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rivalry stories: 17 news summaries

Iraqi Prisoners Taunt Wis. Soldiers Over Favre Defection

Detainees get into the Packers-Vikings rivalry

Nov 20, 09 9:30 PM CST
(Newser) - An allegiance to the Green Bay Packers has come back to haunt Wisconsin National Guardsmen on duty at a prison camp in Iraq, with detainees using quarterback Brett Favre’s defection to the rival Vikings to taunt the soldiers. A Packers-themed paint job sparked curiosity, one officer tells WTMJ-AM , “... More »

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Wisconsin • National Guard • Brett Favre • Green Bay Packers • rivalry • prisoners • Minnesota Vikings • taunting • Iraq war • psychological torture

Google CEO Leaves Apple Board

Once-friendly companies on the
brink of war

Aug 3, 09 10:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Google CEO Eric Schmidt has left Apple’s board of directors because the once-friendly companies are on a collision course, Apple announced today. “As Google enters more of Apple’s core business, with Android and now Chrome OS, Eric’s effectiveness as an Apple Board member will be significantly... More »

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Google • Microsoft • Apple • rivalry • feud • Eric Schmidt • Google Android • Google Chrome OS

Bob Dylan: The Rolling Stones Are So Over

Crooner jabs former rivals

Apr 15, 09 1:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bob Dylan has stoked the flames of an old rivalry with the Rolling Stones, says the Independent. "They are pretty much finished, aren't they?" the songster observed in a recent MTV interview. Dylan noted that without bassist Bill Wyman, his former duet partners “are a funk band. They'll... More »

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music • Rolling Stones • Bob Dylan • rivalry

 Pakistan Admits 
 Mumbai Gunman 
 Is Citizen 

Concession comes after India shares 100-page evidence dossier

Jan 7, 09 3:04 PM CST
(Newser) - The Pakistani government finally admitted today that the lone surviving gunman from November’s Mumbai attacks is its citizen, the BBC reports. It’s the first time India’s rival conceded a connection to the terrorist siege, despite weeks of heavy US pressure to comply. The foot-dragging was partly to... More »

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terrorism • Pakistan • India • rivalry • Mumbai • Lashkar-e-Taiba • Ajmal Amir Kasab • Mumbai attacks

BOOK REVIEW

The Culture Wars, College Football Style

Michigan-Ohio State rivalry illuminates tale of  '60s, '70s upheaval

Nov 21, 08 5:00 PM CST
(Newser) - The cultural disconnect between conservative college football programs and America’s liberalizing culture in the late 1960s and early ‘70s is the theme of War as They Knew It, a book by Detroit Free Press columnist Michael Rosenberg. The survey of the Michigan-Ohio State rivalry (which continues tomorrow) through... More »

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rivalry • Richard Nixon • Michigan Wolverines • New Republic • liberals • Vietnam War • University of Michigan • book reviews • Jonathan Chait • Bo Schembechler • Ohio State University • Ohio State Buckeyes • 1960s • 1970s • conservatives • culture wars • Detroit Free Press • Woody Hayes • Michael Rosenberg

MOVIE REVIEW

Classic Harvard-Yale Tie
Gets Documentary Gloss

Crimson comeback was behind headline 'Harvard Beats Yale 29-29'

Nov 20, 08 2:39 PM CST
(Newser) - The 40th anniversary of a classic game in the football rivalry between Harvard and Yale has inspired a documentary, Mark Feeney writes in the Boston Globe. The contest is as notable for “its time-capsule aspect” and rising-star participants (future Oscar winner Tommy Lee Jones) as for the underdog Crimson's... More »

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NCAA football • rivalry • Doonesbury • Tommy Lee Jones • Harvard • Harvard Crimson • Yale • The Game • Garry Trudeau

Jennifer Calls Out Angelina for 'Uncool' Move

Aniston fires back at Jolie on affair with then-hubby Pitt

Nov 11, 08 3:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Condemning Angelina Jolie’s actions as “very uncool,” Jennifer Aniston broke her years-long silence on the woman who stole husband Brad Pitt. The Vogue interview accompanies sultry photos of toned, tanned, swimsuited Aniston. She's “never been so honest or brave,” an insider tells the Daily Mail,... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • rivalry • celebrity • Vogue • Jennifer Aniston • celebrity tell-alls • celebrity divorces

Sox Fans Drove Joba to Drive Drunk: Report

Pitcher's DUI arrest came after taunts about Yankees' season

Oct 21, 08 12:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Joba Chamberlain nearly got into a fistfight with a Red Sox fan before his alleged DUI, the New York Post reports. Chamberlain began the ill-fated night by pounding a couple Grey Goose drinks at a friend’s bar, before hitting a strip club. There he encountered a heckler. “... More »

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Boston Red Sox • New York Yankees • DUI • Nebraska • rivalry • Joba Chamberlain • fans • baseball

