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What are the best rivalries in sports, /sp/?

Pic unrelated because it's a rivalry made and fueled by the media.
>> Anonymous
nah bro that's real
>> Anonymous
>>216038
Shut up Dan Patrick.
>> Anonymous
>>216038
No. Its most definitely not. Redsox havent done jack till the last decade or so. Rivalries kinda need for both teams to have some success against each other, otherwise it's just a traditional beatdown. Give it another couple decades.
>> Anonymous
>>216042
Which is why it didn't matter at all until the Red Sox actually became noticeable. Bristol, Connecticut is Red Sox territory anyway.
>> Anonymous
>>216043
What does Connecticut have to do with this?
>> Anonymous
>>216050
You figure it out.
>> Anonymous
>>216034
As a Yankee fag I kind of agree with. After the 2004 ALCS everything changed.

I mean one of my closest friends is a Red Sox fan. I've known him since we were in 4th grade. Back then (1994/95) it was not like this.
>> Sneak !!+y8MDiWrdyT
Packers/Bears is the best NFL rivarly.
>> Anonymous
>>216079
No rivalries in the NFL.
>> Anonymous
I can only speak for American sports, but I think the college rivalries go deeper than any pro-sport rivalry. Michigan-tOSU, Auburn-Alabama, Army-Navy, Duke-UNC.. the players just care more.
>> Anonymous
I love the serenading by the crowd today.
>> Anonymous
Redskins/Cowboys.
>> Anonymous
Let's not forget hockey:

Leafs/Habs
Wings/Avs
Hawks/Blues
Kings/Ducks
Flames/Oilers
Wild/Canucks
Caps/Canes
Panthers/Bolts

Notice how I left out the entire Atlantic division. The Atlantic division is the deadliest division in the NHL (aside from the Penguins...only Philly really cares about them, all the other Atlantic teams could care less about the Penguins). The Devils, Rags, Isles, and Flyers are all within close proximity of each other and have rabid fanbases and violent games....more reason to hate Bettman and his "every team plays each other" schedule...
>> Anonymous
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>>216159
I'm a Flyers fan...once we were heckling a bunch of blowjob Islanders fans who were sitting directly in front of us and one of the scumbags flashed a knife.

Ah, Atlantic division rivalries. I have seen more bloodied Rangers, Devils, and Isles fans in Spectrum and FU Center parking lots than I've had hot dinners.
>> Anonymous
>>216139
No
>> Anonymous
OP is correct

yanks/sox is starting to beomce a rivalry, but in the 90s it never was

in fact, the only reason it's getting hype now is b/c of ESPN faggotry and all the bandwagoners who are on the boston train thinking it's cool to have this feud with the yankees

also, it's always been hip to hate the yankees
>> Anonymous
state rivalries are always decent. pittsburgh vs philly, bay area, subway series, etc...

nfl:

bears/pack
skins/cowboys
browns/steelers
bears/giants
bengals/browns
jets/giants

college:
too fucking many to name. ones that stand out:

unc/duke
texas/a&m
army/navy
fsu/florida/the U
michigan/state
ivy league

nhl:
any of the original 6 vs each other
flames/canucks
flames/oilers
devils/rangers
leafs/sens
blues/blackhawks
toronto/buffalo
leafs/their fans
>> Anonymous
>>216228
bears/giants

That's not a rivalry.
>> Anonymous
>>216228
>texas/a&m
>michigan/state
Oh lol. Rivalries have to be competitive by nature.
>fsu/florida/the U
Even Floridafags don't think much of this.
>> Anonymous
>>216228

except you missed the biggest giant ones?

Giants/Cowboys
Giants/Eagles
>> Anonymous
>>216159aside from the Penguins...only Philly really cares about them

Eh, not really, or, not near as much as we hate the Rangers, Devils, and even the Caps. We just can't stand Pittsburgh's retarded fairweather fanbase constantly gloating that the Pens finally beat Philly in a post-season series.

All-time, Philadelphia is 130 -73 -30-3 against Pittsburgh. DOMINATION.
>> Anonymous
>>216242
>>216245
>>216253

It was all a set-up for
>leafs/their fans
>> Anonymous
Celtic/Rangers

Basketball against hockey?

