Best Rivalries in Sport

So what are they? I'm interested to see some soccer (fine, football) in here. Especially the EPL.

IMO, these are the best rivalries:

NFL:
Jets-Dolphins. As a Jets fan I just hate them. Followed closely by the Jets-Pats.

MLB:
Mets-Braves. Suck it, Braves.

NBA:
Knicks-NBADL. Challenge to see who is worse

NHL:
Isles-Rangers. Best rivalry in sports. It's like the Civil War. The proximity of these two teams makes it rough.

 

Bit of a local spin, eh Yodave?

 

Mets-Braves. Suck it, Braves.


yankees-red sox dwarfs this rivalry. the 2003-2004 ALCSs were like armageddon.

 

Everton Vs Liverpool

Man Utd Vs Man City/Liverpool/Leeds/Arsenal

Chelsea Vs Anyone who dislikes chairmen who play real life Football Manager

Arsenal Vs Spurs

 

Arsenal Vs Spurs


i didn't know tim duncan played football too.

 

Oh to most, yeah. Personally, I really don't care about it. But I acknowledge it's the best rivalry in baseball.


Bit of a local spin, eh Yodave?

Yep.

 

England fans Vs whoever is in charge of the England team

 

NFL: I'll give you that one. Brother is a Doplhins fan, and my father is a diehard Jets fan. nuff said.

MLB: Yankees-Red Sox. much bigger that Mets/Braves

NBAon't follow, don't know.

NHL: I'd say Devils-Rangers. Tickets for those games sky rocket both in the Meadowlands and in the Garden. Belive me, I know, I've tried for tickets and failed....

 

MLB: Yankees-Red Sox
NBA: a bunch of good ones, but I can't distinguish the best between Heat-Pistons and Spurs-Mavs.
NFL: basically the all the teams in the AFC West and NFC East and maybe Bears-Packers
NHL: tie - Rangers-Islanders & Canadiens-Maple Leafs (though Habs-Nordiques was even bigger)

 

HA!

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In between periods of an Isles-Rangers game, anyone dressed as Santa got to do a lap around the ice.

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Some Rangers knuckleheads reveal their true colors.

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And start an 8 minute brawl. Merry Christmas!

 

MLB: Red Sox-Yankees. It doesn't get bigger than that

NBA: Historically, it's the Laker-Celtics. Recently, I'm not sure. I'm an eastern conference fan, so we aren't good enough to have rivalries right now. I'm sure the west coast has some good ones.

NFL: Patriots-Colts seems like a rivarly to me- I know as a pats fan I love seeing the colts lose.

 

Australia vs. England (anything that the English Invented)

Australia vs. New Zealand (Same as above)

AFL - Carlton vs. Collingwood, Essendon vs. Collingwood, Adelaide vs. Port Adelaide and West Coast vs. Fremantle

 

Carolina/Dook dwarfs all, college or pro.

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Football: England vs. Argentina

 

I'm just going with the staples...

NFL
Redskins/Cowboys

MLB
Red Sox/Yankees

College Football
Ohio State/Michigan

College Basketball
Duke/UNC

 

shinjo_jedi nailed it.

Well, I don't follow the NFL enough to be sure about that one, but MLB is definitely Red Sox/Yankees, noone else even close, NCAA Football is Ohio State/Michigan, with an honorable mention going to Auburn/Alabama (among others), NCAA Basketball is Duke/UNC, period. End of conversation.

 

Celtic/Rangers

 

MLB: Yankees/Red Sox

Nothing gets more media coverage when it comes to this rivalry, and let me tell you, this rivalry always has something crazy happen.

NHL: Devils/Rangers

Nothing gets more exciting then a Devils/Rangers game. I've always wanted to go to one, but never tried since I figure the tickets would be near impossible to get. Those games are always get interesting whether it's a fight or whatever.

 

Devs/Rags is good, but it doesn't havee the passion or history that Isles/Rags does. Just ask a Rags fan who's they hate the most. They don't chant "Potvin Sucks" for no reason.

 

And when the Devils move further away to Newark, the rivalry will lose some of its geographic bite. Hell, I'd say the Devils biggest rival is actually Philly.

 

Right. Let me illustrate how intense the Isles-Rags rivalry is. Baron and I share alot of the same interests. I like the guy. But I'm going to get him mad with two words:


Viktor. Kozlov.

 

Bears/Packers, though I can't remember once in my lifetime(32)where both teams were good for an extended period of time. It would be nice to see that.

 

Trying to think of stuff not already listed...

College football: Miami-Florida St, Cal-Stanford, Florida-Georgia, Texas-Texas A&M, Oklahoma-Nebraska

Boxing: Ali-Frazier, Bowe-Holyfield, Leonard-Hearns, Leonard-Duran

Tennis: Navratilova-Everett, Borg-McEnroe, McEnroe-Llendl, Becker-Edberg, Sampras-Agassi, Graf-Seles, Williams-Williams

 

Couldn't put it better myself.