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A day after he returned to work from a five-week suspension Kyle Lauletta Color Rush Jersey , Arizona Cardinals general manager Steve Keim apologized to the organization, the team's fans and "most of all" his family for the DUI arrest that forced his absence.

"It's an honor and privilege to work in the National Football League" and the Cardinals organization. "I failed to live up to the standards and expectations and I'm sorry," he said at a news conference Wednesday at team headquarters.

Keim said his five weeks away from the game, just as training camp was beginning, have "been torture."

"The two things in my life that I love the most are my family and football. I put both of those things in a major disadvantage and tough place," he said. "To be away from the people I care about, the organization that I love so much, was extremely difficult. But at the same time I don't know that it was a bad thing to be able to take that time to self-evaluate and to get stronger and grow as a man."

Keim was arrested July 4 in the Phoenix suburb of Chandler a short distance from his home. He pleaded guilty to extreme DUI on July 17, the same day he was suspended from his job by Cardinals President Michael Bidwill and fined $200,000.

Keim's voice broke with emotion when he talked about the impact the incident had on his family.

"After the reports came out, my 12-year-old son was texting his buddy," Keim said, "and he said, 'They keep showing your dad over and over again on TV. I'm so sorry he's having to go through that.' My son said, 'I'm not. He shouldn't have been doing it.' And my son was right and I don't think there's any feeling that's worse, if you feel like you let your children down."

Keim was asked if he felt that, beyond this one incident, he thinks he has a problem with alcohol.

"Going back and looking at behaviors and going through all the different steps that I went through, I think we all would be able to take advantage at some point of our lives of a self-evaluation process," he said. "I don't want to get too deep into it and personal but I can tell you that coming away from this that this has made me a better man."

Keim said his "No. 1 takeaway" from the experience "is you are held accountable for all your actions in life."

"I'm in a leadership position in this organization Authentic Jaire Alexander Jersey ," he said. "Looking back on it, it's so humbling. You think about you go through the draft process and you look for guys who have great character. We talk about it all the time, the person vs. the player. I made a major poor decision. It's not a mistake, it's a poor decision and it's humbling. I'm very remorseful."

Keim is entering his 20th year working for the Cardinals, the last six as general manager.

He and first-year coach Steve Wilks embraced as Keim left the interview room following the GM's news conference.

"This organization, as Michael has stated, does not condone that kind of behavior," Wilks said. "And Steve has accepted the consequences, he's dealt with it in the right way. I can't commend him enough in how he has handled this situation. He spoke to the organization yesterday, he spoke to our players this morning.

"He's learned from this, he's grown from this. We have embraced him. He is a part of our family and we're excited to have him back."

Veteran safety Antoine Bethea said he went through a DUI.

"So I understand what he's going through," Bethea said. "It's definitely a learning experience. So for the guys that were sitting in the audience listening to him, it was definitely a teaching moment. You can learn from other people's mistakes."

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Tiger Woods attracted most of the attention. Jordan Spieth caused the most concern.

Opening day at the Masters had a wide-open feel until Spieth hit his stride. He saved three straight pars with that superb short game. He ran off three straight birdies to take the lead. And then he fired an 8-iron at the pin on the par-3 16th, letting the club twirl through his hands as he walked away, knowing only that it was another good one. It plopped down 5 feet away.

Spieth took only 10 putts on the back nine. He made five straight birdies, a career best for him in the majors. Even a bogey on the final hole felt like a par the way he navigated out of the trees and limited the damage with a pitch that stopped inches from going in.

That gave him a 6-under 66 and a two-shot lead over Tony Finau and Matt Kuchar.

Woods has some catching up to do. He failed to birdie any of the par 5s. He was under par one only one hole. He hit a 9-iron into Rae’s Creek. And only a pair of birdies over the last five holes enabled him to scratch out a 73 and at least stay in range, seven shots behind.

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INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) – Tyronn Lue returned to work humbled, changed and with a new perspective.

Cleveland’s coach has been rewired by a serious health scare.

Lue was back on the sidelines Thursday night and had his blood pressure tested as the Cavaliers rallied to win in his first game following a medical absence that became necessary after he experienced ”piercing” chest pains during two games this season.

Now that he’s feeling better, Lue even joked about his heart after the Cavs overcame a 17-point deficit in the fourth quarter to stun the Washington Wizards 119-115.

”I told the guys after the game Joe Mixon Jersey , `Good job of bailing me out.’ It was tough,” Lue said. ”First game back and not having a point guard and not knowing what sets to call and what to run because you haven’t worked on it. Our rotations were a little off tonight so, I mean, I was rusty.”

Earlier in the day, Lue, who guided the Cavs to an NBA title in 2016, described his ordeal in some detail for the first time. Lue said he had been bothered by chest pains for more than a year, but when they worsened during a March 17 game in Chicago, he realized it was time to step away and get help.

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CHICAGO (AP) – The Chicago Blackhawks are not making changes behind the bench after missing the playoffs for the first time in a decade.

Team President John McDonough told reporters Thursday that he plans to bring back both coach Joel Quenneville and general manager Stan Bowman after a dismal season for a team that has won three Stanley Cup championships since 2010 but stumbled to a last-place finish in the Central Division this season.

”I believe in continuity, they’ve had an incredible body of success,” McDonough told reporters. ”We’re not tethered to the past. This has been a very disappointing year and our expectations are incredibly high. We’re not going to deviate from those expectations. But I believe both Stan and Joel are the guys that are going to bring this back.”

Chicago had reached the playoffs every year since Quenneville took over four games into the 2008-09 season, winning it all in 2010, 2013 and 2015. But the Blackhawks lost in the first round each of the past two years and this year was a nightmare.

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BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (AP) – Tim Tebow sure knows how to make an entrance.

Playing his first game in Double-A ball, Tebow hit a three-run homer on the first pitch he saw. The New York Mets minor leaguer connected on a frigid night at home for the Binghamton Rumble Ponies in the Eastern League, facing Portland.

Last April, Tebow homered in his first at-bat with the Class A Columbia Fireflies of the South Atlantic League.

This time, the former Heisman Trophy winner and NFL quarterback sent a liner far over the fence down the right-field line as the crowd at NYSEG Stadium stood and cheered the 30-year-old outfielder.

The lefty-swinging Tebow capped a five-run first inning against righty Teddy Stankiewicz, a second-round draft pick by Boston in 2013. The Sea Dogs are a Red Sox affiliate.