NO
I'm talking about proper football, and this is one of the most, if not the, most dangerous rivalries in sports. Almost makes watch a game of theirs bearable as they try to break each others legs.
However the Scottish League is weak, and to be honest, football sucks ass. A rivalry based in sectarianism over which many people have taken way too seriously, at least here.

Federer/Nadal is another good rivalry
>> Anonymous
>>216253
Cowboyfag here
our most hated list
1. Skins
2. Eagles
3. Niners
4. Steelers
5. Giants

Sorry.
>> Myron Cope's Dancing Corpse !MRu72sLc9I
Pittsburgh Steeler's Top 5 Most-Hated

5. Brownies
4. Brownies
3. Brownies
2. Brownies
1. Brownies
>> Anonymous
>>216332
skinsfag reporting in

cowboys is def our #1 hated team

skins/cowboys is one of the all-time classic battles. i hate them more than any other team in the NFL, maybe even all of professional sports

but i'll still give a tip of the hat to our rivals in the NFC East. best fucking matchups in the league (had mcnabb stayed healthy the last couple of years the entire fucking division would've made the playoffs) NFC BEast pride.

also 2nding federer/nadal. not to mention

sampras/agassi (an all-time classic)
seles/graf
jordan/knicks
tiger woods/the field
>> Anonymous
Top 5 OSU hated?

1. Michigan
2. The
3. S
4. E
5. C
>> Anonymous
packer fag
the bears
>> CapitalistBastard !!f/pELCnjRD0
>>216352

>Pittsburgh Steeler's Top 5 Most-Laughed at and pitied

fixt


5. Brownies
4. Brownies
3. Brownies
2. Brownies
1. Brownies
>> Anonymous
>>216079
>>216470
agreed
>> Myron Cope's Dancing Corpse !MRu72sLc9I
>>216480
I don't pity the Browns.

I will never pity the Browns.

I will never pity the Ravens, I hate the Browns that much.
>> Anonymous
Boston vs. New York is still the ultimate sports rivalry. Those two media markets hate each other.
>> CapitalistBastard !!f/pELCnjRD0
>>216504

It's been such a long time since it was a real rivalry.

They aren't even the REAL browns.
>> Anonymous
Real Madrid - Barcelona
Milan - Inter
River Plate - Boca Juniors
>> Myron Cope's Dancing Corpse !MRu72sLc9I
>>216516
It's a matter of tradition.

Besides, who else are we supposed to hate?
>> Anonymous
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>>216034


OP doesn't know baseball.
Then again its 4chan.
>> Anonymous
>>216542
Started watching baseball in 2004
>> Anonymous
>>216538

The Bungles?
>> Anonymous
>>216562

Now, there is a team to pity.
>> Anonymous
Washington Oregon
>> Anonymous
I'd say anything St. Louis/Chicago is often a rivalry, mainly due to Cardinals/Cubs, but you know...

Also earlier with the FSU/UF/UM rivalry, UF and FSU is often a big rivalry unless it's completely one sided, that and most of the fans are either high school drop outs or native Floridians, which ever name you want to give them.
>> Anonymous
>Leafs/Habs

Habs/Bruins and Leafs/Sens >>> Leafs/Habs
>> Anonymous
>>216034
I admit, there was a lull.... although when we went against Red Sox, there wasn't much love. It's more of a hot/cold rivalry really and we're in our hot period right now.
>> Anonymous
Jets/Patriots? inb4 18-1, but seriously, it's gotta be up there somewhere.
>> Anonymous
>>216332

Eaglesfag here

1.Cowboys
2.Giants (although personally I hate North Jersey more, in general most Eagles fans hate Dallas more)
3.Redskins


There really isn't a Steelers/Eagles rivalry unless you live in the middle of the state and/or attend PSU.

All Eagles fans hate the Patriots too (but who doesn't?)


Also, I totally second the NHL Atlantic division, where everyone violently hates each other, often with actual violence.
>> Anonymous
NO LOVE FOR DODGERS/GIANTS?
>> Anonymous
>>216844here really isn't a Steelers/Eagles rivalry unless you live in the middle of the state

Beyond the occasional "Why do you like Philadelphia/Pittsburg? [Reason why you should like opposite team]", no one cares here either.