OPINION

On Paper, Ohio State-USC Matchup Worthy of the Hype

Fans shelling out $75 for parking passes alone

Sep 11, 08 4:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - The hype machine is in overdrive ahead of Saturday’s meeting between Ohio State and Southern Cal, each ranked among college football’s top five teams. Both have seen big-time dramatic matchups in recent years, leading Jon Wilner, in the San Jose Mercury News, to wonder, “will Saturday's showdown... More »

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NCAA football • rivalry • Pete Carroll • USC Trojans • Ohio State Buckeyes • Jim Tressel

When Good
Santas
Turn Bad

Father Christmas 'union' erupts in naughty bickering

Jul 10, 08 4:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - It may be summertime but things are still pretty frosty within one of the country's biggest organizations of Santa Clauses, the Wall Street Journal reports. Members of the Amalgamated Order of Real-Bearded Santas are accusing each other of profiteering and other naughty behavior. St. Nicks have been departing by the... More »

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rivalry • Christmas • Santa Claus • organization


 MC Shaq Rips
 Kobe in Rap 

Suns center renews old rivalry—in rhyme

Jun 24, 08 7:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Even with the Lakers and Celtics matchup over, all is not quiet on the NBA rivalry front. Shaquille O'Neal took the mic at a New York club to perform a freestyle rap suggesting that Kobe Bryant couldn't win a championship without his former teammate: "You know how I be.... More »

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Kobe Bryant • Phoenix Suns • rivalry • Shaquille O'Neal • LA Lakers

 Lakers, Celtics Renew
 Rivalry for Finals 

Teams will face each other in reprise of '80s showdowns

May 31, 08 7:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics will revive a historic rivalry in this year’s NBA finals, the Los Angeles Times reports. The Celtics’ defeat of the Detroit Pistons last night will bring the celebrated franchises together for the 11th time in the finals. Lakers coach Phil Jackson will... More »

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NBA • Los Angeles Lakers • basketball • NBA finals • rivalry • Boston Celtics

Yankees-BoSox Rivalry Seen
in NH Death

Woman, charged with murder, drove into crowd after NY taunts

May 6, 08 12:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Red Sox-Yankees rivalry has officially gotten deadly, the Boston Globe reports: Ivonne Hernandez, a 43-year-old New Hampshire woman, was charged with second-degree murder yesterday after allegedly driving her car into a crowd of jeering Red Sox fans, killing Matthew Beaudoin. Beaudoin, 29, was reportedly among a crowd chanting “... More »

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Boston Red Sox • New York Yankees • rivalry • drunk driving • fans

opinion

 It's Fenway's True Opening Day 

Red Sox season doesn't really start until the first Yankees game, and vice versa

Apr 11, 08 2:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - This century has seen a drastic reversal of the Red Sox and Yankees' fortunes, but the draw of the teams' storied rivalry is still as strong as ever. Although small-market fans across the country will express derision or disinterest at the meeting of the powerhouses, chances are they will still... More »

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MLB • Boston Red Sox • Fenway Park • New York Yankees • rivalry • Kevin Youkilis • Jason Varitek • Joba Chamberlain • baseball

 Sonoma-Napa Rivalry Escalates 

Larger Sonoma frowns upon high-end Valley

Mar 26, 08 2:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - The friendly rivalry between California’s two leading wine regions has evolved into an out-and-out marketing duel, reports Reuters. Sonoma winemakers frown upon the more famous—and much pricier—wine made by their neighbors over the hills. Collectors covet Napa Valley’s exclusive vintages, paying from $400-$1,000 a bottle... More »

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California • wine • rivalry • Napa Valley • Sonoma • wine industry

Christmas Carol Arms Race Hits Chicago Radio

Stations compete to kick off holiday programming earlier and earlier

Nov 2, 07 3:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Apparently not content to subject listeners to "The Little Drummer Boy" in the traditional Thanksgiving-to-Christmas window, two Chicago radio stations switched to the all-fa-la-la-la-la, all-the-time holiday format today. The move is both the latest volley in a hot rivalry and a repeat of a strategy that paid off in... More »

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radio • Chicago • rivalry • radio stations • WCKG 105.9 • WLIT 93.9 • Arbitron • adult contemporary • Christmas music

Boeing, Airbus Firefight at
Paris Air Show

Rivals for $40 billion
Air Force deal bring
out big guns

Jun 21, 07 9:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - The battle between Boeing and Airbus soared to new levels of rancor this week at the Paris Air Show, where the companies are competing to supply the US Air Force with fuel tankers in a contract worth up to $40 billion. The open crossfire was unusual, the Wall Street  Journal... More »

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Boeing • Air Force • Airbus • Paris Air Show • Airbus A380 • Aircraft manufacturers • fuel tankers • rivalry • European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company • Northrop Grumman • Boeing 787 Dreamliner

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