sure the one is relevant to the other, save in that it made Vick famous, which is why we're hearing about the dogfighting bust. There's a real chasm between playing, and even enjoying, contact sports, and demonstrating an appetite for animal brutality or sadism. --Ezra Klein