Rifkin’s Rift Tide – Page 30 – The Sports Insanity Network

Trying To Turn The Tide

By: Mike Rifkin The Miami Dolphins are looking to avoid a third straight loss when they host the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday. Last week the Dolphins were down by two points to the Jets entering the fourth quarter, in the fourth quarter they were outscored 21-0 on their way to a 40-17 loss at MetlifeContinue reading “Trying To Turn The Tide”

Western Conference Predictions

By : Mike Rifkin The NHL season is upon us and here are my picks for the Western Conference. Central Pacific

Eastern Conference Predictions

By : Mike Rifkin With the NHL season upon us here is how I view the Eastern Conference Atlantic Division

Max Disaster

By: Mike Rifkin The San Diego Padres defeated the New York Mets 7-1 in game one of their Wild Card series. Mets ace Max Scherzer gave up four home runs in the loss. Scherzer went 4.2 innings giving up seven runs on seven hits and four strikeouts. For the second straight start Scherzer had aContinue reading “Max Disaster”

Mets Regular Season Recap

By : Mike Rifkin A lot of people are still down based on what happened with the Mets last weekend in Atlanta, but that has to change. The Mets are still playing in the Wild Card Round against the San Diego Padres. The Mets were 4-6 vs the Padres this season. Despite what transpired inContinue reading “Mets Regular Season Recap”

Battle Of The Birds

By : Mike Rifkin The Philadelphia Eagles take their undefeated record on the road this week as they play the Arizona Cardinals. The Eagles, the NFL’s last unbeaten team defeated the Jacksonville Jaguars and former Head Coach Doug Pederson 29-21. It was a wet, rainy, sloppy game. The Eagles trailed 14-0 early but scored 29Continue reading “Battle Of The Birds”

Embracing History

By : Mike Rifkin On Tuesday night, Aaron Judge hit his 62nd home run of the season establishing a new Yankee and American League record. The record overtakes the 61 hit by Roger Maris in 1961. But this is nothing against Judge he bet on himself this season and had arguably one of the greatestContinue reading “Embracing History”

Swept Away

By: Mike Rifkin The New York Mets entered Atlanta with a one game lead in the NL East and if they won one game they controlled their own destiny. But worst case scenario happened as the Braves swept the Mets and not only lead the division by two games, but their magic number to clinchContinue reading “Swept Away”

Searching For Answers

By: Mike Rifkin One of the best rivalries in Football if rekindled on Sunday as the Denver Broncos travel to Vegas to play the Raiders. Both teams are still searching for consistency after making big offseason moves. The Broncos somehow are 2-1 and coming off a 11-10 win over the 49ers on Sunday night. TheContinue reading “Searching For Answers”

Brewing Hade

By : Mike Rifkin On August first, the Milwaukee Brewers led the NL Central by three games over the St. Louis Cardinals. On Tuesday the Brewers lost to the Cardinals, in which the Cardinals clinched the NL Central. Now the only way Milwaukee can make the playoffs for a fifth straight season is by gettingContinue reading “Brewing Hade”