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PHILADELPHIA -- The Philadelphia Eagles excused Riley Cooper from all team activities on Friday after the wide receiver was caught on video making a racial slur. Cooper said the last few days have been incredibly difficult and he will step away to seek counselling. "My actions were inexcusable," he said. "The more I think about what I did, the more disgusted I get. I keep trying to figure out how I could have said something so repulsive, and what I can do to make things better." Cooper apologized profusely Wednesday after a video of him using the N-word at a Kenny Chesney concert last month surfaced on the Internet. The Eagles immediately fined him. "Right now, I think its important for me to take some time to reflect on this situation," Cooper said. "The organization and my teammates have been extremely supportive, but I also realize that there are people who will have a tough time forgiving me for what Ive done. The best thing for me, and for the team, is to step away for a period of time." The Eagles did not set a timetable for Coopers return. "He will meet with professionals provided by the Eagles during this period of time to better help him understand how his words have hurt so many, including his teammates," the team said in a statement. Cooper spoke to the media again after practice Thursday, telling them his meeting with teammates a night earlier was "extremely emotional." Teammates Michael Vick, Jason Avant and others expressed forgiveness for Cooper. LeSean McCoy also said he forgives Cooper, but "I cant really respect somebody like that." Cooper, who grew up in Clearwater, Fla., was selected in the fifth round of the 2010 draft by the Eagles out of the University of Florida. He has just 46 catches and five touchdowns in three years with the Eagles, but has been practicing with the starters since Jeremy Maclins season-ending injury last week. 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Erik Karlsson Jersey .C. -- Al Jefferson joked that he feels he can score from anywhere on the court.Finally on track after a disastrous start to the season, West Ham United seek their first winning streak of the season Saturday when they host last-place Sunderland at Olympic Stadium.After claiming just one victory from their first six matches, the Hammers (2-1-5) took four points on either side of the international break, posting a draw versus Middlesbrough on Oct. 1 before emerging with a 1-0 victory at Crystal Palace last Saturday. Manuel Lanzini scored in the 19th minute for West Ham, who played the final quarter-hour with 10 men after Aaron Cresswell was booked twice in rapid fashion by referee Martin Atkinson.Im very happy and we needed the three points, Lanzini told West Hams official website. We were coming into the game off the back of some poor results and had made a bad start to the season.But we managed to get the win in what was a tough game and we have to carry on in this vein.Doing so at home has been a sore spot as the Hammers are transitioning from the cauldron-like atmosphere of Upton Park to their new London digs. After opening Premier League play in Olympic Stadium with a 1-0 victory over Bournemouth on Aug. 21, West Ham are winless in three (0-1-2) there while being outscored 8-3.But the creaky defence that shipped 14 goals during a four-match skid has tightened to concede just one in the last two matches. Manager Slaven Bilic feels the win has lifted spirits around the team, and that theyre ready to get back to showing the form that resulted in a top-seven finish last season.I hope that period for us is over now, Bilic said, referring to the losing streak. You can talk, you can analyse, you be positive but the thing that gets the confidence back is if you win a game, especially with a clean sheet in a London derby.Cresswells absence via suspension will cause some headaches for Bilic since fellow left back Arthur Masuaku is also unavailable due to injury.While West Ham appear to be putting their early season struggles behind them, the fall once more continues to be anything but kind to Sunderland (0-2-6). Rooted to the bottom of the table, this is the seventh consecutive season the Black Cats are entering the ninth matchday with two wins or fewer and the fifth straight with one or no victories.David Moyes team needs a draw to equal last seasons horrid start, which then required Sam Allardyce to extricate Sunderland from their annual lengthy flirtation with the drop.ddddddddddddThis time around, Moyes continues to struggle to find answers offensively as the Black Cats have a Premier League-worst six goals and were blanked 2-0 at Stoke City last weekend.But team chairman Martin Bain spoke to their official website and is giving his full backing to Moyes as the two try to rebuild a team with an eye on restoring the clubs identity over the long haul.I think its apparent to everyone that we have a journey to embark upon here, so when I first met David we obviously had to discuss a little bit about the past, but together, working as a partnership, its very much about how we cant change the past but we can certainly change the future, Bain said.We went to get back to the basics and we have a football club here that has to be very synonymous with its north-east identity, and I think the fans want that because -- this isntt to be disparaging to anything thats gone before -- I think its probably lost its identity, so therefore lets do the basics correctly, build and take a long-term approach.Moyes has yet to find a successful approach outside the Stadium of Light thus far, with Sunderland taking one point from four matches and only Jermaine Defoe scoring. The former England national has both road goals, and the Black Cats have scored just one goal in the run of play in those 360 minutes.Autumn struggles, however, have been the norm this decade rather than the exception. In the past seven seasons, Sunderland are a ghastly 1-14-16 in road matches spanning the first nine matchdays of each campaign. The lone victory being a 2-0 triumph at Bolton Wanderers exactly five years ago to Saturdays match date of Oct. 22.West Ham are unbeaten in their last six (3-3-0) against Sunderland since a 3-0 loss in the North East on Jan. 12, 2013. Like most teams, the Black Cats are hoping Olympic Stadium will bring better fortunes than Upton Park -- Sunderland have not breached the Hammers goal in London for the past 351 minutes, going 0-2-2 in that span. ' ' '