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Top 10 Most Heated Rivalries in Sports


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publicly many supporters of these teams
would rather beat their enemy than win a
championship welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top 10 rivalries in sports
it’s the league’s longest-running
rivalry he did match up that involves
fans friends and families for this list
we’re looking at the best rivalries
between professional teams as such we
won’t be including college teams such as
North Carolina and Duke and basketball
or national clubs like India and
Pakistan in cricket he’s claiming it
and he’s gone
gone number 10 River Plate versus Boca
Juniors money money money money money
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a widow Oh every good rivalry needs a
name and it’s hard to beat the
superclásico which describes the
matches contested by these two Buenos
Aires Argentina rivals in an event
labeled one of the 50 sporting things
you must do before you die by the
observer the teams have played over two
hundred times with Boca holding a slight
advantage in the wins department the
rivalry gets even more heated off the
field however though both teams draw
fans from all walks of life
stereotypically Boca supporters come
from the working class while the
wealthier members of society typically
support River Plate this sometimes
results in violence for example in 1968
when a brawl got out of hand
and 71 fans were killed by a falling
gate we’ve got a fire hose on top of the
roof almost that’s a fans of getting hit
so like one can laugh at the other
number nine the Los Angeles Dodgers
versus the San Francisco Giants there is
rarely been a dull moment since the
Dodgers came to town in 1958 these teams
first met on the diamond in 1890 when
they were both based in New York City
and the hatred between them hasn’t
softened even after both franchises
relocated to the west coast these
California teams have squared off over
2400 times with the Giants holding a
slight advantage in the winds and
championships columns boosted by their
success in recent seasons based not only
on a rivalry between teams but also on
hostility between cities the conflict
has at times spilled off the field and
turned violent for example in 2011 a
giant supporter was assaulted by two
Dodgers fans in the Dodger Stadium
parking lot while in 2013 a Dodger fan
was stabbed to death not far from AT&T
Park after a Giants win number eight the
Dallas Cowboys versus the Washington
Redskins
motivated by a rivalry once ranked by
ESPN as the NFL’s best these two
franchises have combined to win eight
Super Bowls and they often have to go
through each other to get there as
they’ve played twice during the regular
season every year since 1961 stage the
rivalry began off the field with Cowboys
founder Clint Murchison jr. and Redskins
owner George Preston Marshall treating
insults and bad blood before Dallas was
even a team and although the Cowboys
hold a regular season advantage of 65 to
43 as of 2015 the Redskins are to an O
in the playoffs against their hated foe
with both teams struggling in recent
years the rivalry has simmered but it’s
still one of the best number seven New
South Wales versus Queensland and that
come in from all directions
now the key to finding their this
rivalry doesn’t have the international
publicity of some of the others on this
list but it’s been called Australian
sports greatest rivalry and has been
attracting bigger television audiences
in recent years called the State of
Origin it pits the Blues against the
Maroons in a best-of-three series held
once a year players are selected to each
team based on where they played their
first ever senior Rugby League game a
rough and often violent series even for
rugby league the series was
exceptionally even for the first 20
years or so but Queensland won nine of
ten contests between 2006 and 2015
number six Liverpool vs Manchester
United while Arsenal Tottenham is
another great English Premier League
rivalry we chose Liverpool and
Manchester United first competing in
1894 the clubs have since played each
other a couple of hundred times while
both teams glory days are behind them
Man U has won more contests between the
two also despite the fact that Liverpool
fans used to love boasting about having
the most league titles in history
Man U now holds that distinction – with
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this rivalry the hatred extends to fans
coaches and even players who publicly
declare their hatred for the other side
man News Wayne Rooney once stated that
he grew up hating Liverpool while
Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard claimed he’d
never keep a Manchester United’s shirt
in his house number 5 the Green Bay
Packers versus the Chicago Bears
programs here Jenna fells oldest rivalry
Rockies in their
programmed two dollars the first game
between these two rivals resulted in a
Bears player breaking the nose of a
Packers player with a sucker punch to
the face is there any wonder there’s
been a heated rivalry ever since given
the dominance of the Packers post 2008
in the Aaron Rodgers era it might be
surprising to learn that the Bears hold
the advantage in this series as of 2015
albeit barely in 2011 the teams played
each other in the NFC Championship Game
the first postseason meeting between the
teams since 1941 the Packers won that
game 21 to 14 and went on to win the
fifth Super Bowl in franchise history
that February it’s the Green Bay Packers
get the big time defensive stop and
there will be no seventh trophy in
Pittsburgh this year number four the
Boston Bruins versus the Montreal
Canadiens just back to Ellery scores 2-0
Montreal the Canadiens storied history
has resulted in rivalries with several
teams including the Toronto Maple Leafs
and the Quebec Nordiques away they go
where goaltender’s everybody’s on there
now
however nothing compares to their
conflict with fellow original Sixers the
Boston Bruins the clubs have faced off
more than any other two teams in NHL
history with the rivalry leaning in
favor of Montreal with the big bad
Bruins known for their size and strength
and the Habs praised for speed and skill
there is no love lost between these two
teams and that feeling has lasted
generations in 1955 a violent encounter
between Boston and Montreal health
sparks the politically motivated Rashard
riot that tore through the Canadian city
while one game during the 2010-2011
season ended with an astonishing 187
penalty minutes number three the Boston
Celtics versus the Los Angeles Lakers
this rivalry is less about hatred and
more about success they are two of the
most successful teams in NBA history
combining for 33 championships as of
2015 or nearly half of all NBA
championships everyone considered by
many to be the best rivalry in the NBA
they’ve met up an incredible 12 times in
the NBA Finals with the Celtics holding
a 93 advantage I hate it Larry no other
words really used and I dislike the
Celtics the rivalry reached its peak in
the 1980s
thanks to Boston’s Larry Bird and LA’s
Magic Johnson when the teams met in the
finals in three out of four seasons
number two
the New York Yankees versus the Boston
Red Sox
this rivalry dates back to 1919 when the
Red Sox owner sold the iconic Babe Ruth
to the Yankees kicking off the curse of
the Bambino and a decades-long
championship drought for Boston oh my
goodness
Don Zimmer and Pedro Martinez the
animosity really escalated in the early
2000s however with multiple on-field
fights and confrontations
although these teams first faced each
other in 1901 they’ve only met in the
ALCS three times as of 2015 in 1999 2003
and 2004 in 2003 the Yankees stunned the
Red Sox in game 7 Boston would get its
revenge the following year however
becoming the first team in baseball
history to rally from a three no deficit
to win culminating in their first World
Series title in 86 years the Boston Red
Sox are world champions
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions look
out he’s pulled his hair I’m just going
to get something just pull this out
he’s going to get clubbed by Grant after
the block here comes grant this a buck
now watch the bang boom we got hit in
the head then he hits the court very
quickly number one real madrid vs FC
barcelona as they’re two of the most
popular and valuable teams around this
is as intense a rivalry as you’ll ever
see in fact every game contested between
these football clubs is called el
clásico or the classic and for good
reason and while el clásico has been
overshadowed in recent years by the
competition between individual players
like Ronaldo and Lionel Messi the
tension remains motivated by politics as
much as it is by the thrill of the game
these teams represent the two largest
cities in Spain and historically two
different sides of the political field
infractions on the pitch and verbal
jousting off have made this one of the
more compelling rivalries in any sport
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concepto fudo listicles those concept
Jose de Kloet the football yeshuati
Miranda Correa do you agree with our
list this would finally be the year
they’d beat Boston what do you think is
the best rivalry in sports for more
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