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U.S. team ready for whatever, and whomever, Russians throw at it

By Bonnie D. Ford
Special to ESPN.com

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

PORTLAND, Ore. -- The days when Cold War imagery colored every athletic competition between the United States and Russia may be long over, but it's still a spy-versus-spy game this week. Tuesday, Russian Davis Cup captain Shamil Tarpischev grinned roguishly when a reporter asked him point-blank which of the four players flanking him at the curtain-raising news conference might be playing singles on Friday, the first day of the championships. "I'm asking the same question of myself," Tarpisch ...

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