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1	To Hate Like This Is to Be Happy Forever: A Thoroughly Obsessive, Intermittently Uplifting, and Occasionally Unbiased Account of the Duke-North Carolina Basketball Rivalry more books like this by Will Blythe add to wishlist The basketball rivalry between Duke and North Carolina is the fiercest and longest-running blood feud in college athletics, and perhaps in all of sports. To legions of otherwise, reasonable adults, it is a conflict that surpasses athletics; it is rich against poor, locals against outsiders, even good against evil. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.25! \| first editions \| SVS
2	War as They Knew It: Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler and America in a Time of Unrest more books like this by Michael Rosenberg add to wishlist Ohio state football coach Woody Hayes had such pronounced hatred for his rival, Michigan, he refused to buy gas in the state. In Ohio, this made him a hero but in 1969, when his protege Bo Schembechler took over Michigan's coaching job, Hayes' hatred would fuel the most bitter and legendary rivalry in sports. It lasted 10 years and led to the ... see all copies from $2.96! new only from $8.47! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Rivalry: Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, and the Golden Age of Basketball more books like this by John Taylor add to wishlist Journalist John Taylor offers a masterly and brilliantly written account of basketball's golden age, as viewed through its greatest rivalry: the one between Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.46! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Cinderella Man: James Braddock, Max Baer, and the Greatest Upset in Boxing History more books like this by Jeremy Schaap add to wishlist Against the gritty backdrop of the Depression, "Cinderella Man" brings the dramatic all-American story of boxer James Braddock to life, evoking a time when the sport of boxing resonated with a country trying desperately to get back on its feet. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Greatest Fight of Our Generation: Louis Vs. Schmeling more books like this by Lewis A Erenberg add to wishlist Held on June 22, 1938, in Yankee Stadium, the second Louis-Schmeling fight sparked excitement around the globe. For all its length--the fight lasted but two minutes--it remains one of the most memorable events in boxing history and, indeed, one of the most significant sporting events ever. In this superb account, Lewis A. Erenberg offers a vivid ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Ring of Hate: Joe Louis Vs. Max Schmeling: The Fight of the Century more books like this by Patrick Myler add to wishlist Here is one of the greatest sports events of the twentieth century: the heavyweight championship bout between Germany?s Max Schmeling and America?s Joe Louis--at a moment in history when both men carried their nation?s hopes on their shoulders. More than the world heavyweight championship was at stake when Joe Louis fought Max Schmeling on June ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.98! \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Rivals: Chris Evert Vs. Martina Navratilova Their Epic Duels and Extraordinary Friendship more books like this by Johnette Howard add to wishlist In March 1973 two women met on a tennis court in Akron, Ohio. Over the course of the next sixteen years, together they would change the world. In their long careers Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert played each other eighty times, sixty of those in finals. For twelve consecutive years, from 1975 to 1986, one or other finished the season ranked ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.89! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Natural Enemies: Major College Football's Oldest, Fiercest Rivalry--Michigan vs. Notre Dame more books like this by John Kryk add to wishlist No two schools in college football history have as much history as Michigan and Notre Dame: their football fates have been inextricably linked since the Wolverines taught the game to their ND counterparts in 1887. Natural Enemies chronicles the compelling saga of these two proud, tradition-soaked teams, who have done most of their wrangling and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Big Games: College Football's Greatest Rivalries more books like this by Michael Bradley add to wishlist Ahhh, fall. When the air turns crisp and cool, the leaves start turning red and orange and yellow, and a person's fancy turns to one thing - college football! And there's not much better in college football than the Big Game, the rivalry that can make or break your season. Your rival is the school where even if you're 1-10, if that one win is ... see all copies from $6.64! new only from $16.76! \| SVS
10	Football Feuds: The Greatest College Football Rivalries more books like this by Ken Rappoport, Barry Wilner add to wishlist An entralling read that captures the passion and emotions of college football. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
11 view cover	Tobacco Road: Duke, North Carolina, N.C. State, Wake Forest and the History of the Most Intense Backyard Rivalries in Sports more books like this by Alwyn Featherston add to wishlist The definitive history of the most intense geographical sports rivalries in all of sports see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.40! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Cinderella Man: James J. Braddock, Max Baer and the Greatest Upset in Boxing History more books like this by Jeremy Schaap (Read by) add to wishlist The ESPN anchor brings to life the classic David-and-Goliath tale of James L. Braddock, Max Baer, and the greatest upset in boxing history. Available in time for the release of the feature film "Cinderella Man," directed by Ron Howard and starring Russell Crowe. Abridged. 4 CDs. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $34.24!
