Best Sports Rivalries
 

Well, I can view this from 2 different fronts. Being a Red SOx fan, I have been a part of the Yankee-Red SOx rivalry since 1978. and BEing a Vikings fan, we have our neighbors to the east the Green Bay Packers. :mad: :mad: :mad: I always hated the colors green and gold anyway. But it's always fun watching those games. I mean, I get more jacked up for that football game twice a year than any other team the Vikings play.

College basketball-
University of Kentucky and Duke...

I hate duke...and son of a b*tch, if they don't have the same colors as us... :mad:

What about Kentucky and Louisville in college basketball, thats pretty heated from what I hear.

yes..it's very heated..especially since ol' Rick left and then came back...but went to UofL

but I have to go with Duke still....I mean..that whole.."last second shot" still burns my ass to this day....

Of course, since I'm a HUGE University of Tennessee Football fan (I graduated from there.), I'm going to say the Tennessee vs. Alabama game. IT is the biggest rivalries I can think of. It is an all out war.

Cardinals vs. Cubs, baby. :nod:

And being a UK grad, I'd have to say UK vs. U of L, Duke, Tennessee, and Indiana.

and Florida, and Michigan, and....*LOL* everyone is against us!!

GO BIG BLUE!! :blob2:

Im not a big fan of sports but I do like watching the Sacramento Kings play and they used to have a serious rivalry against the LA Lakers....
Of course, I think the Kings have hamstrung themselves by trading away some key players and so now they suck.....all except Bibby (I LOVE Bibby!)

other than that, I think the most serious rivalry was between the Yankees and the Red Sox and may I say that I am deliriously HAPPY that Boston finally beat the curse of the Babe. WOO HOO!

Preach it! I can't wait for basketball season.

^^Rock on!! now I know I have someone on here to root with me!! :] I canNOT wait...it's really the only time I ever get into sports*L* oh..wait..my husband is from MURRAY Ky..and they were in the playoffs..last year?? and a few years back....gotta root for the racers!! *L*

I used to live in Murray. Got my undergrad there, so I do have a soft spot for the ole Racers. But Wildcats all the way! :woohoo:

check your pm!!

Hmmm...
 

have to go with either the Red River Rivalry (OU vs. UT...I think we know who ALWAYS gonna win that game) or the Bedlam Series (OSU vs OU...Okla.St rules OU!!!!)

Also have to say the Yanks/Red Sox & Cubs/Cards rivalry for pro sports.

OHIO STATE - Michigan football. Best damn rivalry in the USA!

Red Sox vs. The Yankees

UT will win this year. :nod:

UT/A & M - another huge rivalry. F*ckin' Aggies. :p

Been hearing that...
 

for, what is it now...5 years??? Wanna try for the 6th year??? :lol:

Oklahoma/Texas joke-

Texans along the Red River were throwing sticks of dynamite at the their Oklahoma counterparts on the North side of the Red River...

The Oklahomans picked up the sticks of dynamite, lit 'em and threw 'em back!!! :lol:

Sox vs. Yanks

Last year when the Sox were playing the yankees in the world series everything was crazy around here. Every news report was about baseball and how this was a major comeback for the sox. Even the teachers at my private high school lightened up the load of homework so we could stay up and watch the games. One teacher even gave us extra points on our test because he knew everyone was up watching the game.

Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees

Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals

Boston Celtics vs. Los Angeles Lakers

Tottenham vs. Arsenal

Barcelona vs. Real Madrid

Manchester United vs. Manchester City
Manchester United vs. Liverpool

Colorado Avalanche versus Detroit Red Wings.

The Avs are my team...but I'm from Michigan. Help, I'm torn! The rivalry between these two teams is pretty kooky at times, especially here in Denver. Speaking out in favor of the Red Wings might get your teeth knock out in certain LoDo bars...

Was having this very thought, as I prepared to write:

NHL - Montreal vs. Quebec City. And when the QC Nordiques went belly-up, it became Montreal-Toronto.

But, yeah. What Lux said.

Baseball:

RED SOX/YANKEES is probably the MOST intense rivalry in US sports, for sure.

