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BELLEFONTE, Pa. -- A man who claims he was the young sexual-assault victim seen with former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky in a campus shower 15 years ago, a central episode in the molestation scandal that rocked the university, testified in the case for the first time on Friday and insisted Sandusky had abused him.The 29-year-old man was called to the witness stand in Sanduskys appeal of his conviction, and an attorney for Sandusky confronted him with a 2011 statement in which he told police he hadnt been abused.That would reflect what I said then. Not what I would say now, the man said, according to Pennlive.com.Sandusky, called to the stand in his own defense, was asked if hed ever abused the man and declared, Absolutely not.Lawyers for the man say he is the person identified during the 2012 Sandusky trial as Victim 2, the young boy assistant coach Mike McQueary has said he witnessed being sexually abused by Sandusky in 2001.But the lead prosecutor at Sanduskys criminal trial, now in private practice, has testified he doesnt believe the man is the person McQueary saw.Sanduskys lawyers argue he didnt get a fair trial in part because his legal team at the time mishandled the issue of Victim 2s identity and didnt call him to the stand.Sandusky was a retired coach with gym privileges at the time McQueary says he saw the shower assault. He was convicted on charges of abusing 10 boys, including Victim 2, but maintains his innocence.Though the man who claims he was Victim 2 didnt testify at Sanduskys trial, he later won a civil settlement from the university.The Associated Press generally doesnt identify people who say theyre the victims of sexual assault, and in this case a victim advocate has said the man has asked not to be identified.McQueary reported what he saw in the shower to then-head coach Joe Paterno, who alerted the athletic director and a vice president. But Sandusky wasnt arrested until a decade later, after prosecutors got an anonymous tip that led them to McQueary, leading to accusations of a high-level cover-up. University trustees later cited Paternos handling of the complaint as one of the reasons he was fired in 2011; he died months later.The former prosecutor in the Sandusky case, Joe McGettigan, said he doubts the man is Victim 2 because his accounts have changed, he appears too old to have been the boy in the shower and he didnt provide certain details to investigators until after McQueary had told his story in open court.Sanduskys lawyers have argued McGettigan was referring to the man who says he was Victim 2 and therefore lied to jurors when he said during the closing argument that Sanduskys victims included others presently known to God but not to us.The man who says he is Victim 2 told police in September 2011 that no abuse had occurred and said much the same to an investigator working for Sanduskys lawyers around that time. He subsequently hired a lawyer and changed his story, saying he had been sexually abused.Neither he nor Penn State has described the claim he made against the university that won him a settlement.Sandusky, whos serving a prison sentence of 30 to 60 years, is seeking to get his conviction overturned or a new trial. Cheap Adidas NHL Jerseys . The mixed zone is not a place to make friends. Cheap Sabres Jerseys . -- Kyrie Irvings last-minute 3-pointer helped seal another victory for Cleveland -- and the Cavaliers longest winning streak since LeBron James left. http://www.cheapsabresjerseys.com/ . Lack made 20 saves for his third shutout of the season as the Canucks blanked the St. Louis Blues 1-0 in the first post-Olympic game for both teams night. Wholesale Sabres Jerseys . -- Patrick Reed got an early start in golf. Cheap Sabres Jerseys Authentic . Manuel was offered a position the day he was fired. He accepted earlier this week and the team made the announcement Friday. NEW YORK -- Defending champion Andy Murray could face top-seeded Novak Djokovic only in the semifinals at the U.S. Open, while Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer -- who have never played each other at Flushing Meadows -- might meet in the quarter-finals. Murray earned his first Grand Slam championship by beating Djokovic in the 2012 U.S. Open final, then added a second by beating the No. 1-ranked Serb in the Wimbledon title match last month. But there cant be a rematch in New York in the final, thanks to Thursdays draw. "Coming to the U.S. Open last year, Id never won a Grand Slam. I didnt know if I was ever going to win one," Murray said at the draw ceremony. "A lot of people would say ... like, Hes good enough to win a Grand Slam. Hes going to win one. But the more finals you lose in, the more you start to doubt yourself and think, Is it ever going to happen? Getting that weight off my shoulders last year was huge." Play at the years last Grand Slam tournament begins Monday. In addition to No. 2 Nadal against No. 7 Federer, a 17-time major champion who has his lowest seeding at the U.S. Open since he was 13th in 2002, the other possible mens quarter-finals are 2011 champion Djokovic versus 2009 champion Juan Martin del Potro, No. 3 Murray versus No. 5 Tomas Berdych, and No. 4 David Ferrer versus No. 8 Richard Gasquet or 10th-ranked Canadian Milos Raonic. Federer, who owns five U.S. Open titles, and Nadal also were set up for a possible quarter-final at Wimbledon this year, but that never materialized: Nadal lost in the first round, and Federer in the second. The potential womens quarter-finals at the U.S. Open are No. 1 Serena Williams against No. 8 Angelique Kerber, No. 2 Victoria Azarenka against No. 7 Petra Kvitova, No. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska against No. 5 Li Na, and No. 4 Sara Errani against No. 6 Caroline Wozniacki. The woman who originally was seeded third in the tournament, 2006 champion Maria Sharapova, withdrew Wednesday because of a right shoulder injury. Raonic, from Thornhill, Ont., joins Vasek Pospisil of Vernon, B.C., in the mens main draw. Montreals Eugenie Bouchard and Aleksandra Wozniak of Blainville, Que., are in the main womens draw. More Canadians could advance to the main draw. Torontos Sharon Fichman, Stephanie Dubois of Laval, Que., and Frank DDancevic of Niagara Falls, Ont.dddddddddddd, all won their opening qualifying matches Thursday. Torontos Steven Diez and Ottawas Jesse Levine lost the opening round of qualifying. Williams 16 Grand Slam titles include four at the U.S. Open, including last year. Her first-round opponent will be 2010 French Open champion Francesca Schiavone. Williams could play 15th-seeded Sloane Stephens of the United States in the fourth round; Stephens won their Australian Open quarter-final in January. "I take every match really seriously. I dont look too far in the draw. I just look at the first one," Williams said. "For me, my competition comes with each match. Every match is going to be a very, very tough competition for me, and I just stay focused on one at a time." Williams has won 77 of her past 81 matches, and was asked Thursday whether she is playing better than she ever has. "I hope not," Williams answered. "I always like to hope I can do better, so well see." Her older sister, 2000-01 U.S. Open champion Venus, is unseeded and was drawn to play No. 12 Kirsten Flipkens, a Wimbledon semifinalist last month, in the first round next week. Djokovic and 2010 U.S. Open champion Nadal, who recently overtook Murray at No. 2 in the rankings, could meet only in the final. Theyve already met in five Grand Slam championship matches, including in New York in 2010 and 2011. One intriguing earlier matchup for 12-time major title winner Nadal could come in the fourth round, when he might have to play six-foot-10 John Isner, a big-serving American who is seeded 13th and pushed the Spaniard to five sets at the French Open two years ago. Nadal was drawn to play another American, 21-year-old Ryan Harrison, in the first round. Djokovic, who has reached at least the semifinals at the U.S. Open each of the past six years, could face 25th-seeded Grigor Dimitrov in the third round. Dimitrov surprisingly beat Djokovic on clay at the Madrid Masters in May, although Djokovic won their matchup less than a month later at the French Open. In the second round, Djokovic might play Lukas Rosol, the man who upset Nadal at Wimbledon while ranked 100th in 2012, or Benjamin Becker, who defeated Andre Agassi at the 2006 U.S. Open in the Americans last professional match. ' ' '