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The writer who collaborated with former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick on his upcoming memoir says the athlete is a changed man, after the legal woes that befell him as a result of his involvement with dogfighting.

“I think he’s very different now,” writer Charles Chandler told newspapers in Philadelphia, where Vick is now playing for the Eagles.

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Written by Chandler and co-author Brett Honeycutt with Vick, who spent hours giving candid interviews for the book, “Michael Vick: Finally Free,” comes out July 27.

“There’s a brightness about him,” Chandler, a former Charlotte Observer sportswriter, told Philly.com. “I’m a big believer that people can change.”

- Jennifer Brett/The Buzz/jbrett@ajc.com