13 view cover	Gridiron Glory: The Story of the Army-Navy Football Rivalry more books like this by Barry Wilner, Ken Rappoport add to wishlist Consistently ranked among the top ten college football rivalries by fans and pundits, the annual Army-Navy game is the one rivalry that, as one commentator has noted, stops the most powerful men and women in the world in their tracks for one day a year. see all copies from $2.00! new only from $2.00! \| SVS
14 view cover	The Yankees Vs. Red Sox Reader more books like this by Mike Robbins (Editor), Editor * (Editor) add to wishlist From Yankee Bucky "Fing" Dent's spirit-shattering home run in the 1978 American League East playoff to Aaron Boone's pennant-winning blast for the Bombers twenty-five years later; from Roger Clemens's treasonous signing (at least in Red Sox country) with the Yankees in 1998 to the infamous Curse of the Bambino that started it all, there is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.46!** \| first editions
15 view cover	The Rivalry: Indiana and Purdue and the History of Their Old Oaken Bucket Battles, 1925-2002 more books like this by Robert D Arnold add to wishlist see all copies from $5.95! new only from $11.94! \| SVS
16 view cover	The Encyclopedia of Duke Basketball more books like this by John Roth, Ned Hinshaw (Photographer) add to wishlist Duke basketball is one of the most celebrated programs in intercollegiate athletics. With fourteen Final Four appearances and three national championships for the men's teams and five Final Four appearances and five ACC championships for the women's teams, the Blue Devils have established a worldwide reputation for excellence and have inspired the ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $27.60! \| SVS
17 view cover	The Egg Bowl: Mississippi State Vs. OLE Miss more books like this by William G Barner add to wishlist From the contentious delay of the first clash in 1901 to the most recent battle in 2006, The Egg Bowl covers the Ole Miss-Mississippi State rivalry in depth. For each game the narrative includes every scoring drive, every player who crossed the goal line, and every final score. More than sixty photos illustrate the intensity of action on the field ... see all copies from $13.90! new only from $36.80!
18 view cover	A Farewell to Glory: The Rise and Fall of an Epic Football Rivalry: Boston College Vs. Holy Cross more books like this by Wally Carew add to wishlist see all copies from $5.90! new only from $25.00!
19 view cover	Cinderella Man more books like this by Marc A Cerasini add to wishlist James Braddock journeys to the heights of the sports world as he rises from poor local fighter to king of the boxing ring, defeating Max Baer in 1935 to become the heavyweight boxing champion of the world, in a fictionalized portrait of the legendary Depression-era fighter. Original. (A Universal Pictures & Miramax Films production, directed by Ron see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| SVS
20	The Dodgers-Giants Rivalry, 1900-1957: A Year by Year Retrospective more books like this by Marvin A Cohen add to wishlist see all copies from $2.50! new only from $12.45! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	Metro Detroit's High School Football Rivalries more books like this by T C Cameron add to wishlist High school football has been an institution in metro Detroit since the day the assembly line changed America. From the gameas inception at the prep level in the early 1900s to the annual Thanksgiving Day games that would make or break a schoolas season, prep football has been a rite of passage for players, parents, coaches, and fans alike in ... see all copies from $12.65! new only from $12.65! \| SVS
22 view cover	Blue Jays 1, Expos 0: The Urban Rivalry That Killed Major League Baseball in Montreal more books like this by David Luchuk add to wishlist This book examines the 2002 season of the Expos and the Blue Jays, setting events against the backdrop of a long-nurtured urban rivalry between Montreal and Toronto. Chapters cover the summer of 2002 month-by-month, supplementing on and off-field events with a wealth of historical background and showing how competition placed the Expos and Blue ... see all copies from $46.13! new only from $46.13!
23 view cover	Blood Feud: Detroit Red Wings V. Colorado Avalanche: The Inside Story of Pro Sports' Nastiest and Best Rivalry of Its Era more books like this by Adrian Dater add to wishlist In "Blood Feud", Colorado Avalanche beat writer, Adrian Dater, not only submits that the Red Wings-Avalanche rivalry was the most feverish match-up in recent years, but also that there was none better played. see all copies from $9.25! new only from $10.28! \| SVS
24 view cover	Third Saturday in October: The Game-By-Game Story of the South's Most Intense Football Rivalry more books like this by Al Browning add to wishlist On November 18, 1901, the University of Alabama and the University of Tennessee first locked horns on a football field. At the contest's end, the score was tied, nothing had been resolved, and about two thousand fans were on the field at Tuscaloosa, fighting. Since that day the Tennessee-Alabama game has developed into one of the premier football ... see all copies from $12.59! new only from $13.01! \| SVS
25 view cover	Classic Rivalries more books like this by Mark Stewart add to wishlist To true sports fans, there is nothing quite like a good rivalry. The most heated rivalries have created magical momentsand generations of loyal fans. The book explores the very best feudsincluding Red Sox and Yankees, Duke and North Carolina, and Ohio State and Michigan. What makes these rivalries so intense? Read and find out! see all copies from $10.03! new only from $13.32!

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