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Twist their arms?

Davis Cup is a passion for Roddick, No. 6 in the ATP rankings. He's won his last seven singles matches and is 27-9 overall in Davis Cup singles.

Roddick will make his 21st Davis Cup appearance, nine shy of John McEnroe’s American record. Agassi played in 22 Davis Cup events, Sampras 16 and Connors seven.

“You want players that want to be there, that want to be part of the process, that you don’t feel as a captain like you have to twist their arm to be there,” McEnroe said.

- Familiar sight: Roddick, Blake, Bryans to play for US against France in Davis Cup, AP, March 27, 2008.

3. “Starving Artist Art Sale this weekend. Real oil paintings at bargain prices!” Okay, I’ll admit it. I was sucked in by a television commercial. Usually, I just ignore this stuff. I know the art isn’t really “art,” just cheap imitations.

Besides, all art snobs know you should buy art first and decorate around it --- not buy a painting because it goes with your sofa.

But . . . I’ve really been thinking that I’d like to do something different in the living room. Ever since the great moving episode last summer, one wall has not looked right. I don’t have anything else to do, and it doesn’t cost anything just to look.