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10 Great Sports Rivalries
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  • Green Bay Packers versus Chicago Bears
  • Los Angeles Lakers versus Boston Celtics
  • Joe Frazier versus Muhammad Ali
  • Boston Red Sox versus New York Yankees
  • Ohio State versus Michigan
  • Duke versus North Carolina
  • Chris Evert versus Martina Navratilova
  • Arnold Palmer versus Jack Nicklaus
  • Canada versus Russia
  • New Zealand All Blacks versus South Africa Springboks
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10 Great Sports Rivalries: References & Edit History

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    Jeff Wallenfeldt was manager of Geography and History at Encyclopaedia Britannica.      
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