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A sports rivalry is intense competition between athletic teams or athletes. This pressure of competition is felt by players, coaches, and management, but is perhaps felt strongest by the fans. The intensity of the rivalry varies from a friendly competition on one end to serious violence on the other that, in one case (the Football War), was suggested to have led to military conflict. Team owners typically encourage rivialries as they tend to improve game attendance and television ratings for rivalry matches, but a rivalry that gets out of control can lead to fighting, hooliganism, and rioting. Often the topic of sports rivalries is as heated and controversial as politics and religion.

Rivalries stem from various sources. Simple geographic proximity as well as frequent meetings in important games can lead to rivalries. Social and political tensions can also be played out by proxy in a sports rivalry, as when Glasgow's sectarian differences are expressed in the Celtic-Rangers derby (known as the Old Firm derby), or when the Spanish-Catalan political conflict spills over to a Real Madrid-FC Barcelona football match (also known as El Clasico). Rivalries of the friendlier sort are common between college athletic programs in the United States and often involve pranks that rival student bodies play on each other, such as stealing the other school's mascot or painting school colors somewhere on the opposing school's campus.

In some leagues rivalries are officially regarded as important games and the winner gets an unusual prize (i.e. grill, trophy, high-definition television,etc.)


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[edit] Famous sports rivalries

[edit] Original

Since before 1820

Since before 1880

Since 1902

Since 1950

[edit] Australian Rules Football Rivalries

[edit] Traditional Rivals

[edit] Local Derbies

[edit] More Recent Rivals

[edit] State Of Origin

[edit] Past Rivals

[edit] American Football

[edit] National Football League

Main article: Significant rivalries in the NFL

It is interesting to note that all three of their respective division rivals consider the Oakland Raiders and the Pittsburgh Steelers to be their main rival in the division.

[edit] College Football

Further information: list of NCAA college football rivalry games

[edit] Arena Football

[edit] Association football (soccer)

Further information: Major football rivalries

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Baseball

[edit] Major League Baseball

Further information: List of Major League Baseball rivalries

Inter-league:

[edit] Rest of the world

[edit] Basketball

[edit] National Basketball Association

Further information: Rivalries of the NBA

[edit] Rest of the World

[edit] International

[edit] Bodybuilding

[edit] College athletics

Further information: College rivalry

[edit] Curling

[edit] Club rivalries

[edit] Team rivalries

  • Randy Ferbey vs. Kevin Martin - Both these curlers have been considered the best in the world, and are from the same city (Edmonton)

[edit] Canadian football

[edit] Cricket

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Gaelic games

[edit] Gaelic football

[edit] Hurling

[edit] Shinty

[edit] Ice hockey

[edit] National Hockey League

Further information: National Hockey League rivalries

[edit] European leagues

See also: List of ice hockey leagues and City rivalry in Finland

[edit] Elitserien

[edit] International

[edit] Lacrosse

[edit] Netball

[edit] Rugby league

[edit] National Rugby League

[edit] State of Origin

[edit] European Super League

[edit] Rugby union

[edit] Test Matches

[edit] Super Rugby

[edit] Guinness Premiership

[edit] Top 14

[edit] Currie Cup

[edit] Air New Zealand Cup

[edit] Motorsport

[edit] Grand Prix racing

[edit] Formula 1

[edit] Hillclimbing

[edit] IndyCar

[edit] MotoGP

[edit] Motocycle endurance

[edit] NASCAR

[edit] Rallying

[edit] Sports car racing

[edit] Touring car racing

[edit] Trans Am series

[edit] World Superbikes

[edit] Tennis

[edit] Surfing

[edit] The Varsity Match

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ - Photo Gallery - Top 10 NFL Rivalries Of All Time
  2. ^ YouTube - I Remember When - The Drive (Browns vs. Broncos)
  3. ^ - Photo Gallery - Top 10 NFL Rivalries Of All Time
  4. ^ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0KFY/is_12_23/ai_n16034008/pg_3/?tag=content;col1
  5. ^ ESPN.com - ENDOFCENTURY - ESPN.com's 10 greatest rivalries
  6. ^ a b Surfings Greatest Rivalries,

[edit] External links

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