A bit of embarassment for Atlanta quarterback Michael Vick. The Falcons signal-caller missed a flight to Washington DC to try and lobby Capitol Hill to persuade lawmakers to increase funding for after-school programs.

Rough morning for him, but you know the way the words "Michael Vick" and "airport" normally go together in a wire story, this isn't that bad of an outcome. There was no searching, or throwing away of contraband, or arrests or detentions. Nobody got in the papers for anything monumentally stupid, such as trying to take weed on an airplane in a bottle that you can't take on a plane in any circumstances anyway.

His mom made the appearance on his behalf, and Vick went home of his own free will. Everybody's a winner here, folks.

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