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Fernandez to coach US Fed Cup team (AP)
U.S. Fed Cup captain Zina Garrison will be joined next year by coach Mary Joe Fernandez, who will take over as captain in 2009. The U.S. Tennis Association announced the pairing of the former doubles partners on Monday. The U.S. will play Germany in the Fed Cup quarterfinals Feb. 2-3 at La Jolla, Calif. “Fed Cup was one of the most important and memorable times of my career,” said Fernandez, who played…

Davenport returns to US. Fed Cup team
NEW YORK, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Former world number one Lindsay Davenport’s tennis comeback continued on Tuesday with a recall to the U.S Fed Cup team to face Germany.

Chakvetadze tied up, robbed while at home
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YEARENDER-Cheats and tragedy mark gloomy 2007 in North America
DETROIT, Dec 19 (Reuters) - American sports fans endured a Hall of Shame year in 2007 as a parade of athletes once worshipped and honoured were unmasked as charlatans and drug cheats.

Justin Gimelstob: Living out my childhood dream, playing with my idol
SI.com’s Justin Gimelstob was just settling in for a long winter’s nap when he got the call of a lifetime — to play a tournament in Germany at the side of his boyhood idol, John McEnroe.