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TEMPE, Ariz. -- With his team in the midst of a highly disappointing season, Arizona Cardinals coach Bruce Arians was in the hospital Monday after feeling ill overnight, the team said.The Cardinals issued a statement saying the 64-year-old coach was not feeling well Sunday night after returning home from Arizonas game in Minnesota and his wife took him to the hospital.The Cardinals said via Twitter on Monday night that Arians has been released from the hospital.Wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald said he spoke to Arians when the coach still was in the hospital.(He) says he is resting comfortably, and that hes feeling better, Fitzgerald said. ... He didnt go into specific details when I talked to him. From what I heard, he just wasnt feeling well, and being precautionary, he wanted to make sure he was OK.Fitzgerald, speaking to reporters in a news conference that was held in place of Arians usual Monday session, said the players bear some responsibility for Arians health issues.It is stressful when were playing bad, Fitzgerald said. We were 13-3 last year and he was feeling good, so as a player, you feel probably responsible for whats happening and the stress on him not feeling well. I think a lot of that falls on our shoulders, and we dont feel good about it.Arizona lost 30-24 to the Minnesota Vikings in Minneapolis on Sunday. With almost everyone returning from last seasons 13-3 team, the Cardinals were expected to be Super Bowl contenders but are 4-5-1 through 10 games.Arians, often highly animated on the sidelines, is one of the NFLs more colorful personalities. His profanity-laced dialogue was a highlight of the All or Nothing video series by NFL Films chronicling the Cardinals 2015 season.He was also hospitalized overnight during the preseason after doubling over with stomach pains as his team was practicing with the Chargers in San Diego. After he left the hospital, Arians said the pain was caused by diverticulitis. He said he would further adjust his diet, something he said he already had begun to do.Hes not the only 60-plus-year-old man in our country dealing with health issues, Fitzgerald said. I think that is pretty common for someone his age, but obviously he is in a stressful situation being head coach. But coach takes care of himself. He works out every single day in the training room. He eats right.Assistant head coach Tom Moore took Arians place in Mondays meetings.Fitzgerald, in his 13th NFL season and one of the team captains, said Arians hospitalization put the game of football in perspective.I think it really punctuates how fragile life can be, he said. At times when you are in the midst of a season and things are not going the way you want them to go, you lose sight of that. You feel like the world is closing in on you. You go out to eat at restaurants and people are telling you how bad youre playing, so you kind of lose sight of real-world perspective. I think something like this snaps you back to reality.An assistant coach for decades, Arians became interim head coach at Indianapolis in 2012 when Chuck Pagano left for treatment of leukemia. The team went 9-3 under Arians and he was named NFL coach of the year.He took the head coaching job with Arizona the following season, guiding the team to a 10-6 record and won a second coach of the year honor after guiding Arizona to an 11-5 mark in 2014.Overall, the Cardinals are 38-18-1 under Arians.Arizona plays at Atlanta next Sunday, and there was no word on whether the coach would be there.I dont think any of us have the right to tell him to stay away, Fitzgerald said. Were wired to be able to participate and do our job, and I know coach, he is the most fiery of the whole group.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL Cheap Mens Adidas NMD Shoes . Team physician Dr. Steve Traina performed the surgery Friday. Robinson was injured in a spill underneath the Nuggets basket during the first quarter of Wednesday nights loss to the Charlotte Bobcats. Adidas NMD Human Race China . 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At one point, he was shown on the giant video screen above the court, accompanied by the theme from Welcome Back, Kotter. The fans on hand gave Jackson a long, loud ovation.The Knicks president smiled and waved, presenting a picture of tranquility.If Jackson attends Sunday nights Knicks-Lakers game in Los Angeles, a similar scene may play out: Jackson smiling and waving to an adoring crowd.One wonders, though, if Jackson would get the same reaction these days in New York.Judged purely on wins and losses, Jackson deserves a round of applause for the moves he made in the offseason. The Knicks are off to a promising 13-10 start, with some of Jacksons offseason acquisitions playing pivotal roles.Start with Jeff Hornacek. The first-year coach has successfully blended an offensive approach that includes plenty