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FRISCO, Texas -- Dak Prescott grew up rooting for the Dallas Cowboys in Louisiana. He suddenly finds himself in line to start their opener as a rookie quarterback with Tony Romo sidelined by yet another back injury.Receiver Brice Butler believes the fourth-round pick out of Mississippi State pictured this years ago.He ends up getting drafted here. Now hes the starting quarterback, Butler said Sunday. I dont know if he thought it was going to happen this soon. But Im pretty sure when he got here, he was like, Im going to be the future of this franchise.Hes in a situation now where hes the starter and basically that comment I just said is going to depend on how he plays. And I think hes ready for it.The 23-year-old Prescott was the No. 3 quarterback for the Cowboys going into training camp before backup Kellen Moore broke his right ankle in practice.Prescott was impressive enough in the first two preseason games to make owner and general manager Jerry Jones comfortable with him as Romos backup, rather than bringing in a veteran.After Romo broke a bone in his back on the third play of the third preseason game at Seattle, Jones is ready to roll with Prescott. Assuming the Cowboys do grab a veteran, it figures to be a backup for now. The current No. 2 is Jameill Showers, a second-year player who hasnt appeared in a regular-season game.I dont know if this stuff will ever hit me, said Prescott, set to be the first rookie quarterback to start the opener for Dallas since Quincy Carter 15 years ago. I feel like I belong here. This is where Im supposed to be. I just come in every day with the right attitude.The Cowboys havent said how long Romo will be out following his fourth back injury in less than four years, but its likely to be the opener at the very least. Jones and his son, executive vice president of personnel Stephen Jones, have said they are comfortable giving Prescott a shot as the starter.The next question is whether Prescott plays in the preseason finale against Houston on Thursday night. Starters generally sit out that game and turn their focus to the regular season. The Cowboys open Sept. 11 at home against the New York Giants.Coach Jason Garrett wouldnt say whether Prescott will be held out against the Texans. Dallas has just the two quarterbacks on the roster, not counting Romo.I dont know if a number of snaps makes a difference if Im ready or not, said Prescott, who is 39 of 50 passing for 454 yards with five touchdowns and no interceptions in three preseason games. Im going to be ready. Practice is going to get me ready. We are going to game plan the right way. And Im going to be focused.Dallas went 1-11 without Romo last season when he was twice sidelined by a broken left collarbone, and the Cowboys slumped to 4-12 a year after winning the NFC East at 12-4. Because of that, Jerry Jones opened training camp by declaring Dallas would no longer pin its hopes on star players returning from injuries.The Cowboys might not have envisioned this severe a test this soon.The mentality is different, said receiver Dez Bryant, who missed seven games last season because of a broken foot. It aint even just with the backup quarterback. Its like with all the players. Its just different strategy, believing in one another. Like I said, keeping each other lifted and building real chemistry.Prescott, who also has two rushing touchdowns, led a scoring drive in his first full possession against the Seahawks after Romos injury. He took the Cowboys to a field goal in the final two minutes of the first half. He has looked comfortable running the offense and made strong throws down the field.The eighth quarterback taken in the draft with the 135th overall pick, Prescott is likely to be the first of those to start in the regular season.How do you create a name for yourself without stepping up on those situations and becoming that guy? cornerback Brandon Carr asked. Dak has been in the fire early and often. He has done well. Its going to take all guys to help each other out.---Online:AP NFL websites: http://pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-NFL---Follow Schuyler Dixon on Twitter at https://twitter.com/apschuylerFake Nike Shoes . DAmigo scored twice in regulation and added the shootout winner as the Toronto Marlies edged the San Antonio Rampage 5-4 in American Hockey League action. 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Kiriasis and brakeman Franziska Fritz finished two runs in one minute 55.41 seconds -- a mere 0.01 seconds ahead of Meyers and Lolo Jones, who likely bolstered her Olympic hopes by helping give USA-1 a huge push in the second heat.NEW YORK -- The victory came on clay, and it came 4 1/2 months ago.It also came at a time when Novak Djokovic seemed virtually unbeatable -- something that doesnt seem so certain now.When Jiri Vesely upset the worlds No. 1 player in Monte Carlo in April, Djokovic hadnt lost a completed match since November.Vesely had never beaten a top-10 foe before defeating Djokovic 6-4, 2-6, 6-4. Afterward, Vesely said he didnt believe he could win -- until he saw how Djokovic was playing.Novak wasnt at his best level, thats for sure, and he made a lot of mistakes from the beginning, Vesely said that day. Thats what gave me a little bit more confidence.Coming into the players rematch in the second round at the U.S. Open on Wednesday, Djokovic hasnt been at his best recently. He lost in the third round at Wimbledon, then after a title in Toronto, fell in the first round at the Olympics, bothered by a left wrist injury.In the first round at Flushing Meadows on Monday, Djokovic received treatment on his right arm early in a four-set victory over Jerzy Janowicz. He repeatedly winced and shook out the arm, his serves far slower than usual.After dropping a set in his opening match at a major for the first time since 2010, Djokovic didnt want to talk about what was going on with his arm.Asked about playing an opponent who defeated him in their only meeting, he ticked off all the reasons that might not be relevant: Different surface, different circumstances, best-of-five.Obviously he hasnt played many times on the Arthur Ashe Stadium, Djokovic added. If you get to play there, its quite different.Vesely, 23, is currently ranked 49th. Hes coming off his best performance at a major, a run to the round of 16 at Wimbledon that included another win over a top-10 player in Dominic Thiem.Djokovics scouting report on the 6-foot-6 Vesely: Big game, a big serve, big forehand, and moves well for his size.ddddddddddddBut big serves are usually swallowed up by Djokovics stellar return game -- and he believes the roof structure on Ashe that cuts down wind aids him even more.Conditions are quite suitable to my style of the game, he said. Hopefully Ill be able to slow his serve down a little bit and then take it from there.Other matches to watch on Day 3 of the U.S. Open, when the second round begins:ALL-AMERICANSThe last two matches on the Grandstand will feature two U.S. women facing each other.Eighth-seeded Madison Keys meets 16-year-old Kayla Day, the youngest player in the draw. Day, ranked 374th, got into the tournament as the winner of the USTA Girls 18s National Championships. She was leading 6-2, 4-2 in the first round when her opponent, Madison Brengle, retired with an arm injury. Brengle, at No. 50 in the world, had been the highest-ranked opponent Day has faced in her young career.Day followed in the path of CiCi Bellis, who as a 15-year-old in 2014 won the same national title and reached the second round at the U.S. Open. Now 17 and a qualifier, Bellis faces 49th-ranked Shelby Rogers on Tuesday. Rogers was a surprise quarterfinalist at the French Open this year.RAFA REMATCHFourth-seeded Rafael Nadal met his second-round opponent, Andreas Seppi, just over three weeks ago at the Olympics. In his second match back after a 2 1/2-month layoff, Nadal won that day 6-3, 6-3.Nadal and Seppi play the nightcap on Ashe. Fellow Spaniard Garbine Muguruza, the French Open champ, faces 48th-ranked Anastasija Sevastova to open the session.DOUBLE NO. 2Second-seeded Angelique Kerber meets Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, who two years ago upset second-seeded Simona Halep in the third round. ' ' '