Hell, they were the same team for a few years.
>> Anonymous
>>216895

its because of different conferences.

It's the same for Giants/Jets, at least for me.
>> Anonymous
>>216930


Interestingly, in baseball the intercity cross-league rivalries are actually bitter unlike the non-existent Giants/Jets one.

I hear Cubs and Whitesox fans hate each other and I know there's hate between Mets/Yankees fans.
>> Anonymous
>>216991

I'm primarily a Yankees fan, but I always root for the Mets whenever their own.
>> Anonymous
Rangers/Celtic
>> Anonymous
Dodgers/Giants.
>> Anonymous
Boca Juniors / River Plate (ARG)
How can you not pick a rivalry where one time SEVENTY ONE PEOPLE DIED AT A GAME
>> Anonymous
>>216991

Is it true that people get killed in Chicago for wearing a Cubs or White Sox tshirt on the wrong side of town?
>> Anonymous
>>217808
I read that children have been stabbed for wearing a Celtic shirt in a Rangers part of Glasgow.
Not that you care about soccer, probably, but
>> Anonymous
Israel/Palestine
>> Anonymous
>>217820
a winrar is you, please accept 12 internets.
>> Anonymous
>>216991

We don't hate each other, Sox fans just recognize that all cubs fans are yuppie scum who just go to games because it's hip and like to drink and talk on their cell phones instead of watching the game. Then they won't show up to games on the south side because they're afraid to get shot.

>>217808

No one gets shot on the north side. Lincoln Park and Wrigleyville are practically a gated community. The south side is another story, but usually the reason for someone getting shot is better than just wearing a cubs hat.
>> Anonymous
>>217820
also /thread.
>> Anonymous
>>216851
>>217780
dodgers giants is a huge one but most people dont realize it because of the ESPNfags hardons for east coast sports. the orange vs blue is forgotten by this wankee red sox faggotry
>> Anonymous
nigras v. spics.
>> Anonymous
crvena zvezda vs. partizan all your other rivalries are a frolick in the flowerfield compared to this.
>> Anonymous
>>217831

Dodger fag here, it's true.
>> Anonymous
USC/ND?

ND/Nebraska?

ND/The World?

Braves/Mets?

Phillies/Mets?

FUCKING PATRIOTS/THE WORLD

GOD DAMN, /SP/, YOU SUCK DICKS.
>> Anonymous
Liverpool/Bayern Munich
>> Anonymous
>>217868Phillies/Mets?

I'm fan of one of the two. I'll tell you that this rivalry has been historically weak and still is relatively minor despite growing in recent years.
>> Anonymous
>>217831

It seems like just about every year someone gets shot in the Dodger Stadium parking lot after a Giants game. Now THATS a rivalry.
>> Randall Cunningham
Vikings/Packers
Wild/Ducks

That's all I can think of from a Minnesotafag standpoint.
>> Anonymous
Michigan vs. OSU ftw
>> Anonymous
Cowboys/Planet Earth
Patriots/Planet Earth
Lakers/Planet Earth
Celtics/Planet Earth
Yankees/Planet Earth
Red Sox/Planet Earth
Gary Bettman/Planet Earth

have i missed any?
>> Anonymous
USA/Planet Earth
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
How bout Colts/Pats? 2 best NFL quarterbacks, there's been tension between the coaches/players in the past. It wasn't a rivalry until the Colts beat the Pats in '06-'07 AFC Championship game and won the Super Bowl while the Pats sat and watched.
>> Anonymous
Bruins vs Habs

The Leafs can fuck off, you don't deserve a rivalry
>> Anonymous
Soccer/Futbol
>> Anonymous
>>217898
>It wasn't a rivalry until the Colts beat the Pats in '06-'07 AFC Championship game
Actually, I disagree. It became a rivalry when the Pats started beating the Colts in the playoffs, then became very bitter once 06-07 happened
>> Anonymous
American Football vs Football/Soccer
>> Anonymous
Whites/Blacks
>> Anonymous
>>217904
Idiots/Facepalm
>> Arutima
leafsvshabs is so 50s
>> Anonymous
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>>216288
agreed on Celtic and Rangers
also Inter and Ac Milan
>> Anonymous
>>217871
Fuck off scum.
>> Anonymous
Brett Favre and retirement.
>> Anonymous
>>217959
lol
>> Anonymous
I'd say ND vs. USC is the strongest intersectional rivalry, even if ND hasn't won recently. There's no love lost between Notre Dame and Michigan, either.

