Butorac takes the back road to the Capitals

By Paul Bauman - pbauman@sacbee.com Published 12:00 am PDT Tuesday, July 15, 2008 Story appeared in SPORTS section, Page C3 The stereotypical professional tennis player from the United States grew up in a populous, warm-weather state such as California or Florida. He either was shipped to a tennis academy at a young age and turned pro out of high school or played at a Division I collegiate tennis power such as UCLA or Georgia for a year or two. Once in the pros, he laments the constant travel. Then there's Eric Butorac of the Capitals. He might have the most unusual background in pro tennis. "Booty" was born and raised in frigid Rochester, Minn., a city of 98,649 people (according to the city's Web site) located 90 miles southeast of Minneapolis. He graduated from Gustavus Adolphus, a Division III school of 2,573 students in... [read full story]