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Football

SOURCE: CARTER IN REHAB: Jets reserve quarterback Quincy Carter is back in rehab for an undisclosed problem, a source within the league said Monday.

Carter is seeking medical assistance at a treatment center, the source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The Associated Press.

Jets general manager Terry Bradway said through a team spokesman he had no comment. ESPN.com reported that Carter also was being treated for bipolar disorder.

Carter left the Jets four days before their playoff game against Pittsburgh last month to be with his ailing mother in Decatur, Ga. The source said Carter had personal issues and was excused from the team.

A little while after his departure, he entered the program. Carter previously went into rehab in 2003 and 2004.

The Jets signed Carter to a one-year deal in August after he was released by the Dallas Cowboys. There were multiple reports that he failed a drug test. The NFL Players Association has filed a request for arbitration in the case.

Tennis

AGASSI BACK: Andre Agassi will return to the U.S. Davis Cup team after a five-year absence, The Associated Press learned Monday.

The U.S. Tennis Association planned to announce Monday or Tuesday that Agassi will rejoin the squad for its first-round match against Croatia on March 4-6 at Carson, Calif., a tennis source told the AP on condition of anonymity.

The eight-time Grand Slam tournament champion, who turns 35 in April, stopped playing Davis Cup after 2000 as part of a scaled-back schedule geared to peaking for the majors.

He was a member of three Davis Cup championship teams, going 30-5 in singles.

Soccer

FRIEDEL FINISHED: Goalkeeper Brad Friedel is retiring from the U.S. national soccer team, leaving Kasey Keller as the favorite to be in goal through the 2006 World Cup.

"I would like to spend my time away from my club team with my family," Friedel said during a conference call Monday. "The second reason is based on prolonging my club career because I have picked up, albeit slight, muscular injuries recently.

The 33-year-old Friedel, the starter for Blackburn in England, beat out Keller for the starting job at the 2002 World Cup, where the United States advanced to the quarterfinals, its best showing since 1930. He played a huge part, stopping penalty kicks against South Korea and Poland.