EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Victor Cruz has returned to practice for the New York Giants and earned the Odell Beckham Jr. seal of approval.It marked the first time in almost two weeks that the oft-injured 29-year-old wide receiver practiced with the team, and slightly increases the hope he will be able to resume his career after two frustrating seasons.Cruz missed last season with a calf injury and had his 2014 season ended after six games by a knee injury.The Giants and Cruz have been hoping this will be the year he returns, but there are still doubters. Cruz missed the opening two preseason games with a groin injury, and there is no certainty that he will be able to play on Saturday night against the Jets.Cruz was not available after practice Tuesday to say how he felt.Beckham, who has emerged the Eli Mannings go-to guy in Cruzs absence the past two seasons, liked what he saw from the receiver who was one of the NFLs biggest playmakers before being hurt.Just seeing him back out there catching some balls, bursting a little bit, Beckham said. It feels good. It feels right.The play Beckham appreciated was the one where he was running a deep pattern and Cruz was running one underneath.I looked back to see where the ball went and it went to 80, Beckham said. It was one-high coverage and it went to 80 and I see him take off. At first you see it and I was like Im about to get this one. Then the ball went somewhere else and I saw him catch it, turn up field and burst. Its great to see Vic back out there. Hes been through quite a lot.If Cruz can come back, the Giants would have three receivers with big-play potential -- Beckham, Cruz and rookie Sterling Shepard, the second-round draft pick.Giants general manager Jerry Reese has said he wants to see Cruz play in two preseason games.Beckham said the important date for Cruz is Sept. 11, the season opener at Dallas.In my opinion, if he came out of preseason and didnt do anything, dropped 95 balls and then came out in the regular season and caught everything, how much did it really matter at the time, Beckham said. Thats more of an opinionated question for him, I guess. In my mind, Im definitely looking forward and think Vic will be ready come Sept. 11.Game notes LB J.T. Thomas III was taken off the physically unable to perform list and practiced. The six-year veteran has been bothered by a hamstring injury since the spring. ... Rookie S Darian Thompson, the third-round pick, will miss Saturdays game with a shoulder injury. ... 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We were about to walk out there and the press secretary handed me a couple of cards with names and stuff. Then it was `Thank you this and `Thank you that, I talked about my parents for a second and then it came over me.The next thing I remember Im sitting on 17 green and Ive had about seven pints, he said. It was all just a blur.Leonard shot a 65 that sunny afternoon in 1997 at Troon, taking command on the closing holes for a three-stroke victory. On the 18th green, Sir Michael Bonallack presented him the claret jug. Leonard looked out at dignitaries in blue blazers, rows of photographers and some 20,000 fans crammed into the bleachers.It hasnt hit me yet, Leonard said. So if it hits me during this speech, Ill go ahead and apologize.What made his speech so memorable was not about style or substance, rather humility and heart. The champion golfer of the year is not expected to transform into Churchill or Kennedy.Leonard congratulated the superintendent. He paid tribute to the low amateur, Barclay Howard. And then he thought of his parents, who did not accompany him from Dallas. He mentioned he was alone that week with his caddie when his voice cracked and he stepped away from the microphone to compose himself.Just a moment, please, he said. I think it just hit me.More than part of a stuffy golf tradition, the speech is part of every big tournament, whether for major champions or juniors. They are skilled with a wedge and a putter, not necessarily the art of speaking. USGA President Diana Murphy showed that Sunday at the U.S. Womens Open when she kept referring to the new champion as Bethany instead of Brittany Lang.The speech is the hardest part for me because youre trying to make everybody happy, two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson said.Padraig Harrington, who won his first major at Carnoustie in 2007, believes the speech has kept some players from wiinning.dddddddddddd Though the story has been embellished, for years it was said Annika Sorenstam purposely finished second as a teenager in Sweden because she was too shy about speaking.If you want to become a winner, you have to get used to making speeches, Harrington said. Some people hate making speeches so much, they end up not winning. The intimidation of making a speech gets to them.The organizers help by slipping the winner notes to remind them whom to thank. That doesnt always make it easier.Mark Calcavecchia wound up in a three-man playoff at Royal Troon in 1989, and he was tied with Greg Norman going to the final hole when the Shark found a fairway bunker and never finished the hole. Calcavecchia raised both arms in triumph, smiled and exhaled.Moments later, he was standing before thousands of people waiting to hear him.Its not easy to come up with something that sounds good, with the emotion of the whole thing, he said.That was rarely a problem for Nick Faldo, though he was an emotional wreck when he won his third Open title at Muirfield in 1992. He had been at odds with the press over a recent drought. Faldo said he was in semi-shock from the nerves of the final round when it was time to speak.What can I say about the press? Faldo said. I thank them from the bottom of my ... from the heart of my bottom, maybe.Phil Mickelson, a five-time major champion, is rarely at a loss for words. 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