It's Bonner Time

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Michelle Bonner, a SportsCenter anchor, broke the Michael Vick story alongside Brian Kenny on Tuesday 6 p.m. eastern time edition of the show.

Bonner graduated from Northeastern University in 1994 with a bachelor’s degree in English. She began her broadcasting career working for TV stations in Virginia, New Hampshire and Maine before working for CNN from 2003 to 2005.

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VICK INDICTED

Probe Alleges Falcon's QB Sponsored Dogfighting

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick has been indicted by a federal grand jury in connection to the probe of a Virginia home he owned, Michelle Bonner and Brian Kenny reported on the 6 p.m. Tuesday eastern time edition of SportsCenter.

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NFL Live Needs to Find More Offseason FOOTBALL News

Tirade Earns Wellman 3-game Suspension

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By Patrick W. Connelly

Monday's edition of NFL Live was so scant on actual NFL news that host Trey Wingo and analysts Mike Golic and John Clayton spent a portion of the program discussing how a tirade similar to Lou Piniella's and minor league coach Phillip Wellman's would translate in disciplinary actions on the National Football League's sidelines.

After arguing calls by umpires over the weekend, Piniella netted a four-game suspension from Major League Baseball, while Wellman was suspended three. Granted, outside of player arrests and the ongoing Michael Vick dogfighting scandal, there's little NFL headlines on a day-to-day basis. I, like everyone else, thought NFL Live 365 days a year would be great, but let's at least keep it on topic guys.

Yes, baseball managers objecting to the calls of an umpire that negatively affect their team are as much a part of the game as sunflower seeds, rosin bags, a mouthful of tobacco or - dare I say - steroids. Its entertaining. Would football be entertaining with coaches throwing hats at referees? Maybe, but I don't really want to find out - and quite honestly, I never even gave it a thought until Golic, Clayton and Wingo brought up the vision Monday.