Michael Vick, little by little, is becoming more and more forgotten, but to keep him in the minds of all dog lovers alike, we occasionally get a story from prison. Whether it be that he’s playing football, filing bankruptcy, or tauning the prison K-9’s, there’s always something to keep us entertained.

This month’s edition? Turns out prison isn’t so bad. He’s playing volleyball, running track, playing basketball. . . you name it.

DeAngelo Hall and Alge Crumpler, former teammates in Atlanta, have both gone to visit him, as well as his high school coach. Crumpler says he’s adjusting, D-Hall says he’s training, and his coach says he’s doing well.

From what visitors say, the volleyball and track are going well, but Michael can’t seem to pass the basketball without it being stolen.

The Brett Favre saga continues, and thankfully it looks as if he’s done with Green Bay. Maybe not done with football, but done with Green Bay. According to sources, the Packers are entertaining the possibility of trading Favre to another team.

The Packers have asked multiple teams what they would be willing to offer for their team icon and former NFL MVP, the NFL Network reported — a state of affairs once unthinkable in Green Bay.

While it is not known how many teams the Packers have contacted about Favre, they have not limited their inquiries to AFC teams, according to the report.

Earlier on NFL Live, ESPN reported that “one team from the NFC” had been contacted, but did not know the team (my guess is the Vikings, given earlier reports). This means that Brett Favre might once and for all be done with Green Bay. However, given Coach Mike McCarthy’s comments, saying, “Brett Favre has four to five good years left him,” it looks as if the “Will he retire, will he not retire?” won’t end until about 2013. It may be an annoying next half decade.

The Saints are a team that have a bunch of weapons — you’ve got The Deuce, Reggie Bush, Marques Colston, and Drew Brees — and now they’ve added to that. Say hello to Jeremy Shockey, the new, fast, tatted-up TE that has just been traded from the Giants to the Saints.

In return, the Giants get a 2nd and 5th round pick, and they no longer have to listen to a guy that was upset his team won a Super Bowl because he wasn’t out there at the moment. I’m sure Drew Brees will ejoy having a weapon that screams at him every time he isn’t thrown the ball.

The Redskins got bad news on Sunday, learning they’d lost DE Phillip Daniels, and went out to quickly rectify their subtraction with an addition. Insert: Jason Taylor, who not only dances, but has also grabbed a few sacks here and there.

“We’re fortunate there was a guy that caliber on the market when somebody got hurt,” Washington executive vice president Vinny Cerrato said. “Normally, in most years, there’s not a guy of that caliber on the market.”

It’s good news for the Redskins, who just bolstered an already solid defense. It’s bad news for the Dolphins, who were probably a three win team, and now are a one win team.

It’s the early odds on team’s chances to make the Super Bowl. What are your team’s chances? Just look below. My team, the Falcons, well, they’re pretty much as long a shot as there is, and at 100-1, I think that’s kind of unfair (this one should be somewhere in the thousands or millions). Pats at 7-2? Chargers at 7-1? I like that action. . .

Arizona Cardinals 50 - 1
Atlanta Falcons 100 - 1
Baltimore Ravens 75 - 1
Buffalo Bills 50 - 1
Carolina Panthers 40 - 1
Chicago Bears 35 - 1
Cincinnati Bengals 60 - 1
Cleveland Browns 25 - 1
Dallas Cowboys 6 - 1
Denver Broncos 50 - 1
Detroit Lions 80 - 1
Green Bay Packers 25 - 1
Houston Texans 60 - 1
Indianapolis Colts 7 - 1
Jacksonville Jaguars 12 - 1
Kansas City Chiefs 100 - 1
Miami Dolphins 100 - 1
Minnesota Vikings 18 - 1
New England Patriots 7 - 2
New Orleans Saints 25 - 1
New York Giants 15 - 1
New York Jets 35 - 1
Oakland Raiders 50 - 1
Philadelphia Eagles 20 - 1
Pittsburgh Steelers 15 - 1
Saint Louis Rams 75 - 1
San Diego Chargers 7 - 1
San Francisco 49ers 80 - 1
Seattle Seahawks 25 - 1
Tampa Bay Buccanneers 40 - 1
Tennessee Titans 40 - 1
Washington Redskins 50 - 1

It’s the last post about Favre. Honestly. I don’t like the guy, I think he’s overrated, I feel that he’s one of the more selfish players I’ve seen in the last decade — yes, more selfish than T.O. or Chad Johnson; at least they’re not holding back the players behind them and making a team wait on pins and needles at the end of each year — and I’m tired of giving him the attention. But this is great.