Also, any takers for Harvard vs. Yale?
>> Anonymous
>>216034
/sp/ / Tom Brady

18-1

/thread
>> Anonymous
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The National League is fail. Jesus Christ. They haven't won the fucking All-Star game since 199-fucking-6.

At this rate, I don't think they'll win until at least 2010.
>> Anonymous
>>217998
at this rate, they won't win ever, genius.
>> Anonymous
>>216034Pic unrelated because it's a rivalry made and fueled by the media.

underaged b&

just because the red sox have sucked since you were born in the mid 90's doesn't mean that there hasn't been a rivalry since babe ruth's time, albeit not as heightened as it is now.

bucky dent? fisk vs. munson? williams vs. dimaggio? the curse of the bambino? dimaggio winning the mvp the year that williams hit .406? yankees sweeping boston to end 1949's season in yankee stadium with boston needing only one win to clinch? the boston massacre in 1978 with the yankees taking 5 straight in boston to clinch? sweet lou sliding into carlton fisk and trying to beat the shit out of him afterward? righetti's no-hitter, striking out boggs to end the game? mattingly vs. boggs in the hitting race in 86? red sox great wade boggs coming to NY and finally winning a title?

just because the red sox are finally able to fight back after getting dominated for 80 years doesn't mean that there hasn't been a rivalry going here for a long time.
>> Anonymous
>>218190
JESUS CHRIST YOU GOTS SUM MAD WIKIPEDIA SKILLZ THERE. No but seriously, the Yankees-Sawks rivalry is not near as good as the media plays it up to be.
>> Anonymous
Packers/Vikes is as big as Packers/Bears

but I grew up in La Crosse, on the border between Wisco and Minn so maybe I am misrepresenting the rest of the state.

Us Brewers fans hate the Cardinals but I doubt they really care much about us. Also Brewers/Cubs of the last ten years has been one hell of a rivalry, especially now that Brewers fans are actually going to games at home against Chicago.
>> Anonymous
>>217898

I agree. Right now, Colts/Pats is the most intense rivalry in sports. It's not particularly historic or long lasting, but it's definately the biggest rivalrly in the NFL.

Also, just because Sox/Yankees is hyped up doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
>> Anonymous
>>218200
yeah, no one has heard of bucky dent or joe dimaggio until wikipedia
>> Anonymous
>>217899
Agreed. I don't think I'd ever stab anyone while unprovoked... unless they were wearing a Bruins jersey. Insta-murderous-rage.
>> Anonymous
Celtic vs Rangers and Boca Juniors vs River Plate are both really bad. Galatasaray vs Fenerbache seems bad but I don't know if it actually is.
>> Anonymous
you faggots don't know shit about rivalries
Boca Juniors vs River Plate
>> Anonymous
Everton / liverpool

One of the oldest around plus it's funny when the red shite auto assume they're best.

Also don't cry about my comment I can't reply because I don't speak norweigan, welsh, gaelic or asian.
>> Anonymous
My favorite right now has to be Gayders/Broncos. Because it's funny to see if Oakland will win more than 5 games a season. And then laughing at them as they only win about 3.
>> Anonymous
>>218226
>>218230
Argentinamind
>> Anonymous
>>218233

Nobody gives a fuck about nothing leagues in made up nations, Sure they're violent because they're fighting over food not the sport.

