While there have been some mild whispers that perhaps the Atlanta Falcons would be interested in trying to lure Urban Meyer away from Florida, he stopped that talk before it could get started.

Atlanta Falcons' running back Warrick Dunn doesn't want the troubled 2007 campaign to be his last in an NFL uniform.

Bill Parcells' day began with reports he would rebuild the Falcons.

The Atlanta Falcons said Wednesday that Bill Parcells has informed the team that he will not sign a contract with the team to be its vice president of football operations.

Bill Parcells said Wednesday that he likely will accept the Atlanta Falcons' offer to become the team's vice president of football operations.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has created a holiday e-card featuring former Atlanta Falcons' quarterback Michael Vick, who is serving a 23-month federal sentence for a dogfighting conspiracy.

Bill Parcells could become the Falcons' VP of football operations, a role that would put him in charge of finding the team's next coach.

Five Atlanta Falcons players have been fined a total of $47,500 by the NFL for uniform violations that stemmed from demonstrations of their support for banished quarterback Michael Vick during the team's loss to the New Orleans Saints on Dec.

Micheal Spurlock started up the middle, cut to the outside and didn't stop running until making history for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Former Steelers coach Bill Cowher has told the Falcons he intends to sit out another year of coaching and will not consider the team's vacant head coach position.

Quarterback Chris Redman, who threw for a career-best 298 yards in the Monday night loss to the New Orleans Saints, will remain the Atlanta Falcons' starter for Sunday's game at Tampa Bay and possibly for the rest of the 2007 season.

Michael Vick declared, "I am not the bad person or beast I've been made out to be" and asked for leniency in a letter to the federal judge who sentenced him to 23 months in prison for a dogfighting conspiracy.

After Bobby Petrino's surprise resignation Tuesday brought another twist in an already tough season for the Falcons, Arthur Blank said he felt "abused" and "betrayed" by the coach's decision to quit the NFL and return to the college ranks with Arkansas.

Longtime Assistant Coach and former player Emmitt Thomas, who has served as the Falcons' secondary coach since 2002, has been named Interim Head Coach for the final three games of the season.

Barely 24 hours after another blowout loss with the Falcons, Bobby Petrino was back in college football.

Bobby Petrino will resign his position as coach of the Atlanta Falcons and is close to an agreement to become the new coach at the University of Arkansas, multiple sources tell ESPN.

Falcons' Owner Arthur Blank would not say that imprisoned quarterback Michael Vick would never play for the franchise again, but he might as well have.

Michael Vick was sentenced to 23 months in prison Monday for his role in a dogfighting conspiracy that involved gambling and killing pit bulls.

Disgraced NFL star Michael Vick, already behind bars for his role in a dogfighting ring, will learn just how long he will remain jailed when he is sentenced on Monday.

For the fifth time in seven games, Atlanta Falcons' Coach Bobby Petrino is making a quarterback switch in an effort to jump-start his sagging offense, with little-used Chris Redman taking over as the starter for Monday night's game against New Orleans.

Falcons' Coach Bobby Petrino declined to disclose the team's starting quarterback on Monday, leaving open the possibility that Chris Redman could take over the job Joey Harrington and Byron Leftwich have been unable to secure.

A source familiar with the defense in the Michael Vick dog fighting case told ESPN's Kelly Naqi that the government believes Vick has not been forthright in his debriefs with them, and they may push to have Vick sentenced on the upward end of the sentencing guidelines.

A federal judge made clear his disdain for animal cruelty when he sentenced two of Michael Vick's dogfighting cohorts to 18 months and 21 months in prison Friday.