sports rivalries

Explores how professional basketball was impacted by the racial tensions of the 1960s, using the stories of star players Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell to demonstrate how the game, and its players, evolved in response to those tensions.

Examines the personal friendship and professional rivalry between the two tennis greats, and examines each of their careers, their tournaments, and how they influenced women's sports.

The Red Sox-Yankees rivalry is one of the best-known rivalries in sports. The two teams have been battling it out on the baseball diamond since 1901. Famous games are profiled, including the 1978 one-game playoff and the 2003 American League Championship series.

Great players, great coaches, and great games-this is what makes the Celtics and Lakers basketball rivalry so famous. In the 1980s, the Celtics' Larry Bird, and the Lakers' Magic Johnson squared off in some of the most epic games in NBA history. The great tradition of the rivalry continues today.

Looks at the history of the soccer rivalry between Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Describes some of the historic rivalries in professional sports, including baseball's New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, football's Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears, and basketball's Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics.

A collection of memorable tales and traditions from some of the greatest rivalries in sports.

Chronicles the 1944 Army-Navy football game against a backdrop of World War II, the deteriorating health of the president, and food shortages, in an account based on interviews with surviving players that offers insight into how the game united and uplifted a struggling nation.

Chronicles the fifty-year rivalry between the Duke and Carolina basketball teams, examining the contrasts between the two schools and their teams and describing some of the games that have influenced the rivalry.

Sports columnist Mike Vaccaro examines the century-long New York Yankees-Boston Red Sox rivalry and discusses the 2003 and 2004 American League Championship Series.