of high pick-and-roll with players spread on the perimeter, along with a dose of the triangle offense.The approach has allowed Derrick Rose and Kristaps Porzingis to play mostly to their strengths and has produced the NBAs 12th-best offense. For the most part, Hornacek has mixed and matched his lineups and personnel brilliantly.One example: He hasnt felt obligated to play Joakim Noah big minutes to justify the four-year, $72 million contract the Knicks gave Noah in the offseason.Hornacek wasnt Jacksons first choice as head coach, according to sources. But the team president certainly deserves credit for hiring the right guy.Other Jackson acquisitions have played above expectations as well: His recent back ailment aside, Rose has otherwise been healthy and productive, as evidenced by his 16.5 player efficiency rating. Courtney Lee has improved the Knicks shaky perimeter defense and complemented Rose, Carmelo Anthony and Porzingis well on offense. Brandon Jennings has shifted his approach to fit the roster, taking a pass-first approach that has led to the highest assist ratio of his career.Justin Holiday, who was acquired in the Rose trade, has given the Knicks productive minutes off the bench, as have Kyle OQuinn, Willy Hernangomez and Mindaugas Kuzminskas. And Porzingis development in his second season has been promising, to say the least. All those players were brought in by Jackson.Of course, Jacksons biggest acquisition, Noah, hasnt performed to expectations. He has admittedly been inconsistent in his first two-plus months in New York. Some scouts around the league say its too early to count Noah out. But, at the very least, Noahs first 23 games as a Knick give the team reason to be concerned about the length and amount of his contract.But the team that Jackson put together appears to have enough talent to make the playoffs for the first time since he took over as team president in March 2014.Perhaps more than anything, though, a few off-court issues have complicated things for Jackson and the Knicks ---?and the genesis for those issues was Jackson himself.ddddddddddddLets start with LeBron James. No matter where you stand on the use or connotation of the word posse, fallout from Jacksons using the term to describe James friends isnt good for New York in a bottom-line sense.One of LeBrons close friends is Rich Paul, an agent and the founder of Klutch Sports, which represents several top NBA players (including James). As long as Jackson is president, its hard to imagine the Knicks landing a Klutch client in free agency if that player is choosing from a group of suitors.And then theres Jacksons recent comments about Anthony, which were made during an appearance on the CBS Sports Network earlier this week.On the show, Jackson was responding to a question from panelist Lisa Leslie, who asked if there is a conflict of interest having a player like Anthony in an offense that requires frequent ball movement.This was Jacksons response: He can play that role that Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant played. Its a perfect spot for him to be in that isolated position on the weak side because its an overload offense, and theres a weakside man that always has an advantage if the ball is swung. Carmelo a lot of times wants to hold the ball longer than -- we have a rule: If you hold a pass two seconds, you benefit the defense. So he has a little bit of a tendency to hold it for three, four, five seconds, and then everybody comes to a stop. That is one of the things we work with. But hes adjusted to [the triangle], he knows what he can do, and hes willing to see its success.Jacksons critique of Anthonys tendency to hold on to the ball too long isnt unique. Plenty of NBA analysts have given similar takes over the years.But its different when a team president delivers this criticism of his star player publicly, rather than behind closed doors. That was Anthonys message when talking about the issue on Friday. He also said he wants to keep any negativity away from the Knicks at a time when theyre playing well. Others in the organization felt the same way, with one questioning what Jacksons public comments are doing to help the Knicks win games.So what does all of this add up to?In the worst-case scenario, Jackson has upset his star player and one of the top agents in the NBA. Anthony said on Friday the issue is over as far as hes concerned. But no one around the team would describe Anthony and Jackson as best friends, and its unlikely that Jacksons critique did anything to bolster their relationship. But even if this all blows over and the Knicks continue to progress, Jacksons comments still have created a sideshow and taken the focus away from what the story should be right now: For the first time in a long time, the Knicks are playing solid basketball, and Jacksons moves -- not his words -- have been a driving force. ' ' '

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