In sports, what do you believe...

[CaptHappyFace]

What do you believe is the biggest rivalry in any sport? As in between 2 teams?

Like the Devils and Rangers.

I just believe this because no matter where I go on any Hockey Fan page it's always making fun of eachother's team.

Explain why, I'm curious.

 

[M@v]

Steelers vs Browns. Pittsburgh hates Cleveland. Seriously.

 

[1048576]

Red vs. Blue

Tron

 

[smallwolf24]

Red vs. Blue

Tron

LOL too true

 

[1337marth]

University of Kentucky and Louisville is the most same state rivaled team I know.

 

[SharkAttack]

Where I'm from it's Ohio State/Michigan. I'm a Buckeye fan over a Wolverine fan. Was awsome to watch the Toledo Rockets (Alma Matar) beat the Wolverines. Ohio State should wallop on Michigan at the Shoe.

In the pros there are many permanent ones like as mentioned earlier Browns/Steelers. There's also:

Red Sox/Yankees
Red Wings/Avalance
Celtics/Lakers

Basketball's rivalries however tend to come and go like fads. In the 90's it was Pacers/Bulls when it came down to playoffs. Then it became the Pacers/Pistons back around 2003-2005. Now I'd say it's primarily Suns/Spurs and possibly Spurs/Lakers. Used to be Lakers/Kings to some degree around 2000-2002.

 

[1337marth]

Of course Pacers and Pistons after the court fight.

 

[M.K]

UNC vs. Duke vs. N.C. State.

No joke, it's freaking insane.

 

[1337marth]

Would about Duke and University of Kentucky, It is tense. but north Carolina and Duke is hardcore too.

 

[JLynn943]

I'm not a fan of either team, but Red Sox vs Yankees has to be the biggest. Both teams are very popular nation-wide, so the rivalry is everywhere, unlike college rivalries.

Plus, both teams are usually good, so games between them are not only important for the rivalry, but they matter for which one makes the playoffs.

Other big ones:
Bruins/Canadiens
Mets/Phillies
Lakers/Celtics
OSU/Michigan

and of course Lehigh vs Lafayette :D (ok, so maybe not, but it's the longest, most played rivalry in college football history)

 

[Wuss]

dallas and anything and washington anything. We hate them.

 

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[Sporkman]

Americans in failing to look outside the states SHOCKER!

The worst I can think of at the moment are football ones:

Boca Juniors and River Plate (Argentina)

Dinamo Zagreb and Hajduk Split (Croatia)
Considered the most violent rivalry, funny thing is, they used to be friends...

Barcelona and Espanyol

Barcelona and Real Madrid
El Clásico! Moving from one rival to another straight switch is pretty much a sin in football, Luis Figo went from Barcelona to Real Madrid. When going over to take a corner in one the derbies, someone threw a pigs head at him.

In the UK the big ones are

Manchester United and Liverpool
Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur
Rangers and Celtic

All of which get pretty heated, especially 1 & 3 but I don't think they match that of the ones I mentioned outside of the UK.

 

[Blooqkazoo]

Japanese baseball: Hanshin Tigers vs. Yomiuri Giants
The ****ing Giants won the ****ing league ahead like two games!!

Sweet! I'm a smash child now!

 

[Eor]

Yankees vs the world

 

[cheap_josh]

Redskins and Cowboys.
May not be all that big, I guess I notice it more since the Redskins are our local team.

 

[Discolicious]

Edmonton Oilers and Calgary flames

 

[Rici]

**** you Eor, I was going to say: World vs Germany.

And Sporkman, isn't there kind of a rivalry between Manchester United and Manchester City?

 

[Sporkman]

Yeah, but, well City ... just a wee diddy club. I kid, there's loads of rivalries, but United and Pool for example sing about each others disasters, and have even tried ameliorating some of the terms against them, i.e. Liverpool singing "2-0 to the murderers" and United singing "Where's your famous Munich song". EDIT: Some United fans go as far as to even do the wings (for those that don't know it refers to a plane crash).

 

[Galaxy]

Chargers and Raider is big here.

 

[Darkslash]

Vancouver Canucks with Calgary Flames,Minnesota Wild and Colorado Avalanche. When ever the Canucks meet one of these teams the whole Ice rink looks like its gonna melt.

 

[derek.haines]

Red Sox/Yankees is the biggest in all of sports, but most of the crosstown rivalries are pretty big as well.

 

[Blazey]

Australia vs. England in most sports, especially cricket and rugby. 2005 Ashes series and rugby world cup was a... tense time for Australian international sports fans.

In a more local sense, a massive rivalry in AFL is Collingwood vs. Carlton. IIRC, it goes back to the 30's.

 

[~rh]

Redskins and Cowboys.
May not be all that big, I guess I notice it more since the Redskins are our local team.

Yeah, same here. Even though I'm not a a Redskins fan, I will admit that they go hard.

 

[Peeze]

**** you Eor, I was going to say: World vs Germany.

That's in general not just sports.

 

[ZeroFox]

Red Sox vs Yankees
Rangers vs Devils
Avalanche vs Red Wings

 

[CaptHappyFace]

Yeah, same here. Even though I'm not a a Redskins fan, I will admit that they go hard.

But then again I've seen many teams hate the cowboys, in my school its the Giants vs Cowboys.

But the worst I've seen in football is Eagles vs everyone else lol

 

[DtJ Jungle]

Oklahoma vs Texas is a huge rivalry in the south that takes place during the state fair. its been around for over 100 years, which is **** long for college football

 

[notftomearth7]

Mizzou vs. KU

That tears up the Midwest every year.