Best Rivalry in Sports

There’s nothing on the line when these two teams play. It’s become routine. No bad blood

Vikings/Superbowls

Homer pick here, but Steelers/Ravens. They have both been competitive for the better part of the past 2 decades and each game is a slugfest, no matter which team is doing better than the other. The win margins average like 2.5 points and the series is like 33-25-0 all time in favor of Pittsburgh. You get the occasional blowout every 3 seasons or so, but that just adds fuel to the fire.

Bigger for the Browns, but the Steelers have and always will be the Browns' daddy. Big Ben was 26-2-1 against the Browns. Outcome during his tenure was pretty much set in stone whenever he played.

Too much mutual respect and not enough hate. I think it's gotta be a longtime divisional rivalry in the NFL. Maybe Dallas-Philly?

ATL-NO used to be pretty nasty, too. But the rest of the country never cared, and it's softened a lot since Katrina. But several local Atlanta sports radio hosts got fired when they made fun of a Saints great when he died. They just moved to the rival station, and one of them came back to the original station in a less desirable time slot. Not a good rivalry story - just a story about going way too far.

Completely agree. There's some college football games in conferences that I'd otherwise have no interest in that I make sure to watch.

I was on a plane with him, late 90's/early 2000's. He drew a small crowd in my hometown airport.

But if you're going to go there, isn't the correct answer Sgt. Slaughter vs. Serpentor?

Lol. I don't remember that.