cial atmosphere Obviously theyve not been going well but were coming off the back of two Super League losses as well so neither of us are in the best form, OLoughlin said. Both teams are desperate for a win.Theyre wounded at the minute but you only have to look at the quality theyve still got in their

SAN FRANCISCO -- Donning fresh postseason victory gear, the Chicago Cubs gathered on the mound and posed for a group photo. They jumped up and down, saluted the fans cheering Cub-bies! behind the visiting dugout and then took the party inside.Step one in their October quest? Check.Yet every one of manager Joe Maddons men recognizes the task ahead. The club with baseballs best regular-season record at 103-58 is being counted on to end a 108-year championship drought and all the pent-up frustration in the Windy City.Chicago is headed back to the NL Championship Series for a second straight year, eager to erase the memory of a four-game sweep to the New York Mets a season ago. Once Matt Moores stellar night was complete for San Francisco, the Cubs rallied with a four-run ninth in a 6-5 victory Tuesday that eliminated the Giants in Game 4 of their NL Division Series.The same Giants who had won the World Series in every even year this decade -- 2010, 12 and 14 -- and had succeeded in 10 straight postseason games when facing elimination.This is a special group, Maddon said. Its pretty easy when you want to have kids act like kids. Listen, but you see them on the field, they play. We play hard. I think we play it right.Blue-clad loyalists stuck around the ballpark long after the final out, cheering and singing for the team favored to win the World Series from the start. The fans waited about an hour before finally heading for the exits.Now, the Cubs go home to wait out Thursdays Game 5 of the Dodgers-Nationals series and have a couple of days to rest their legs before Saturdays NLCS opener.Maddon will likely hand the ball to veteran left-hander Jon Lester in Game 1 at Wrigley Field because he wasnt needed in a potential Game 5.Chicago hasnt been to the World Series since 1945, the year Billy Goat Tavern owner Billy Sianis supposedly placed his hex on North Siders.No pressure, certainly not with this group that declines to feed the superstition chatter. No goat fear here, not with a roster packing the talent and the pluck to navigate the nerviest late-game situation.Nobody really cares in there about a curse or a goat or anything else, Lester said. If we make a mistake, were not going to blame it on a curse or anything else like that. Were going to blame it on ourselves and be accountable for it and move on to the next play or the next moment.We got too many young guys in there that dont even know what that stuff is, he added. So, its almost better to play naive and just go out and worry about us, worry about the Cubs and not anything else in the past or, like I said, any animals.In the ninth, Javier Baez hit a go-ahead single after pinch hitter Willson Contreras tied it with a two-run single. Flame-throwing closer Aroldis Chapman closed it out, rebounding after his blown save Monday cost Chicago in a 13-inning 6-5 loss.Since day one, we came to play hard, Baez said.Maddon and many others have spoken of the Cubs commitment to playing all 27 outs. That resolve has become a defining characteristic for the players hoping to show Wrigleyville a party for the ages.This is big. This is really big. Anytime you do that with a group, it just does a lot for that particular groups confidence, said outfielder Ben Zobrist, who won a title with Kansas City last year. Every group has to kind of find that identity. We did it during the season, but you still have to find that identity in the postseason as well.It proved to be true that thats the kind of team we have. Tonight we were able to put a good comeback together.Wholesale Air Jordan 6 Australia .C. -- Charlotte Bobcats coach Steve Clifford said after all of these years in the NBA hes still amazed at some of the things LeBron James does. Air Jordan 6 Australia Outlet . The Celtics closed out their first preseason under Stevens on Wednesday night with a 101-97 victory over the Brooklyn Nets, who rested a lot of their lineup including former Celtics Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce. http://www.airjordan6australia.com/ . -- About a third of the way through the regular season, the Washington Wizards are at . Air Jordan 6 Cheap Australia . -- Adam Snyder returned to the San Francisco 49ers this season because the offensive lineman thought it was his best opportunity to win a championship. Cheap Air Jordan 6 Australia . Once again, DeLaet finished tied for second at a PGA Tour stop on the weekend, this time at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. The pride of Weyburn, Sask.Salford and Widnes kick off the 10th Magic Weekend on Saturday, followed by Warringtons clash with Castleford, who are hoping they have turned the corner after their nine-try triumph at Headingley.The Grand Final re-match between Leeds and Wigan will then bring down the curtain on day one of the two-day extravaganza. All the games are live on Sky Sports 3 HD, with coverage underway from 2pm.Salford v Widnes (2.30pm)Salford are without utility back Niall Evalds through suspension so Josh Jones is set to switch from the second row to centre to plug the gap. Coach Ian Watson has added Jake Bibby and Jordan Walne to the team that lost at St Helens. Salford have so far clawed back just two of the six points they were docked for breaching the salary cap but vice-captain Michael Dobson says they remain confident they can climb out of the bottom four at the expense of Widnes, who are in freefall after losing their last seven matches.That makes them very dangerous, Dobson said. It makes it a must-win for them and for us every game is a must-win if we want to get into the eight.Were only six points off eighth spot and thats Widnes so, if we can knock them off this week, its down to four so its not out of the equation. Michael Dobson and Joe Mellor say