True Hate:



/burn in hell, Flyers!

That list made a Cracked list look downright enlightened.

Was that supposed to be funny?

No Broncos vs Raiders? That rivalry is based on the fickle fanbase of the Broncos criticizing the supposed "evil" Raiders and their fans and the Raiders criticizing the "whiny and sports stupid" Broncos fans.

Either way, the AFC West is a weak division outside of the Chargers, who the Broncos and their fans consider "evil"

Sox/Yankees does not belong on that list... It's far too over-hyped, but there's a lot of bad blood and history there, and the teams are at least very competitive every year

San Dimas high school football rules.

"I'm going to take 7 of the 10 most popular rivalries in sports and smash them. Then take a couple more and make jokes."

"Killer, dude. The internet snobs will love it."

"Dwight Freeney, you just had three sacks in the team's second Super Bowl win this decade as your front seven completely shut down Adrian Peterson. I think all the folks at home want to know, is how do you think your performance will affect Peyton Manning's legacy or his chances for more endorsement deals?"

Way to post an old article that sucks, subby.

How 'bout Spike.com Writers vs. Talent?

Seriously, Red Sox/Yankees isn't a real rivalry? If you're going to use the "Nobody Outside [City A] And [City B] Cares" argument, then every sports rivalry is lame, and that doesn't really apply here, since both teams have a decent amount of fans outside their respective cities.

And as for the huge payrolls, wouldn't that be at least partially a product of said rivalry?

New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Socks

Contrary to what ESPN and every Yankee fan that pleasures himself to topless photos of Jorge Posada thinks, the world doesn't revolve around the Boston-New York rivalry (only free agency does). Whenever these two teams play, their fans expect the world to completely shut down and take notice every time Alex Rodriguez stops to explain why his steroid use isn't technically cheating. (Apparently if you close your eyes while someone sticks a needle in your ass it doesn't count.)

The Yankees-Red Sox rivalry is a lot like watching two rich kids playing polo during recess in elementary school. It's shocking how utterly ridiculous they look riding around on their high horse, but no matter how much everybody else hates them, none of the regular students can do anything because they can't afford to play in the same league.

Spot on hilarious observation.

haemaker: Good list. I always found the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry fake and commercial.

For real hate, you need this:



Example:


You are wrong, my friend. There have been at least two recent murders of Sox fans by yank fans due to their team allegiance.

The first one was after the 2004 ALCS. I don't have a link, but there was a case where a male was arguing with another male inside a car traveling on a MA highway, and the Sox fan male was shot, then dumped on the highway by the yankee fan male.

the next case is the woman who ran over the Sox fans. http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=4790887&page=1

Sox vs yanks is, as it has always been, very real, regardless of the media leeches.

555-FILK: New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Socks

Contrary to what ESPN and every Yankee fan that pleasures himself to topless photos of Jorge Posada thinks, the world doesn't revolve around the Boston-New York rivalry (only free agency does). Whenever these two teams play, their fans expect the world to completely shut down and take notice every time Alex Rodriguez stops to explain why his steroid use isn't technically cheating. (Apparently if you close your eyes while someone sticks a needle in your ass it doesn't count.)

The Yankees-Red Sox rivalry is a lot like watching two rich kids playing polo during recess in elementary school. It's shocking how utterly ridiculous they look riding around on their high horse, but no matter how much everybody else hates them, none of the regular students can do anything because they can't afford to play in the same league.

Spot on hilarious observation.

A cap is definitely needed, but how can you fault a team who has the Yankees as division partners for spending 2/3 what the yanks spend? Also, 90% of the fans are earning less than 50k, so attributing their favorite team's spending to them is rather ridiculous. But, please, don't let logic get in the way of your media frontrunner hate.

FTFA: 9. Isiah Thomas vs. Anything He's Touched Since Retiring

Maybe it's late and my brain just ain't workin' right. Maybe it's due to the fact that I'm multi-tasking between reading the article, typing a response and watching Craig Ferguson. But I have to ask one teensy-weensy question...

HOW IS THIS A RIVALRY!??!

Who in the wild wild world of sports, outside of the author of this article and maybe Bill Simmons, who has trashed Isiah on multiple occasions, only to make peace with him recently at a topless pool in Vegas (from his "Book of Basketball") thinks to him/herself, "You know, that Isiah/Everything He Touches rivalry...man, it's so overhyped. I'm so sick of hearing about that." NO ONE! Mainly because IT'S NOT A RIVALRY!!!

When you can't come up with ten legit rivalries to crap on, just for the sake of your stupid web column, maybe it's time to rethink whether it needs written.

/$0.02

Are you farking kidding me? That list sucked balls. Really, really sucked balls.

I don't even want to get into all of them. Favre VS the Packers is huge because it's a division rival and a guy who was basically the greatest player in their teams history. The Yankees and Redsocks have generations of hate. And on and on with that dumb farking list.

