Bar none...

Army vs. Navy

Go see the game, you'll see why.

MIIIIIIIIIIIIIChigan vs. Ohio State Football!!!!

There are thousands of best rivalries that most people never hear about. The local high school vs the next school down the road. There is a dynamic in defending the honor of your home town against the barbarian horde from the next town that can never be duplicated in pro sports where for enough cash your star will probably join the barbarian horde.

Texas A&M Aggies vs. t.u. Longhorns

I second Michigan-Ohio State even though I'm on the wrong side of it :)

Actually it's
University of Texas vs. Texas A&M

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Yes I know I am old!

I think the oldest rivalry in the NFL is the Bears vs Packers... Still a very heated rivalry! I am from IL and went to school in Green Bay, every Sunday in fall was a battle whether or not the the Bears and Packers where playing each other. And it just happened that the son of the Packers GM went there and two grandsons of the Bears owners went there. All very nice people, but never get into a football conversation with them when their teams lose!

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Yankees- Red Sox isn't a great rivalry because the Red Sox are also rans compared with the Yankees. You need to have two teams that are comparable to be a great rivalry. That's why Michigan-OSU counts, but Michigan - Michigan State does not.

how bout Texas vs OU

I went to a Big 12 School and Big 12 football is pretty good but I'm not sure it compares to Michgan-Ohio...........but then again Colorado Football is hurting right now...... The Miracle in Michigan was Pretty Sweet though!!!! (I'm a Buff..) Kordell to Westbrook off of Andersons tip........ahhhh so sweet.......

Michigan State - Michigan doesn't count in Basketball either. Michigan has no program.

No, we had purchased a really nice basketball program; the NCAA just found out about it so we had to sell everything off and start over. It might be a rivalry again soon.

great rivalries are all around us. They ALL wax and wane. There are times when one or both of the teams will go through the inevitable down cycle. However, when they are both up, it's great. BoSox and Yanks IS a great rivalry. You have to look at these rivalries when both teams are up, so I'll vote for Detroit Red Wings v. Colorado Avalanche from 1996 till 2002. It's softened lately even though both teams are still great, but games like "bloodbath I and bloodbath II" were epic.

Rivalries also are unique to the players and fans involved. I recognize the Bosox and Yanks are heated rivals, but I could really care less who wins. therefore, I'd never vote for it as "The" rivalry.

How about Australia and New Zealand in Rugby Union? Huge rivalry with Nationalistic feelings.

Texas vs OU isn't a rivalry. It could be but OU beats the piss out of Texas every year so it isn't much of a game, neverless a rivalry.

Boomer Sooner

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UM v. OSU is awsome, however...

My personal favorite rivalry is Michgan v. Michigan State in Hockey. No love lost between either the fans or the players.

Any rivavalry that features a game that fills a FOOTBALL stadium to capacity (Cold War) is tops in my book.

Call me partisan. =)
Go Blue!!!

That is funny! Unfortunately for you guys (if you are a Wolverines fan) those teams (fab 5 etc) won absolutely NOTHING. Not even a Big Ten championship. Oh, I think there was a NIT championship but that doesn't count for much. I do think Amaker is a great guy and coach,,, awesome pick up for the Wolvies.

Chris Webber continues his choking ways in the NBA.

Eagles vs. NFC East.

Flyers vs. Rangers / Islanders (he was offside then, he's offside now!!!) / Devils (Stevens ends Lindros's career ... wait, that was a good thing)

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mcenroe - borg
mcenroe - connors
evert - navratilova
allen - scott
poulidor - anquetil
poulidor - merckx
gebre - tergat
plenty...

my favorite:

tonya harding - nancy kerrigan :-)

That was a good day... <Go Buffs>

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How about Duke-UNC in college hoops?

Navritalova-Everett in Tennis

Magic's Lakers - Bird's Celtics

Ali- Frazier



Props to all of you guys for all around sports knowledge. Too often when I talk to cyclists or triathletes about sports, they only know about the small world which is their sport. I have actually heard a respected multisport journalist say that the biggest rivalry in "all of sports" was Mark Allen-Dave Scott? Come on guy, get your head out of the sand, there is a whole world out there passing you by!

Temple/Rutgers in football???

OK - I'll go back to work.

Do they play touch or tackle?

I miss the days when we went up against the communists in sports.