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DURHAM, N.C. -- Shortly after quarterback Daniel Jones arrived on Dukes campus last year, his teammates nicknamed him the Future.For the redshirt freshman, the future is now.A season-ending injury setback to starter Thomas Sirk makes Jones the first Duke freshman QB to start an opener since 1997, and just the fourth in 65 years, when he leads the Blue Devils against North Carolina Central on Saturday night.Jones wants to make the most of the opportunity he received because of mentor was hurt.I was just heartbroken for him, being such a hard-working guy that I have so much respect for, Jones said Tuesday of Sirk. That was tough to see him go down. Hes been a great resource for me since Ive been here. ... Im excited to get out there and play.The Blue Devils are putting their offense in the hands of the soft-spoken Jones, a late addition to their 2015 recruiting class from Charlotte who figured to be headed to Princeton or another Ivy League schools before Duke eventually showed interest.At 6-foot-5, Jones is an inch taller than Sirk and while he has the frame of a pocket passer, coach David Cutcliffe said he is going to be a threat to run the football.Its a job that Daniels won right now, Cutcliffe said.Jones took most of the first-team snaps during preseason practice, and threw two touchdown passes during a late scrimmage, while Sirk -- who led the team in rushing and passing last year and was the co-MVP of the Pinstripe Bowl victory over Indiana -- worked on rehabbing the Achilles tendon he tore in February.Reps are huge things when youre playing quarterback, seeing the defense, and you need to play the game to get better at it, Jones said. That was huge for me.The question about whether Sirk would make it back for the opener was answered decisively -- but not the way Duke would prefer -- last week when he partially tore that same tendon during a practice.Now comes the latest test of Dukes next-man-up philosophy, with Jones taking over and trying to live up to the nickname he picked up last year while running the scout team. He brushed off questions about that name Tuesday with an embarrassed laugh.Hes a pretty good quarterback -- weve known that since he got here, safety DeVon Edwards said. A lot of guys called him the Future ... from the very beginning. Dwight Powell Jersey . -- The Bishops Gaiters are showing they belong among the countrys top varsity football teams. Jose Juan Barea Jersey .C. -- Manny Malhotra had two goals and an assist, leading the Carolina Hurricanes to a 6-3 win over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday. http://www.mavericksteamofficial.info/jose-juan-barea-mavericks-jersey/ . 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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Will Rodriguez put his collectible cup down just for a second, then -- swoosh! -- it was swiped.He owned one of the hottest souvenirs of the Rio de Janeiro Games: A plastic Olympic gymnastics beer cup.That was a good one, Rodriguez, of Dallas, lamented.Yes, the Olympics has yet another cupping craze, though this one involves the swirling orange, blue and green color patterns on a yellow cup that include the name and silhouette for more than two dozen sports.The most common sight at Olympic venues arent medals draped around necks, but fans walking around with arms full, fixated on finding the next beer stand and hoarding empty cups.Beer here!Sure, but fans are chugging -- and sometimes just dumping -- their half liters (about 17 ounces) of Skol lager simply for the empty cups. Then its back in line to put another 13 Brazilian reals (about $4) on the growing beer tab. That totals at least 300 reals for the set.The cups are suddenly fueling the merchandise machine and have been traded, sold, and yes, even stolen, as fans clamor for hard-to-find sports such as gymnastics and soccer this deep into the Olympics.About an hour before boxings Sunday evening session started, fans lined up 25 deep at some cerveja stands ready to go another round.The long lines werent necessarily because of slow pours from the can into the cup. Once at the front of the line, fans would shake through stacks of cups until they found the one sport they wanted.Boxe! Boxe! Boxe! one fan shouted in Portuguese in his search for boxing.No! No! the server shouted, as he pointed to one of the other stands at Rio Centro.So off the man went, without a beer, with a more pressing mission on tap for the night.Trampoline, tennis, equestrian, taekwondo and water polo were the most common cups found Sunday at the complex thats home to boxing, table tennis, badminton and weightlifting.Brazilian native Sergio De Oliveira, now of Hoboken, New Jersey, wore his Team USA hat and shirt and gripped his equestrian (hipismmo) cup.ddddddddddddDe Oliveira and husband Terry Miles are trying to collect the cups of all 14 events theyve seen at the Olympics.De Oliveira had no idea that when he bought a gymnastics cup at the opening ceremony, the hunk of plastic would soon spark a memorabilia frenzy.It was huge we got it at all, Miles said.Miles doesnt drink, leaving all the beer guzzling to De Oliveira.They have about 10 cups so far, but had yet to find their No. 1 target -- archery. They also wanted synchronized diving.But dont expect the couple to auction the cups on eBay to recoup the 130 reals and counting theyve spent on their collectibles. They are keeping most of them and will share a few with friends back in the United States.Carmen Pruneda, of San Antonio, Texas, had no interest in sipping any light blonde lager.Im looking for cups, but I dont drink beer, she said.Pruneda has traded pins for cups, and cups for pins. She hit a bit of good luck when a woman dropped a cup on an escalator. The woman asked Pruneda if she was a collector. When she said yes, the stranger gave her both of her cups, boosting Prunedas total to six.One beer server said it was forbidden to just buy a cup.The trinkets are a steal compared to other Olympic merchandise. Olympic hats are going for about 60 reals, T-shirts for 80 to 100 and keychains are 35. One man bought a beach towel at the souvenir stand -- a soft landing spot for the three cups he then stuffed inside his shopping bag.Come to think of it, those purple circles dotting Michael Phelps shoulder and back from his cupping therapy do look like coasters.Maybe he wouldnt mind serving as a true arm rest for the cups at the next Olympic bash.While stuffed trash bags and overflowing bins of Skol aluminum beer cans are a sore sight at the games, theres not a plastic cup around to recycle.It has been a good way to keep litter down, Rodriguez said. ' ' '