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PHILADELPHIA -- Wide receiver Riley Cooper returned to the Philadelphia Eagles Tuesday after a four-day excused absence to undergo sensitivity training after he was caught on film yelling a racial slur before a Kenny Chesney concert. Cooper, in his fourth year out of the University of Florida, seemed remorseful during an eight-minute press conference with the media after the Eagles and New England Patriots began what will be a three-day practice routine before Friday nights preseason opener. "Its great to be back doing what I love to do, play football," Cooper said. "I realize being in the NFL you have responsibility to behave on and off the field. I realize that." "I realize how many people I hurt, how many families I hurt, how many kids I hurt. Its going to be tough. Im going to live with this every day the rest of my life. Its one of those things you cant let affect your play on the field." Video of Coopers racial slur surfaced Wednesday. He was immediately fined an undisclosed amount by the team, but was not suspended. Ironically, two days earlier he was promoted to the starting lineup after Jeremy Maclin suffered a season-ending injury. Last Friday, Eagles coach Chip Kelly announced that Cooper was given time off to seek counselling. Kelly did not put a timetable on his return. Four days later, he was back at practice and caught two touchdown passes against the Patriots defence. "My concern wasnt how he practiced," Kelly said after practice. "Its just him with the team itself and to get the chance to make sure he got to talk to every single guy so that they understood how we felt, what he did, and understand that hes truly sorry for what he did." Cooper said he talked to every one of his teammates, face to face, and apologized. "I told them I dont want you to forgive me. That puts the burden on you. I want it all on me. I apologized," he said. "They could tell it was from the heart. They know Im not that kind of person. It feels good to have the support of the guys." After one of his touchdown passes, he got a chest bump from teammate and fellow wide receiver Jason Avant, who is an African-American, and high fives from several other teammates. "I took a few days," he said. "Its been a tough, tough road. I talked to Chip. He asked me if Im ready to come back. I told him I was. I wanted to get back on the field and get back out here with my guys." Kelly emphasized that since the leave was an excused absence and not a suspension, Cooper was able to return once he felt he was ready. "I deferred to who he went to go visit with," Kelly said. "Again, it wasnt like he was suspended and he had to go through a set of things to come back. We just excused him, because everybody that met with him -- and Riley himself -- felt that he needed to go talk to someone." Kelly felt that going forward the team is in a good position with Cooper "Weve got a pretty good pulse on where we are right now," he said. "Our players have been fantastic with us in terms of feedback, so its really certainly a situation that, as I said, isnt something that we just kind of put in the back seat and get moving forward. Well make sure we keep our eyes and ears open and continue to monitor the situation." That includes owner Jeffrey Lurie, who issued the following statement, Tuesday. "I want to make this clear; the words Riley Cooper used were totally unacceptable. His words may have been directed at one person but they hurt everyone," Lurie wrote. "Riley has apologized to the team and community and has made a personal commitment to work hard to try and gain their trust and earn his position on the team." ------ NOTES: The practices with New England have allowed Eagles safety Patrick Chung to reunite with teammates from his Patriot days. 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THE 15 EVENTSMen (9 events)Pistol class (3 events): Air pistol (10m), Rapid-fire pistol (25m), Pistol (50m)Rifle class (3 events): Air rifle (10m), Rifle prone (50m), Rifle three positions (50m)Shotgun class (3 events): Trap, Double trap, SkeetWomen (6 events)Pistol class (2 events): Air pistol (10m), Pistol (25m)Rifle class (2 events): Air rifle (10m), Rifle three positions (50m)Shotgun class (2 events): Trap, SkeetTHE FORMATFor each event there are qualifying rounds, with 6 or 8 competitors advancing to the final, depending on the weapon. There are 2 different formats for the final.The first format involves 2 phases. After a determined number of shots, there is an elimination phase, in which competitors are eliminated until the awarding of the gold medal.The second format is also in 2 phases. After a semi-final round, the competitors with the best 2 scores advance to the gold medal final, while the competitors with the 3rd and 4th best scores advance to the bronze medal final.MILESTONES1410Founding of the first company of arquebusiers.1710Target shooting gains popularity in the United States.1814Introduction of live pigeon shooting in England.1858American Samuel Colt develops the revolving cylinder system for the pistol. In Switzerland, the first shooting clubs appear and the first rules are drawn up.1880Introduction of clay pigeon shooting in England.1888The Clair brothers of France submit a patent for the first automatic pistol.1896Shooting makes its Olympic debut. It will only be absent from the programme twice: in Stt.dddddddddddd Louis (1904) and Amsterdam (1928).1968Women are allowed to compete in Olympic shooting events for the first time. There are no separate womens events, so they participate in certain mens events.1984The first women-only events are added to the Olympic programme.STARSOscar Swahn (Sweden)The great veteran. In 1912, he became the oldest Olympic gold medallist by winning the team running deer event, aged 64 years and 258 days. The record stands to this day. He also took silver in the event in 1920, aged 72 years and 280 days, which means he is also the oldest Olympic medallist. He and son Alfred won 3 gold medals apiece at the 1908 and 1912 Games, all in running deer.Karoly Takacs (Hungary)A world-class pistol shooter, the Hungarian was involved in a terrible accident in 1938, when a faulty grenade exploded in his right hand (and shooting hand). Undeterred, Takacs switched to shooting with his left hand, and won team world championship gold in 1939. He went on to take Olympic gold in rapid-fire pistol in 1948 and 1952.Zhang Shan (China)A true champion. At the 1992 Games in Barcelona, the Chinese woman won gold in the skeet, which was open to both men and women. She thus became the first woman to win a mixed shooting event at the Olympics. However, Zhang was controversially unable to defend her title, as the skeet was open only to men in 1996 (the womens event was introduced in 2000). ' ' '