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By Denise Martin, Special to The Times You've been waiting to talk about: "The Michael Vick Case." Animal Planet kicks off the series "Animal Witness" by going inside the case of NFL superstar turned criminal Michael Vick, who had a $130-million contract with the Atlanta Falcons until it was discovered that he had financed an illegal dog-fighting circuit. Not even numerous hits to the head can excuse it. (Sunday)

By Denise Martin, Special to The Times

You’ve been waiting to talk about: “The Michael Vick Case.”

Animal Planet kicks off the series “Animal Witness” by going inside the case of NFL superstar turned criminal Michael Vick, who had a $130-million contract with the Atlanta Falcons until it was discovered that he had financed an illegal dog-fighting circuit. Not even numerous hits to the head can excuse it.

(Sunday)  (Douglas C. Pizac / Associated Press)

Mario in Tokyo

The kids are already stepping up to the plate to talk about: Mario Super Sluggers for Wii.

Apparently, the game takes the Wii Sports baseball mini-game and blows it up. Think moving icebergs that can freeze your outfielders. Or Yoshi’s blinding rainbow pitch. Jeez, I was just getting the hang of, you know, hitting the ball in the mini-game.

(Monday)  (Yoshikazu Tsuno / AFP / Getty Images)

The Game

Do you want to talk about: The Game’s new album “LAX”?

I’m not sure I want to. Last month, the Game reportedly changed the lyrics to the single “My Life” after allegations that the original dissed Eminem (his former mentor) and late D12 member Proof. What kind of move is that? So what if it did? What’s Eminem going to do about it? Maybe it would have inspired him to put out a retaliation of sorts, some new music maybe -- and then we all win.

(Tuesday)  (Peter Kramer / Associated Press)

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