The Hating: Bitter Feuds, Nasty Rivalries

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If the cold war between the Yankees and Red Sox proves anything, it's that a rivalry just isn't a rivalry without some good ol' fashioned bile. Preferably black. With that in mind, TWT rates some of the most bitter contemporary tete-a-tetes: Washington-Dallas Category: Pro football

Basis: Cowboys. Indians. Natural rivalry. Hello? Actually, mutual antagonism has more to do with Dallas' first owner, Clint Murchison, blackmailing Washington owner George Preston Marshall to get his club into the NFL a year early. Honorable mention goes to the paranoid, everything-is-motivation reign of legendary Redskins coach George Allen.

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The Hating: Bitter Feuds, Nasty Rivalries

Public Enemies: Joe Theismann, John Riggins, the Hogs (Dallas); Michael Irvin, Jimmy Johnson, the Doomsday Defense (Washington).

Biggest Moment: For Washington, beating Dallas in the 1972, 1983 NFC title games and winning the "Replacements" game in 1987; for Dallas, topping Washingto...

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