Between that and the Oregon Trail video from a few weeks ago, I feel compelled to ask for an "out the submitter" button.

Last I checked Isiah is coaching at FIU not FAU, both bad sports-wise but different schools nonetheless

The Yankees vs. Red Sox rivalry is the greatest in all of sports, and if you can't appreciate it, you simply must hate baseball.

Author is an idiot.

Da Bears vs. every one else.
just give up already.

555-FILK: Spot on hilarious observation.

And kind of stolen from Buzz Bissinger in 3 Nights In August. "The rivalry between the Cubs and the Cardinals is probably the oldest and perhaps the best in baseball, no matter how much the Red Sox and Yankees spit and spite at each other. That's a tabloid-fueled soap opera about money and ego and sound bites. That's a pair of bratty high-priced supermodels trying to trip each other in their stilettos on the runway."

The Cubs vs. God, because surely the team has pissed him off royally.

Doink_Boink: haemaker: Good list. I always found the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry fake and commercial.

For real hate, you need this:



Example:


You are wrong, my friend. There have been at least two recent murders of Sox fans by yank fans due to their team allegiance.

The first one was after the 2004 ALCS. I don't have a link, but there was a case where a male was arguing with another male inside a car traveling on a MA highway, and the Sox fan male was shot, then dumped on the highway by the yankee fan male.

the next case is the woman who ran over the Sox fans. http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=4790887&page=1

Sox vs yanks is, as it has always been, very real, regardless of the media leeches.

Oh, shut up. They were just helping to mitigate traffic.

TFA: 3. Calgary Flames vs. Edmonton Oilers

Spot on.

Listen, I'm not a rabid, retarded Canucks fan. I don't call Calgary the Lames, I'm not boycotting Hockey Night in Canada and I'm open to talking about the relative merits of any team including the Leafs (none), the Oilers (none) or the Sens (holy shiat, they're looking good right now, but they have no chance in the playoffs).

But, you know what? fark the other Canadian NHL teams. I don't want to see any of them hoist the Cup.

I can't believe they didn't list K State vs KU. Any rivalry which involves throwing live chickens on the court/field is deserving of #1.

Doink_Boink: haemaker: Good list. I always found the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry fake and commercial.

For real hate, you need this:



Example:


You are wrong, my friend. There have been at least two recent murders of Sox fans by yank fans due to their team allegiance.

The first one was after the 2004 ALCS. I don't have a link, but there was a case where a male was arguing with another male inside a car traveling on a MA highway, and the Sox fan male was shot, then dumped on the highway by the yankee fan male.

the next case is the woman who ran over the Sox fans. http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=4790887&page=1

Sox vs yanks is, as it has always been, very real, regardless of the media leeches.

Yo Sox and Yankees, I'm real happy for you and Imma let you finish, but Rangers and Celtic have the best rivalry of all time!

Writer proves his stupidity with this:

2. BCS vs. A College Football Playoff

College basketball needs to eliminate March Madness and simply have a few sportswriters pick the two best teams at the end of the regular season to square off for the national title. Then everyone else can play in bowl games (with no championship implications) in order to raise money for women's softball, conference lawn bowling, and other Title IX related sports that frat boys make pledges to attend as a form of hazing.

You can tell this is someone who really doesnt pay attention to the NCAA BB tournament, they all favor the powerhouses, regionals are near their home arenas, and the past few have almost nobody lower than a 4 seed make it to the final four. There is an 8 thrown in there somewhere, forget which team it was though.

March Madness isnt fair to the small teams either but people think it is so they continue to scream.

Oh and stupid list.

I'll say this about the Favre/Packers business...

Watching Favre play in a purple uniform is kind of like seeing that one great boyfriend/girlfriend/spouse/one that got away, who left you for someone else. You're hurt, and angry, and bitter, but eventually you realize that they're with the person they want to be with... so you might as well be happy for them. They're not coming back, and you'll be stronger without them in the long run.

Of course, if they move into your neighborhood, you should absolutely T.P. their lawn.

When are people going to finally understand that giving every team a shot to win the national title is just plain ridiculous? Take that "everybody is equal" crap back to Russia, comrade! Nobody wants to see the eight best teams in America square off in a three-week tournament to decide a champion. Just look at other failed systems like the NCAA basketball tournament or the College World series. The way they give underdogs a shot to succeed, create weeks of excitement, and leave no room for controversy is downright un-American.

College basketball needs to eliminate March Madness and simply have a few sportswriters pick the two best teams at the end of the regular season to square off for the national title. Then everyone else can play in bowl games (with no championship implications) in order to raise money for women's softball, conference lawn bowling, and other Title IX related sports that frat boys make pledges to attend as a form of hazing.

