Sports Illustrated Knows Not Of This Herpes!

Leitch|published: Thu 30th June, 13:22 2005

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We picked up our copy of Sports Illustrated yesterday and were most pleased to see Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick on the cover. Finally! Vick ends his silence on the whole giving women herpes fiasco and shed some light on that whole Ron Mexico business. Why else would he be on the cover? Of course he'll be talking about that!

Nope. In 1,756 words of Michael Silver prose, the following words do not once appear:

Ron Mexico herpes lawsuit

The whole topic just never comes up. Instead we get some earnest mumbo-jumbo about Vick overcoming his critics, gleefully omitting the critics who speak up because they hate getting herpes. Is SI drinking the same ESPN nectar? We'll just keep RonMexico.com in our bookmarks, just in case.

Give Him Some Respect [Sports Illustrated] (subscription required) RonMexico.com [Official Site] QB Vick Sued For Giving Woman Herpes [The Smoking Gun]