Not QUITE as intense as in the 50's & 60's, but still "bad blood"...DODGERS vs GIANTS

ANGELS vs A's is getting to be pretty big, nowadays (the AL's version of Dodgers/Giants, I guess...the whole SoCal vs Bay Area thing)

CARDINALS/CUBS



NBA:
Yeah...LAKERS/CELTICS (again, it's lost its lustre due to both teams sucking these days)

New one as of last year: PACERS/PISTONS (thanks to Ron Artest & the Pistons hooligan fans)

NFL:
BRONCOS/RAIDERS (or RAIDERS vs any AFC West team)

PACKERS/BEARS

COWBOYS/REDSKINS (still fairly intense)

College Football:

NEBRASKA/OKLAHOMA (actually, the whole BIG 12 is one big rivalry)

OHIO STATE/MICHIGAN

USC/UCLA

USC/NOTRE DAME

COLORADO/COLORADO STATE

FLORIDA STATE/MIAMI

The Colorado Avalanche!! :D

This comes to mind immediately, but also....


GIANTS V. DODGERS - eff you, SoCal!!!! :laugh: (a phrase often uttered in my house during my chilhood)

Another one?

I don't know if this was just in my house or not....but during the 80's....
49ers V. DALLAS COWBOYS! eff you, Texas!!! :laugh:

Oh, and when Oakland Raiders moved to LA??? Hoboy. RAIDERS V. 49ERS!! - eff you, SoCal!!!! :laugh:

WARRIORS V. LAKERS - eff you, SoCal!!!! wait, did I already say that??? :D (course, it's not much of a contest, especially now.)

most definitely the red sox-yankees~ of course i am a DIEHARD RED SOX fan~ whenever we see the yanks play us in fenway, it is the best~ people throw hot dogs @ ea other & give ea other stares of "if looks could kill"~ i think the past 2 yrs w/ the play-offs & the bo-soxs finally winning the world series were some of the most drama filled games i have ever watched~ not to mention the drama from '86~ i love me some bo-sox!!!~

You guys probably haven't heard of this....
 

The rivalry between Rangers and Celtic (2 "soccer" teams in Scotland) has to be one of the bitterest

"The result of the combination of the two clubs' dominance of Scottish football, and their significance in social, cultural and political terms, is that both Celtic and Rangers are prominent institutions in Scottish life to a degree beyond what would be expected for large football clubs elsewhere in Britain."

"The competition between the two clubs has its roots in more than just a simple athletic rivalry. It is infused with a series of complex disputes centred on religion (Catholic and Protestant) and Irish politics. The result has been an enduring enmity between fans that has extended beyond the kind of intra-city footballing rivalry that might be expected in situations where two clubs dominate a country's footballing scene. This has been manifested in a history laden with violent incidents, sometimes leading to deaths."

In the west of Scotland, life revolves around Rangers and Celtic. Everyone has a preference (almost always corresponding to their religion). Its kind of scary sometimes!! :eek:

There are usually assaults after matches, and there have even been murders.

I think that rivalry is only matched by the Aglo/Australian Cricket rivalry...both are awesomely passionate, but never really violent.

go blackshirts!!!~ isn't that the name of a new zealand team?, my friend sent me a shirt tht says that~

What is it with all these Sox fans? :mad:

Yankees - Red Sox. Best, most intense rivalry. It can get real vicious.


Yay! post # 4,000!!! :thumbsup:

:lol: The blackshirts are actually quite a militant group of men who go around shaming single female parents :xoxo:

You're buddy Christian Laettner right? I hate him too. He came here to Minnesotato play in the NBA as a high draft pick, and was pretty much a dog.

Trust me, I have a Mac friend that lives in Columbus, and she couldnt care less for the most pasrt about sportx, but mention Michigan,and boy does she get fired up.

[QUOTE=gldstwmn]Red Sox vs. The Yankees[/QUYup.that's right at the top for me being a Red Sox fan

Really? I didnt know you were a Sox fan. that'scool!!!! :cool: I've been to like 14 games in Fenway, and I'd be there alot more if it wasnt so expensive to stay in Boston, but oh well.

I went to Yankee stadium once in 1996, and I didnt dare wear my Red Sox jersey there. Maybe now that we've won it, I might be brave enough to try it. :lol:

Congratulations on #4000 btw. :thumbsup:

Auburn University vs. the University of Alabama.

Nothin like it nowhere :p

Hey, Bama? Bear died a loooong time ago. Let him rest. ;)

War Eagle!

Ithats another real good one. My friend that lives in Huntsville bleeds Crimson as he says. :laugh:

I've been to something like 50 sox games. I'm very privaliged. I'm a huge sox fan though. It has to be sox-yankees. Hands down.

Did I hear that correctly???

TCU - 17
The #5 ranked OU-10 :eek:

:lol: :blob1: :lol: :laugh: :lol: :laugh: :lol: :laugh:

This is fantastic for the Longhorns! :nod:

I loved it...
 

since I am a O-Who (And Longhorn) hater!!!

All I can say is "Tusk"! (A diehard USC fan here!!!)