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McEnroe names team for Davis Cup match
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NEW YORK — The all-American U.S. Open finals between Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi took enough out of both players to keep them off the Davis Cup team.
Sampras beat Agassi to win the U.S. Open on Sunday, and told team captain Patrick McEroroe a day later that he wasn't ready to play in next weekend's Davis Cup semifinal match against France in Paris.
"I think Pete needs time to digest what happened and decide what he wants to do," McEnroe said yesterday. "I think he's just worn out, and I certainly understand that."
Once the United States' top two players passed on the chance, McEnroe chose Andy Roddick, James Blake, Todd Martin and Mardy Fish to play France at Roland Garros, home of the French Open.
Roddick and Blake will play singles, and there is a good chance that Blake and Martin will comprise the doubles team.
That pair beat Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi, the U.S. Open doubles champions, to win the ATP Tour's event in Cincinnati last month.
Sampras eliminated Roddick in the U.S. Open quarterfinals en route to his first single title since winning Wimbledon in 2000.
"It's time for the younger guys to take the baton and run with it," said McEnroe, whose term as captain was extended by two years yesterday. "This is a big step, we're relying on them."
"I really want the guys who want to be there," McEnroe said. "I've seen too many situations in the Davis Cup when the so-called best players were there and didn't want to be there for whatever reason. And that never works."
Agassi had previously decided that he wasn't going to play, but McEnroe held out hope that he would change his mind.
McEnroe said that if Agassi had won the U.S. Open, he thinks Agassi's Davis Cup decision might have changed.
"I think Andre was devastated with his loss," McEnroe said. "Andre has said all along he is not going to play Davis Cup. I wasn't surprised that he declined."
Sampras, who has won a record 14 Grand Slam singles titles, has never advanced past the semifinals on the red clay of
Roland Garros, losing in the first round this year.
McEnroe said having Sampras on the team didn't guarantee a U.S. victory.
"I had a conversation with Pete that was very honest and very straightforward." McEnroe said. "When he told me that he's exhausted and having lots of emotions, that was pretty much the answer."
Sebastien Grosjean, Arnaud Clement, Fabrice Santoro and Michael Llodra were chosen last week to represent defending-champion France in the semifinal, which are scheduled for Sept. 20-22.
The United States and France have met 13 times in Davis Cup play, with the Americans holding a 7-6 advantage.
The last match between France and the United States at Roland Garros was the 1932 final, which France won 3-2. France hasn't played there since 1982, when it defeated Czechoslovakia in a quarterfinal.
"I think our chances are excellent," McEnroe said, "Obviously, playing in Paris will be difficult, but we're looking forward to it. The guys really wanted to play at Roland Garros."
ATHENS, Ga. — Musa Smith didn't tell anyone about his father's misdeeds when he got to Georgia.
Bulldogs running back says: forget father's past misdeeds
The Associated Press
Not his coaches. Not his teammates.
"It was in the past," said Smith, a junior running back. "I dealt with it in the past."
Even after the events of Sept. 11, Smith managed to keep anyone in Athens from finding out his father's Pennsylvania farm was once dubbed "Camp Terror," a place where Islamic radicals were allegedly trained to wreak havoc on America.
"I'm not really happy about it coming up," said Musa Smith, a key player for the nation's No. 9-ranked team.
"He's so quiet," coach Mark Richt said. "I had no idea."
Now, it's all out in the open. Kelvin Smith spoke for the first time in a decade about his supposed ties to terrorism, putting an uncomfortable spotlight on his son.
The elder Smith, also known as Abdul Muhaimin in court documents, discussed his past in an interview in the current issue of ESPN The Magazine.
A decade ago, Smith's farm
was used as a training ground by Islamic extremists plotting to assassinate world leaders and blow up New York landmarks, including the United Nations and the Lincoln Tunnel.
Musa Smith was only 10 when federal investigators told his father that the trainees were anti-American terrorists. Eight days later, on Feb. 26, 1993, a Ryder truck exploded in the World Trade Center, killing six and injuring more than 1,000.
Kelvin Smith denied knowing about the terror plot, but was convicted of dumping assault rifles in a river and lying to investigators. As his son finished his junior year of high school, the elder Smith began his sentence of a year and a day behind bars.
When Musa Smith got to Georgia, he didn't tell anyone about his father's brush with terrorism. Even though the story was well publicized in his home state, it appears no one made the connection in Athens.
"I asked him about it when the story came out and he was like, 'That was 10 years ago,' Richt said. "It's such old news. It's really not fair to Musa. That part of his life is over with."
For Smith's teammates, the only hints were vague references
to his father once serving time in jail. Nobody pressed him for details.
"I shouldn't be held accountable for anything my parents did," offensive tackle Jon Stinchcomb said. "It's the same with Musa. No one knew the exact details, but it's not important. It's important that we have a great guy on our football team."
Smith was a big part of Georgia's offense as soon as he stepped on campus, rushing for 350 yards and five touchdowns his freshman season. Fans chanted "Mooo-sa" every time he touched the ball.
Smith was primed for a breakout season in 2001, but he never fully recovered from a groin injury sustained against Vanderbilt. He still finished as the team's second-leading rusher with 548 yards.
Smith refused to let the events of Sept. 11 condemn his family or religion.
"What happened was the same thing as people blowing up abortion clinics," he said. "They happened to be Muslims on Sept. 11. They're just extremists."
The Bulldogs (1-0) will pause Wednesday to reflect on the anniversary of 9-11. Then they'll get back to preparing for a vital Southeastern Conference game at South Carolina on Saturday.
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