Weve reached the halfway mark of the NFL season and Week 8 raises plenty of questions with make-or-break implications.Kicking things off on Thursday Night Football (Friday, 11:15am AEDT) are the Jacksonville Jaguars and Tennessee Titans. The Jaguars have not been great. Quarterback Blake Bortles has been well below his standard of play from last season and the offence hasnt been helped by the NFLs No. 30-ranked rushing attack.The Titans, while not that much better, have shown greater signs of life. Marcus Mariota has grown as the teams leader and DeMarco Murray continues to show he can run havoc on opposing defences, with the Titans averaging 143 yards on the ground.Despite both teams coming off losses in Week 7, they find themselves within a game and a half of the lead in what has surprisingly turned out to be a mediocre AFC South. A loss this week will likely end any talk of a division title.ESPN Pick: Titans at home, 23-17UBET Odds: Tennessee $1.53 Jacksonville $2.50Carolina Panthers have had a season to forget, and things wont get any easier this week as they face off against the Arizona Cardinals. The Panthers will be hoping to emulate last years NFC Championship Game effort (defeated Cardinals 49-15), but theyve been a shadow of that side.With a current record of 1-5, coach Ron Rivera told his team to get away from the game for a week and come back focused. Can they get their season back on track or will the Cardinals add more heartbreak and continue their own run towards the playoffs?ESPN Pick: Panthers find their mojo, 31-23UBET Odds: Carolina $1.65 Arizona $2.25?Sunday Night Football sees a battle of the standout Rookie QBs, with Philadelphia Eagles and Carson Wentz facing off against Dak Prescott and the NFC East-leading Dallas Cowboys. The Cowboys are coming off the bye as they seek their sixth consecutive victory, while the Eagles will be fired up after manhandling Sam Bradford and Minnesota Vikings on the way to a 21-10 victory last week.With bragging rights and the division lead on the line, itll be a game of attrition in Philadelphia. After a hot start, Carson Wentz has come back to earth over the last three weeks and is looking to rebound after a three-turnover performance against Minnesota.Look for Dak Prescott to target the Eagles questionable secondary and make his case to be the Cowboys full-time starter when Tony Romo returns from injury.ESPN Pick: Cowboys blowout, 36-14UBET Odds: Dallas $1.45 Philadelphia $2.75Its not just the NFL that should encapsulate your sporting viewing this weekend, with the NBA making its grand return.Cleveland Cavaliers face Toronto Raptors in a rematch of last seasons Eastern Conference Finals. 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Undefeated No. 2-ranked Michigan welcome old-time rival Michigan State into battle looking to secure their eighth victory of the season.ESPN Pick: Michigan to remain undefeated, 34-10UBET Odds: Michigan State $10 Michigan $1.04?No. 3-ranked Clemson will also be looking for their eighth consecutive victory when they travel to take on No. 12-ranked Florida State, who need to win if theyre any chance of making the ACC Championship Game.ESPN Pick: Florida State at home, just. 29-27UBET Odds: Florida State $2.50 Clemson $1.50With so much sport going on this weekend, make sure you clear your schedule, stock up the cupboard and ensure the couch is free so you can watch all the action LIVE on ESPN and Watch ESPN. Nike Dunk Low Cheap . If ever they start actually putting pictures beside words in the dictionary, the Blue Jays left-handers mug will appear beside “Consistency. Nike Dunk High Mens . Q: Team Canada announces their Olympic roster three weeks from today. 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"We talked about wanting to be disciplined and stick with our game plan and good things will come," Draisaitl said, who had two goals for the victors. A lot of Chicago Cubs fans have waited a long time to see them win the championship. In this case, it feels like forever.How many people can say they went to the very first World Series game at Wrigley Field?That was in 1929, and future Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens was there. He was in the box seats behind third base a few Octobers later, too, and saw Babe Ruth call his shot.Very definitely, Stevens told The Associated Press this week by phone from Florida. He pointed his bat.Now, at 96 and outdating the ivy on the outfield walls at the cherished ballpark, Stevens planned to be at Game 4 Saturday night when his Cubs host the Cleveland Indians.And he had a playful wish. Well, beyond the obvious.Tossing out a ball from the mound at Wrigley, as he did in 2005. Only this time, at the World Series.Id love to, the veteran right-hander said. Id like to see if I can throw it over the plate again.Stevens said he was still on that bench, but added with a bright tone, I suppose theres a couple days left.The Cubs trailed 1-0 going into Game 2 on Wednesday night at Cleveland. The Series then shifts to the city where Stevens grew up.Not since 1908 have the Cubs won the World Series. They were led by the Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance double play combination that became famed in verse -- the same year, Take Me Out to the Ball Game was written.Born in 1920, Stevens said he has no recollection from his boyhood days of older friends and family members talking about that championship club.Of the some 7.4 billion people on the planet, no telling for sure if theres anyone around who would recall those Cubs.They are alive, but do they remember? said Robert Young, a senior consultant for gerontology for Guinness World Records. I think theres probably a few.Young estimates there are 4,000 people around the globe who were alive then, most of theem outside the United States.dddddddddddd.Its amazing to me the Cubs franchise lasted that long without winning, he added.Before the World Series opener, Stevens had already formed his opinion on the outcome.I think the only question is whether it will be four straight or whether it will take five games for us to win it in Chicago, he said.And even though the Indians and their crowd have been waiting since 1948 for a crown, its been much longer on the North Side of Chicago.The Cubs are entitled to win in this one, I think, he said.Justice for the Cubs, so to speak.Stevens served on the Supreme Court from 1975 to 2010 and in his chambers he had an autographed photo of Cubs great Ernie Banks and a jersey of Chicago pitcher Mark Prior.Stevens also had a framed scorecard from the 1932 game when Ruth pointed. It was a gift long ago from a fellow law clerk, who knew Stevens had seen the Bambino that afternoon as a 12-year-old.As a kid, he followed the Cubs in the fledging days of radio. With more modern devices, Stevens rooted for them as often as he could this season.The Cubs began their drive to end the championship drought this year at spring training in the Phoenix suburbs -- in 1908, Arizona wasnt even a state.They led the majors with 103 wins, but Stevens wasnt about to celebrate early. After so many years of hope and so little success, this is their first World Series trip since 1945.Its hard to acknowledge, but it happened, he said.Just like Stevens imagined, sort of. Shortly before opening day, he told the AP he was anticipating big things from this new, talented bunch of Cubs.I dont think its a question of whether theyll win a championship, he said then. Its whether Ill still be here to see it. ' ' '