Aaron Rodgers, say goodbye to starting this year. Brett Favre is thinking of showing up to training camp.

“It’s tempting just to, as everyone said, you know, call their bluff or whatever,” Favre said, according to an excerpt provided to The Associated Press. “I think it’s going to be a circus in itself already, whether I go there, whatever.”

You’ve gotta love this: The guy is told that they don’t want him, and he’s so egotistical that he thinks they’re bluffing. And they say athletes have huge heads. These people have never met Mr. Favre, who’s clearly as grounded as they get.

I guess it’s about that time. I’ve tried to stay away from it, but it won’t go away, and this is a sports blog. As much as I don’t want to contribute to the useless stories that are Brett Favre, I suppose I’m going to swallow my pride and do it anyway.

So guess what: The guy wants to come back.

If there’s anyone out there that’s say, “Man, I can’t believe it!” then you clearly haven’t been paying attention to the last decade of what has been Brett Favre’s long awaited, neverending retirement game. I want to quit, I want to come back, I want to quit, I want to come back, I want to quit. . . I’m really gonna quit, no wait, I’m going to come back.

Regardless of where your allegiance is, at some point you’ve got to start feeling sorry for Aaron Rodgers. The guy may be the best QB out there, but no one will ever know because Brett Favre just won’t hang it up.

The word yesterday was that the Packers said Favre can come back, but he’ll have to be a backup. This would be the absolute worst idea in the world, because every time Rodgers threw an incompletion, he’d be booed.

Now, after speaking with Fox, Favre is clearing it up: He wants to play, but not for the Pack.

“I am guilty of retiring early and there is a reason for that,” Favre said, according to an excerpt provided to The Associated Press. “And the major issue is ‘Why did he retire,’ and ‘He asked for a release because he doesn’t want to play in Green Bay.’ That’s not true. And I hope people are hearing this and saying ‘OK, that clears it up.’ ”

“Them moving on does not bother me. It doesn’t. I totally understand that. By me retiring March 3rd I knew that could possibly happen. All I was saying is you know I’m thinking about playing again. The ‘itch’ has been used. That is the word that has been used if you want to say itch, or the fire is coming back, or whatever.

“If I’m going to play it’s going to be 100 percent commitment. … And so if you move on, you tell me one thing, don’t come back and tell the public … just say it. ‘You know, we’ve moved on and we’ll work with Brett on whatever it is.’ Don’t make up a lot of stuff or give half of the truth.”

Brett: Leave the poor city alone. Leave football alone. You were there — you were right on the edge of it, and you’d actually jumped — for retirement. . . stay retired. We don’t need to have the debates every year from this year forward if you’re going to be around anymore. And when you do retire, we don’t need to continue debating if you’ve really retired.

There. I’m done. No more publicity for the guy. It’s what he wants. Brett, I hope you go to a team and throw another pick in the playoffs, ultimately ending your team’s chance at a Super Bowl. Just give it up, man. Just give it up.

It was hard for me to swallow the whole Michael Vick thing — he was pretty much my favorite player ever, and he played for my hometown Falcons — but as time has gone on, I’ve realized that the whole thing is actually quite funny. And what I mean by funny is this: This guy, who once had the city of Atlanta in the palm of his hand, Nike shoes waiting at his feet, endorsements all over the place, and a life most of us could only dream of, is now broke. Flat. Broke.

Imprisoned quarterback Michael Vick filed for bankruptcy protection while serving time for federal dogfighting charges, saying he owes between $10 million and $50 million to creditors.

I understand being rich and taking a loan here and a loan there. You know, sometimes you get drunk or high and become a little careless with your cash. But fifty-damn-million? Either he made a lot of bad investments, or the dogs he bet on performed real, real poorly.

This is Frank Caliendo, who had a terrible show on TBS but a rather surprisingly good impression of John Madden. And though he’s clearly going over the top with some of the things that Madden would say, it wouldn’t be too unrealistic to hear something like this coming from our favorite Fat Man in the announcer’s booth.

In a shocking moment of the steroid era, even if it is a moment that no one will really care about, Terry Bradshaw came clean and admitted using steroids in the 70’s to help heal faster.

“My use of steroids from a doctor was to speed up injuries…and thought nothing of it. It was to speed up the healing process, that was it. It wasn’t to get bigger and faster.”

The Big Lead points out that this won’t raise a whole lot of commotion, but also wonders what would happen 30 years from now if Tom Brady came clean and said he used steroids. Better yet, what would happen if he came clean and said he knew the defensive plays before the snap was called?

Wait a minute. . .