Can you name the 10 Greatest Rivalries of the Previous Century (according to ESPN.com)? by alphadog

Can you name the 10 Greatest Rivalries of the Previous Century (according to ESPN.com)?

created by alphadog

Enter a Rivalry in the box below
Correctly named Rivalries will show up below
Answers do not have to be guessed in order
Source: ESPN.com
a * refers to A PERSON (NOT A TEAM) from that league. Also remember, this is rivalries from 1900-2000.
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MLB
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9
NFL
NFL

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NCAA Football
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MLB
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PGA*
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NHL
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ESPN's 10 Greatest Rivalries 1900-2000 Quiz

by alphadog

Created Dec 13, 2009 in Sports
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	beerman:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 02:42 GMT	3 points
	2 of the schools did not accept the name that I typed. Also, please specify that #4 is looking for players and not teams.

	bwood1957:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 02:59 GMT	-2 points
	allow last names or city/state/location names.

	Stikey:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 03:01 GMT	3 points
	Yeah, you need to allow for "Alabama" and "Auburn".

	iamnotajew:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 03:05 GMT	2 points
	and michigan

	BlessYou2:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 03:24 GMT	0 points
	michigan doesnt work

	Doctor_Tom:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 04:26 GMT	0 points
	Good idea, but you obviously don't accept enough answers

	DResq:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 04:34 GMT	1 point
	it takes university of_

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	DMwahoo:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 05:03 GMT	0 points
	Yeah this is a good idea, but it didn't accept "michigan" "ohio state" "auburn" or "alabama." Make it so it takes more answers

	CitizenSnips:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 05:07 GMT	38 points
	Interesting that ESPN only considers Red Sox/Yankees to be the 7th best rivalry of the century and still feels compelled to broadcast every damned game they play.

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	alphadog:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 05:53 GMT	0 points
	I apologize for not having accepted "alabama" and "michigan", I thought I did. My bad. It's been corrected. However, for those of you who are upset I did not accept "New York" or "Dallas" or the like, that was intentional. I felt that people might randomly guess those because so many teams are from there. However, it seems the consensus is for them to be accepted, so from now on "New York" "Boston" "Los Angeles" "San Francisco" "Washington" "Dallas" "Montreal" and "Toronto" are accepted

	swellwrench:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 06:18 GMT	7 points
	I'd undo that - only one person wanted cities to be acceptable, and that was OR something else. I think you're right that it allows too much random guessing.

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	greatestever:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 06:25 GMT	3 points
	i think swellwrench is right...u cant accept all tha city names for tha pro teams, atleast make people kno tha team name. however for college teams if your going to accept "duke" as an answer, u have to accept "north carolina" not "university of north carolina" because it makes no sense to have to type it all out for just that one and none of tha others

	kennechiwa87:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 06:33 GMT	6 points
	It's nice that the state of Alabama gets some love. We really hate each other's school down here. War Eagle.

	poloplaya14:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 06:47 GMT	-2 points
	Steelers/Raiders? Get outta here. Bears/Packers is the only rivalry in the NFL worth mentioning.

	kbaker1819:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 07:25 GMT	3 points
	i like the quiz, dont know why so many people are complaining...less time maybe

	BeatNavy:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 11:00 GMT	0 points
	army vs navy is the greatest rivalry in sports hands down

	ef232623:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 13:42 GMT	-3 points
	Leafs should definitely be accepted for Maple Leafs. It is everywhere else on Sporcle.

	ArtVandaley:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 14:21 GMT	5 points
	Giants vs Dodgers over (fill in the blank)?????? I mean I know it was big back in the day, but if that is the case then use NY and Brooklyn. shakes head at ESPN

	BamaGuy:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 14:51 GMT	5 points
	i agree w/ kennechiwa87. nice to see the Iron Bowl on here. all of the others were pretty easy except for #4. i kept wanting it to be Bird and Magic. then i just starter guessing random NBA players and got Wilt but couldn't think of Russell. oh and btw robbie_keane, just shut up b/c golf is awesome and if it wasn't for Palmer vs. Nicklaus it probably wouldn't still be around.

	UselessKnowledge:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 15:29 GMT	2 points
	Good quiz, but needs to be a bit more clear where you are looking for individuals as opposed to teams.

	nomuny12:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 15:58 GMT	9 points
	Ahhhh, the Redskins Cowboys rivalry. I remember when it was very relevant. Back when Bush was president. The FIRST Bush, not ol Dubya. cries

	bsd987:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 16:36 GMT	5 points
	@Rave - Red Wings/Avalanche were a rivalry for about a decade; that's hardly enough to qualify for a century-long list.

	bsd987:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 16:39 GMT	0 points
	@ef232623 - It is accepted elsewhere not because it's supposed to be accepted but because if you check "accept last word" it is accepted by default. We've been moving away from that it's not too much work to type in all the correct answers b/c for instance on baseball quizzes, "Sox" gives you both Red Sox and White Sox.

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	stinkymcgee:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 16:54 GMT	8 points
	This is at ESPN, not at the author of the quiz, but how is Redskins/Cowboys bigger than Bears/Packers? Over the course of the entire decade Bears/Packers has been a much bigger rivalry, and for much longer. Like nomuny12 said, Redskins/Cowboys was relevant in the late 80's early 90's but Bears/Packers has been a rivalry since the early days of the NFL

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	Dylan1226:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 17:32 GMT	3 points
	The NBA one needs to specify that it's players, not teams.

	AceInTheHole:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 19:49 GMT	1 point
	No Lakers/Celtics? And Cowboys/Redskins is bigger than Packers/Vikings?

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	Haunter:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 20:32 GMT	3 points
	Dodgers-Giants should be higher, they've played each other more times than any two teams in professional sports history. I don't even know why Redskins-Cowboys is on this list; the Cowboys didn't even EXIST for over half the century. Army-Navy or Harvard-Yale football, anyone?

	JohnJF:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 20:45 GMT	1 point
	@thorpedo623: FSU/Miami is only relevant when both teams are good. Alabama and Auburn matters every year. Personally I still think by this logic Army/Navy is better, but both are better than FSU/Miami.

	Mucci3:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 21:11 GMT	-1 points
	go blue!

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	mdowning01:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 21:50 GMT	1 point
	how is the boston bruins/montreal canadiens rivalry not on this list. No two teams have come close to meeting as many times as they have in the playoffs. I love espn but this rivalry should have been on there. Also, no celtics lakers. wow

	Rhymno9318:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 22:18 GMT	-1 points
	shuld b eagles-cowboys. skins r lame

	mybeaglebelle:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 22:22 GMT	6 points
	No Celtics/Lakers?