By : Mike Rifkin With the NHL season upon us here is how I view the Eastern Conference Hurricanes – Yes I think Carolina repeats as division champions. Rod Brind’Amour is one of the best coaches in the league. They added Brent Burns and Max Pacioretty, Pacioretty will eventually come back from an injury, butContinue reading “Eastern Conference Predictions”
Category Archives: Rifkin’s Rift Tide
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”
Welcome To The Jungle
By : Mike Rifkin On Thursday night the Miami Dolphins will put their 3-0 record on the line as they take on the reigning AFC Champion Cincinnati Bengals. This is the first time that Joe Burrow and Tua Tagovailoa are playing each other in the NFL. Both quarterbacks were in selected in the top fiveContinue reading “Welcome To The Jungle”
Here Come The Mariners
By : Mike Rifkin The Seattle Mariners currently hold the third Wild Card spot in the American League looking to break the longest current playoff drought in the four major sports. The Mariners have not made the playoffs since 2001. But the Mariners have made moves where they are thinking in the long term, notContinue reading “Here Come The Mariners”