theyre expecting an entertaining game when Salford take on Widnes in the first game of Magic Weekend Widnes are boosted by the return of skipper Kevin Brown, a Magic Weekend ever-present who scored a hat-trick of tries in last years win over the Red Devils at St James Park and has missed the last three games with an ankle injury. Centre Chris Bridge is also back after recovering from a calf strain.The Vikings Joe Mellor is hoping the potential return of Kevin Brown, who has missed five of those seven losses, can help the one-time leaders stop the rot.Because we started the season so well, its hard to take, but were training hard and putting in good performances without getting results, Mellor said. When is Magic Weekend on Sky? Magic Weekend is back at St James Park and there are a host of ways to watch it live on Sky Sports. Weve just got to keep working hard because thats the only way were going to get out of this bad run.Hopefully Kev will be back this week and we can get back to what we were doing at the start of the season.Salford: Jake Bibby, Justin Carney, Michael Dobson, Mark Flanagan, George Griffin, Weller Hauraki, Josh Jones, Phil Joseph, Craig Kopczak, Olsi Krasniqi, Ryan Lannon, Rob Lui, Ben Murdoch-Masila, Gareth OBrien, Junior Sau, Logan Tomkins, Adam Walne, Jordan Walne, Daniel Vidot.Widnes: Chris Bridge, Kevin Brown, Hep Cahill, Jay Chapelhow, Chris Dean, Gil Dudson, Rhys Hanbury, Aaron Heremaia, Chris Houston, Macgraff Leuluai, Manase Manuokafoa, Joe Mellor, Eamon OCarroll, Charly Runciman, Stefan Marsh, Setaimata Sa, Corey Thompson, Lloyd White, Matt Whitley.Warrington v Castleford (4.45pm) Warrington have lost three-quarter trio Kevin Penny, Ryan Atkins and Rhys Evans to injury but welcome back half-back Stefan Ratchford after he missed the defeat at Wakefield through illness and coach Tony Smith calls up former Leeds prop Ryan Bailey for the first time and centre Toby King for the first time this season after a lengthy injury lay-off.The Wolves remain top on points difference despite their surprise defeat at Wakefield last Sunday and captain Chris Hill concedes they are still striving for consistency.Were not really looking at the table, we just need to get back to playing some consistent rugby like we were at the beginning of the year, Hill said.Cas are playing really well. Theyve really brought it back round so its going to be a tough encounter. Castlefords Michael Shenton pays tribute to Tigers playmaker Luke Gale as he and Warringtons Chris Hill look ahead to the game Castleford are boosted by the availability of stand-off Ben Roberts, who has been on the sidelines for 10 weeks with a foot injury, while utility back Ryan Hampshire and centre or second rower Jake Webster are also back in contention.ddddddddddddProp forward Lee Jewitt drops out of the team that won at Leeds.Warrington: Ryan Bailey, Daryl Clark, Jordan Cox, Ben Currie, Kurt Gidley, Chris Hill, Benjamin Jullien, George King, Toby King, Tom Lineham, Gene Ormsby, Joe Philbin, Stefan Ratchford, Matty Russell, Ashton Sims, Morgan Smith, Joe Westerman, Ben Westwood,Sam Wilde.Castleford: Matt Cook, Ben Crooks, Luke Dorn, Paddy Flynn, Luke Gale, Ryan Hampshire, Nathan Massey, Mike McMeeken, Paul McShane, Grant Millington, Adam Milner, Junior Moors, Joel Monaghan, Larne Patrick, Ben Roberts, Gadwin Springer, Denny Solomona, Danny Tickle, Jake Webster.Leeds v Wigan (7pm) Leeds coach Brian McDermott admits there would be no better way for the Super League champions to kick-start their disastrous season than with victory over Wigan in a repeat of the 2015 Grand Final.The Rhinos, who included the league leaders shield as part of their treble last season, remain rooted to the foot of the table after losing 11 of their 14 matches so far, including a demoralising 28-6 defeat by the Warriors in March.Leeds fortunes hit a new low with a 52-12 home defeat by Castleford, a week after crashing out of the Challenge Cup, and McDermott says he has been forced to once more re-set his aims as he prepares for the Magic Weekend showdown with Wigan.Weve changed one or two things but weve been doing that since rounds two and three, McDermott said. Weve been adapting each week.After what was a really disappointing performance against Cas, youve got to look at what we do and look at what are are trying to achieve and re-evaluate those things, which is always difficult mid-season.To beat Wigan would be a boost for us.Wigan captain Sean OLoughlin fully expects the fallen champions to emerge from their slump but is hoping it is not at the expense of his side. Wigan captain Sean OLoughlin and Leeds captain Danny McGuire are expecting a tough game and a special atmosphere Obviously theyve not been going well but were coming off the back of two Super League losses as well so neither of us are in the best form, OLoughlin said. Both teams are desperate for a win.Theyre wounded at the minute but you only have to look at the quality theyve still got in their side. I dont think theyre too far away and, when they do click, they can kick on for the season. We dont want to be the team that kick-starts it for them.Despite back-to-back defeats, Wigan remain within touching distance of the leaders in a congested top half of the table in which two points separate the top six.Nobody has gripped it yet, OLoughlin said. We still feel its wide open for the top spot.Leeds: Zak Hardaker, Kallum Watkins, Danny McGuire, Rob Burrow, Keith Galloway, Beau Falloon, Adam Cuthbertson, Jamie Jones-Buchanan, Brett Delaney, Brad Singleton, Mitch Garbutt, Jimmy Keinhorst, Mitch Achurch, Anthony Mullally, Josh Walters, Ash Handley, Ashton Golding, Jordan Lilley, Brett Ferres.Wigan: John Bateman, Greg Burke, Josh Charnley, Dom Crosby, Ben Flower, Oliver Gildart, Willie Isa, Dom Manfredi, Lee Mossop, Sean OLoughlin, Sam Powell, Dan Sarginson, Matty Smith, Ryan Sutton, Taulima Tautai, Lewis Tierney, Joel Tomkins, Sam Tomkins, George Williams.Watch the Magic Weekend live on Sky Sports 3 HD and Sky Sports 1 HD. 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