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BEIJING -- Former basketball star Dennis Rodman apologized on Monday for not being able to help an American missionary detained in North Korea while he played there to celebrate the birthday of his friend and leader Kim Jong Un. Johnny Herrera Jersey . "Im sorry, Im sorry I couldnt do anything," Rodman told media on his arrival at Beijing airport from a weeklong trip. "Its not my fault. Im sorry. I just want to do some good stuff, thats all I want to do." He said he would return to North Korea next month, but gave no details. Rodman and the squad of retired NBA players he took to North Korea for an exhibition game marking Kims birthday have met with criticism in the U.S. because of North Koreas human rights record and its development of nuclear weapons. Acknowledging the controversy surrounding the trip, one of the players, Charles D. Smith, said Rodman "opened the door and he did some missteps along the way." In an interview in Beijing, Smith said Rodmans singing of "Happy Birthday" to Kim before the exhibition game at a Pyongyang stadium was something that he alone had decided to do. "I think that it might not have been the right thing to do, but he did it ... if it was done in private it would be different, but when its done in the open like that, people are going to have opinions." During the trip, Rodman was also slammed for not using his influence with Kim to help free Kenneth Bae, the missionary in poor health who has been detained for more than a year for "anti-state crimes." Rodman apologized last week for comments he made in a CNN interview implying Bae was at fault, saying he had been drinking and was upset because some of his teammates were under pressure to leave. Smith said the controversy surrounding Bae was a "bad situation" that "overshadowed some of the things that we were doing." "Dennis is not a member of the State Department, he is not a member of the UN," Smith said. "For them to put the flag in his hands and say go and negotiate and talk about it, he probably would have made it worse, you know." He said North Korean officials had invited the team back "at any given time." On Monday, Rodman reiterated that his trip was one of goodwill. "This is not a bad deal," he said. "I want to show people that no matter whats going on in the world, for one day, just one day, no politics, not all that stuff. "Im sorry for all the people and whats going on, Im sorry," he continued. "Im not the president, Im not an ambassador, Im just an individual that wants to show the world the fact that we can actually get along and be happy for one day." Rodman and Kim struck up a friendship when the basketball-player-turned-celebrity first travelled to the secretive state last year. Marcelo Diaz Chile Jersey . A statement from the worlds top-ranked player says all checks "were satisfactory and showed positive evolution" regarding the injury, which contributed to his loss to Stanislas Wawrinka in the final in Melbourne. Jorge Valdivia Jersey . Thousands of Southern California fans enveloped the Trojans to celebrate an improbable win secured by an interim coach, an inconsistent kicker and a thin defence that wouldnt break. http://www.soccerauthentic.com/fc-barcelona-luis-suarez-jersey/ . -- Anaheim Ducks defenceman Luca Sbisa will be out at least six weeks with a torn tendon in his right hand.GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Markus Granlunds second-period goal held up as the winner as the Abbotsford Heat edged the Grand Rapids Griffins 3-2 in American Hockey League action on Saturday. Max Reinhart had a goal and two assists, and Carter Bancks added a short-handed goal for Abbotsford (26-14-2), who was shutout 3-0 by the Griffins on Friday night. Nathan Paetsch and Xavier Ouellet scored for the Midwest division-leading Griffins (27-11-3). Abbotsford goaltender Joni Ortio stopped 34 shots for the win. His Grand Rapids counterpart, Tom McCollum, made 33 saves. The Heat were 0 for 3 on the power play while the Griffins scored once on three chances with the man advantage. Eugenio Mena Chile Jersey. Bancks opened the scoring with his second goal of the season off a pass from Reinhart at 10:46, but Grand Rapids responded less than a minute later with Paetschs power-play goal. Reinhart made it 2-1 for the Heat at 14:55 of the first period. Ouellet scored his fourth of the season at 4:59 of the second to tie the game, but Granlund sealed the victory for Abbotsford with his 16th of the year less than three minutes later. Cheap JerseysWholesale Jerseys Wholesale JerseysCheap Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap Jerseys China Wholesale Jerseys' ' '