You'd better hold off on purchasing that imaginative Philadelphia Eagles/Michael Vick puppy-sized jersey.

Denying widely reported news that Nike has re-inked dog-killer Michael Vick to a new endorsement deal, a shoe company spokesman says there is no deal.

Yeah, well, there's some doubt about what the shoe company says. The earlier reports were based on more than just hot air: One of Vick's agents had announced it publicly on Wednesday during the Worldwide Sports Sponsorship Symposium in New York.

Company's scrambling back from those reports as quickly as Vick himself used to. Nike was the last company to abandon Vick back in 2007.