Rick Reilly (tx, Justin): With apologies to Harper’s Index …
Amount jailed star quarterback Michael Vick spent from July ’06 to July ’08, according to recent bankruptcy papers: $17.7 million.
Amount of that time he was in prison: 8 months.
Total amount of checks he wrote his mother, Brenda Boddie—not counting all her bills he paid—even while in prison: $21,400.
Amount he donated to her church: $327,900.
Amount he gave her for an Easter egg hunt: $700.
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