OMMF Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 Who is your city's biggest sports rival? Here in Seattle, the answer is almost always Portland. Sonics-Blazers of the 80's, Sounders/Storm-Timbers of the 70's and 80's, Breakers/T-Birds-Winterhawks of every decade and even the Reign and Fire of the short lived ABL. If you wanted to stretch it, Washington and Oregon (the universities) are fierce rivals too.Given the lack of proximity to other teams in leagues they share, it's only natural that these NW towns hate each other. If Portland ever gets an NFL or MLB team or *gasp* we both get NHL teams, that would be quite a civic war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac the Knife Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 Raleigh v. CharlotteThey have the population.We have the state capital.They have the football team.We have the hockey team.They have the NASCAR rednecks.We, well, don't. And that's a good thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleujayone Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 Boston Vs. New York...and not just for baseball but I suppose that's where it started. Basically anything that has to do with New York, Bostonians express everything from obvious dislike to outright hatred. The Yankees come into town, its a prelude to war, any time the Mets are mentioned and you can feel the collective blood pressures in the room rise, The Jets come into Foxborough, and Pats fans get just a little more rowdy. Boston has a longer hockey history with Montreal than New York, but even then I have seen Rangers fans get heckled far worse than the Habs fans- unless its the playoffs. I went to Celtics-Knicks game earlier this year, and even though the Knicks were having a poor year, they were still getting mercilessly jeered- partially because they're from New York and that earns them abuse regardless I suppose.Another funny thing, a few years back the Arena Football League held a regular season exhibition in Boston at the Fleet Center between the Florida Bobcats and the New York CityHawks. I'm guessing the league officials thought the Boston fans would root for New York because of its geographical location being far closer to Boston- instead it was reported the CityHawks never felt so far from home. They were constantly being booed, they got the traditional "NewYawkSux!" chant, and Florida got an extra long standing ovation at both halftime and at the game's end. So while I cannot speak for New York fans as a whole, it would seem Boston fans root against New York teams even when they have nothing at stake. We all have our little faults. Mine's in California. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAD! Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 In Toronto, there is Montreal in hockey and Hamiton for football. I don't think there isn't much of a rivalry in baseball and basketball. I saw, I came, I left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilbert Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 MLB-NL-Reds vs anyone in the Central reallyMLB-Interleague-Reds vs IndiansNFL- Bengals vs BrownsNCAA Football- UC Bearcats vs Miami(OH) RedhawksNCAA Basketball- UC Bearcats vs Xavier MusketeersMyHigh School-Glen Este Trojans vs Amelia Barons(I include this for my sake- our schools are in the same school district and are only about 5 minutes from each other.)Hockey(hopefully the AHL will be back in Cincy for 2005-06, if not here were the Ducks rivals)Chicago Grand RapidsClevelandHershey(in the early years of the Ducks)MilwaukeeRochesterKentucky(in the early years)Louisville(in the early years) Signature intentionally left blank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsox Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 MLB-Sox-YanksNHL-Bruins-CanadiensNBA-Celtics-Lakers/Nets/Pacers/SixersNFL-Pats-Jets/Bills/Dolphins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
officeglenn Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 Used to live in Calgary, and nothing got the blood boiliing like the Battle of Alberta ? be it the Stampeders and the Eskimos, the Flames and the Oilers, or the U of C Dinos and the U of A Golden Bears. Nowadays in Fernie, we only have the Ghostriders and they've only been in the KIJHL for a year, but our biggest rival has to be the Kimberley Dynamiters. The regular season games were intense ? with our Australian friends shouting profanities at the Nitros' bench and chanting "Kimberley's a girl's name" ? but the first round of the playoffs was even better. The two teams really slugged it out over six games before Kimberley prevailed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAD! Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 The regular season games were intense — with our Australian friends shouting profanities at the Nitros' bench and chanting "Kimberley's a girl's name" — but the first round of the playoffs was even better. The two teams really slugged it out over six games before Kimberley prevailed. I wonder how many of those Aussies are from the State of Victoria I saw, I came, I left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheateater Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 The regular season games were intense ? with our Australian friends shouting profanities at the Nitros' bench and chanting "Kimberley's a girl's name" ? but the first round of the playoffs was even better. The two teams really slugged it out over six games before Kimberley prevailed. I wonder how many of those Aussies are from the State of Victoria Vic-TOR-ia's a GIRL'S n-- oh, um, nevermind.... Wagner Athletic Group11-2 Saskatoon Steeds (WAFL)-NFL-2014 Western Conference Champions / 8-5 Calgary Pronghorns (TNFF)-CFL-2014 Confederation Cup XI Champions14-6-2 Saskatoon Yellowheads (XHL)-NHL-1st, Gretzky Conference / 5-4-0 Saskatoon Czars (MLH)-AHL-T2nd, Calder Conference7-1-6 VfL Dortmund (Weltliga)-Bundesliga-3rd, League / 5-1-5 West End AFC (WFL)-EPL-T5th, League14-7 Saskatoon Sheiks (AA)-MLB-2014 Founder's Cup Champions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBGKon Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 Tampa's rivals:MLB - Marlins (Miami)NFL - Packers (GB), NFC South (CAR, ATL, NO), Eagles (PHI)NHL - Flyers (PHI)Arena Football - Predators (ORL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 Philadelphia vs. the World.F everyone. "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 Toronto without a doubt!We here in Ottawa have one major league team and the hatred between our Sens fans and the centre of the universe's Leafs fans is quite intense! I love it! "Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsfan39 Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 anything baltimore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAD! Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 Philadelphia vs. the World.F everyone. The world's response: F*** Philly! I saw, I came, I left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowBoutThemFins Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 Tampa's rivals:MLB - Marlins (Miami) That's only a ''rivalry'' because the MLB forces them to play every year. We don't look at the Rays as a rival down here. They're crap. Miami:MLB: Atlanta, PhiladelphiaNBA: New York, Los Angeles (only because of the Shaq trade)NFL: New York, Buffalo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBGKon Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 Tampa's rivals:MLB - Marlins (Miami) That's only a ''rivalry'' because the MLB forces them to play every year. We don't look at the Rays as a rival down here. They're crap. Miami:MLB: Atlanta, PhiladelphiaNBA: New York, Los Angeles (only because of the Shaq trade)NFL: New York, Buffalo the only reason I said the Marlins was so that the Rays had a rival, I cant think of anyone else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilbert Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 Philadelphia vs. the World.F everyone. The world's response: F*** Philly! Now thats as close as it can get to being Brotherly love! Signature intentionally left blank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starchild Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 Boston, New Jersey, Los Angeles, Miami, blah blah blahWe're NYers. We hold the exclusive right to hate just about everyone else for any number of reasons. Or none at all."The true New Yorker secretly believes that anyone living anywhere else has got to be, in some sense, kidding." -John Updike "The true New Yorker secretly believes that anyone living anywhere else has got to be, in some sense, kidding." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winters in buffalo Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 Philadelphia vs. the World.F everyone. The world's response: F*** Philly! Now thats as close as it can get to being Brotherly love! You have to feel sorry for a city whose nickname means gay incest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAD! Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 Philadelphia vs. the World.F everyone. The world's response: F*** Philly! Now thats as close as it can get to being Brotherly love! You have to feel sorry for a city whose nickname means gay incest. ..... *thinks for a second* .... nah I saw, I came, I left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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