"Congratulations Duke! You're the third ranked team in the entire country and now get to play UCLA in the Monistat 7 Bowl two days before Kansas and Kentucky square off for the national title."

Quite frankly, it baffles me how no other sport has adopted the BCS system.

Maybe this is Poe's Law in action, but I can't if this is supposed to be serious or clever satire.

/oh wait, it's Spike

^can't tell

/dammit all

/Has a few words on the topic...

I'm going to skip the article and guess that the list included Yankees/Sox and a bunch of the other most well-known rivalries and then snarkily claimed them all to be bogus.

steamingpile: You can tell this is someone who really doesnt pay attention to the NCAA BB tournament, they all favor the powerhouses, regionals are near their home arenas, and the past few have almost nobody lower than a 4 seed make it to the final four. There is an 8 thrown in there somewhere, forget which team it was though.

March Madness isnt fair to the small teams either but people think it is so they continue to scream.

It's fair in that if you win enough you keep playing, that alone puts it light years ahead of the BCS.

Magics5RIP: True Hate:




/burn in hell, Flyers!

THIS.

66dvlbrd68: /burn in hell, Flyers!

THIS.

no doubt, but at least Flyers fans (a) have two franchise Stanley Cups to brag about, however long ago they might have been, and (b) don't think scoring lots of goals and a long January winning streak mean they are the 1980s Oilers

Sorry guys, the "best player in hockey" scores this goal

steamingpile: You can tell this is someone who really doesnt pay attention to the NCAA BB tournament, they all favor the powerhouses, regionals are near their home arenas, and the past few have almost nobody lower than a 4 seed make it to the final four. There is an 8 thrown in there somewhere, forget which team it was though.

March Madness isnt fair to the small teams either but people think it is so they continue to scream.

Oh and stupid list.

Wait...you mean teams that do better in the regular season get favorable match ups and are rewarded with more preferred locations?Why thats crazy...some may even say MADNESS....and you say these teams with better regular season records and favorable match ups tend to do better overall in the tournament than the lesser ranked teams with tougher match ups? Well this is simply beyond my comprehension.

I only saw 2 listed there and my alma mater beat Notre Dame - once upon a time, way before I was born so I'm really getting a kick - oh who the fark am I kidding, I could really give a shiat.

jimbodahobo: steamingpile: You can tell this is someone who really doesnt pay attention to the NCAA BB tournament, they all favor the powerhouses, regionals are near their home arenas, and the past few have almost nobody lower than a 4 seed make it to the final four. There is an 8 thrown in there somewhere, forget which team it was though.

March Madness isnt fair to the small teams either but people think it is so they continue to scream.

Oh and stupid list.

Wait...you mean teams that do better in the regular season get favorable match ups and are rewarded with more preferred locations?Why thats crazy...some may even say MADNESS....and you say these teams with better regular season records and favorable match ups tend to do better overall in the tournament than the lesser ranked teams with tougher match ups? Well this is simply beyond my comprehension.

It almost reminds me of how a "playoff" system works! shiatpile is right, the BCS is so much better and more fair than this so-called "March Madness". I mean, giving multiple teams a shot at going to the finals by actually beating the other teams is so un-fair to the these teams. It's much more fair to never allow them to play in the Championship game, even if they're undefeated!

Apparently if you close your eyes while someone sticks a needle anything in your ass it doesn't count.

FTFAROD

The lamest rivalries are Crosby/Ovechkin and Georges St-Pierre/BJ Penn.

"Things you enjoy are lame. Also, you would not believe how hard I work to look like this big of a douche."

Abracapocalypse: I can't believe they didn't list K State vs KU. Any rivalry which involves throwing live chickens on the court/field is deserving of #1.

That's because only K-state thinks it is a rivalry. Jayhawks are much more concerned with beating the retards in yellow and black from one state east.

Dwight256: "Things you enjoy are lame, unless it's cosmopolitans, interior decorating, pedicures, and Barbra Streisand concerts. Also, you would not believe how hard I work to look like this big of a douche."

Fixed for more accuracy.

haemaker: Good list. I always found the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry fake and commercial.


As a witness to both rivalries, Dodgers/Giants doesnt come close to comparing to Yankees-Red Sox.

Yanks/Sox seems commercial when talking about 2 bandwagoners in middle america debating which east coast team they like better, but IN NY and Boston, the rivalry is as intense as any I've ever seen. 2 Knowledgable die hard fanbases with legitimate HISTORICAL hatred for one another, both located in BASEBALL towns.

Sorry but the dodgers and giants rivalry will never be as intense in California as it was in NY.

/Maybe if LA fans actually cared enough to show up on time, stay till the end, etc.
//The giants win the pennant, the giants win the pennant

Arkansas vs Texas. although Hogs consider it a rivalry i'm sure horns have Sooners and others that really mean something.
note: both teams have to consider it a rivalry