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Spring is a great time to be a sports fan, with NCAA March Madness, the start of baseball season, near the end of the basketball & hockey seasons, soccer season, etc. Watching the Cincinnati/Ohio State NCAA game & anticipating the upcoming Kentucky/Louisville match, I thought about rivalries between cities, particularly those of all the different Chicago sports teams. What other cities/teams have rivalries?

CHICAGO vs DETROIT

Bears ... Lions

White Sox ... Tigers

Bulls ... Pistons

Blackhawks ... Red Wings

CHICAGO vs ST LOUIS

Cubs ... Cardinals

Blackhawks ... Blues

CHICAGO vs GREEN BAY

Bears ... Packers

CHICAGO vs MILWAUKEE

Cubs ... Brewers

Bulls ... Bucs

Wolves ... Admirals

CHICAGO vs INDIANAPOLIS

Bulls ... Pacers

Bears ... Colts

CHICAGO vs CLEVELAND

White Sox ... Indians

Bulls ... Cavaliers

CHICAGO vs NEW YORK

Cubs ... Mets

White Sox ... Yankees

Bulls ... Knicks

CHICAGO vs LOS ANGELES

Cubs ... Dodgers

Bulls ... Lakers

Bulls ... Clippers

Blackhawks ... Kings

CHICAGO vs BOSTON/NEW ENGLAND

White Sox ... Red Sox

Bears ... Patriots

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"He believes the world went straight to hell when Brooklyn lost the Dodgers" __ Mike Reid & Ronnie Milsap __ 'Old Folks'

Boston Red Sox/NY Yankees is probably the biggest (and oldest!) rivalry in baseball.

Also Angels/Dodgers is a good crosstown rivalry around here. Still waiting for that Freeway Series Fall Classic.

...but alas, the Dodgers suck.

Not to mention,

Lakers/Clippers (the latter of which is surprisingly starting to get good now, SHOCK!)

Ducks/Kings

Rams/Raiders (back in the day)

SF 49-ers/GB Packers

Dallas Cowboys/Washington Redskins

I'm sure Patriots/Colts is shaping up into a good rivalry as of late.

Hmmm...motor sport is much more my area of interest, but I do have a bit of interest in stick-n-ball sports.

Rivalries that I know of in my recent cities of residence (Denver and Phoenix):

Football:

Denver Broncos vs Oakland Raiders

Denver Broncos vs Kansas City Chiefs

Denver Broncos vs AZ Cardinals

Baseball:

Colorado Rockies vs AZ Diamondbacks

Colorado Rockies vs San Diego Padres

Hockey:

Colorado Avalanche vs Detroit Redwings

AZ Coyotes vs ?

And for my colleges, the ones that come to mind:

Kent State Golden Flashes vs U of Akron Zips

U of Michigan Wolverines vs Ohio State Buckeyes

Edited March 28, 201213 yr by Cubical-aka-Moltar

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Guess I missed something growing up. I could care less about watching sports. Love to play them for a limited time, but could care less about watching or having tax dollars spent on palaces for these over paid jock's.

With that said, Give me a good old drag race any day, auto show, camping, skiing, out in the world playing with friends and family.

San Francisco/Los Angeles

Giants vs Dodgers. This rivalry dates back to when both teams were still in New York.

Stanford/Cal vs. USC/UCLA.

Atlanta/New York

Braves vs. Mets. Relatively new since both teams weren't division rivals until 1994.

Atlanta/Philadelphia

Braves vs. Phillies. The traditional division leader versus the new champ.

Falcons vs. Eagles. Takes on new meaning since QB Michael Vick is currently the starting QB of the latter team.

New York/Philadelphia

Mets vs. Phillies.

Giants vs. Eagles.

Knicks vs. 76ers.

Rangers vs. Flyers. (I'm not a hockey fan in the least, so I don't know how strong this is)

Boston/New York

Well... literally everyone versus everyone else...?

Baltimore/Pittsburgh

Ravens vs. Steelers. Always two of the most intense games each NFL season. Three if both make the playoffs.

Edited March 29, 201213 yr by Lamar