Please kill yourselves you 3rd world faggots.
>> Anonymous
Dinamo Zagreb and Hajduk Split.
>> Anonymous
>>217898
>How bout Colts/Pats? 2 best NFL quarterbacks

lol no. Peyton sucks balls.
>> Anonymous
>>218249
>lol no. Brady sucks balls.
>> ?
>>218226

Celtic/Rangers and Galatasaray/Fenerbache are probably only joint second behind Barca/Real in football.
>> Anonymous
You can't be the best rivalry if it's been irrelevant for 100 years (Yankees-Red Sox) or it hasn't been around for 10 years (Colts-Pats)
>> Anonymous
Ajax/Feynoord can get pretty ugly. Roma/Lazio also.
>> Anonymous
Oklahoma Texas football

Ohio State Michigan football

Auburn Alabama football

Duke North Carolina basketball
>> Anonymous
Dodgers/Giants *IS* a fucking rivalry. Fights, gunshots, stabbings, heckling, beer-throwing...its only a rivalry if there's a body count!

Dodgers/Angels is also a great rivalry...moreso because those Orange County faggots think they're so special that they should have 2 pro sports teams. However, no matter if you're in Dodger Stadium or Angel Stadium...Dodger Blue *ALWAYS* outnumbers Angel Red. On Dodger tickets, it will *ALWAYS* say "Anaheim Angels" and *NEVER* "Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"
>> Anonymous
Florida/Georgia football, my god how did we JUST get to this.

Duke/UNC is probably the best basketball one.
>> Anonymous
Red Sox / Yankees is a huge rivalry... in Boston and New York and the surrounding area.

When I was 11, I had beer purposely spilled on me by Yankees fans who then laughed about it. That was the day I got my first Yankees Suck shirt.

But I can understand why people in California hate hearing about it.
>> Anonymous
>>218445
Oh and Clemson/South Carolina is really big around here, though only to people here probably.
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
people are forgetting international soccer.
italy-germany
germany-england
england-argentina
croatia-serbia
brazil-world

beats any city vs city smalltalk
>> Anonymous
>>218465
also it's soccer so it's fucking boring.
>> Anonymous
nfc east rivalries.
>> Anonymous
>>218448
Overrated rivalry is overrated

-clemsonfag
>> Anonymous
LSU has no rivalries. They realize that Tulane is not a real rivalry. Ole Miss is fallen so far that they're now the unofficial Vanderbilt now. Auburn doesn't care about anybody but Alabama. Arkansas considers Texas their biggest rivalry. Alabama-LSU isn't considered a rivalry by anybody.
>> Anonymous
cubs/cards hands down
>> Anonymous
>>218204
twin cities are basically on the border too, and no one gives a shit about the rest of the state
>> Anonymous
>>218515

agreed
>> noko Anonymous
In Aussieland

in NRL:
State of Origin
NSW (blues) VS QLD (reds)
(supporters actually kill other teams supporters)
e.g. a guy wearing a blues jersey was beaten up and thrown infont of a taxi in QLD just for who he was supporting. although thats more about how QLD'ers are inbred redneck douchebags than anything.

also most AUS vs NZ games in any sport.
>> Anonymous
Which rivalry is more intense for the Mets?

Mets/Phillies
Mets/Braves
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
ITT Rivalries that don't exist
>> Anonymous
>>218697
Butterflies & Rhinos... also, Americans and Canadians, also Clorox and Mushrooms.
>> Anonymous
>>218678

Mets vs themselves
Mets vs their fans
>> Anonymous
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>>216034
This is the best one atm
>> Anonymous
Barça Vs Madrid. Pig heads will fly.
>> Anonymous
Rice vs. Texas
>> Anonymous
Philadelphia vs Santa
>> Anonymous
christ v. satan. utterly obv, but also srs rivalry, fags.
>> Anonymous
Americunts vs Eurofags is clearly the "best" rivalry in /sp/orts
>> Anonymous
>>218225
As a kid I once went to a Bruins game where the crowd beat up a Habs fan and set his shirt on fire.

I miss those days.
>> Anonymous
CB vs /sp/
>> Anonymous
>>218857
as the former BravesFag62, I say "fuck yeah, seaking"
>> Anonymous
France vs England at Rugby "the crunch".
>> Anonymous
>>219030
LE crunch, dumbass.
>> Anonymous
>>218854

those were the days man. fucking jeremy jacobs.