Just watched a video…

[spartanhusker]

… about Bird calling Magic when he found out he had AIDS… great story… and it made me think…
Have there been two athletes more linked in competition in their careers?
I thought of Federer and Nadal…

Others?

 

[Baxter48]

… about Bird calling Magic when he found out he had AIDS… great story… and it made me think…
Have there been two athletes more linked in competition in their careers?
I thought of Federer and Nadal…

Others?

Maybe Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain

 

[nwualum]

Tom Brady and Methuselah

 

[spartanhusker]

Maybe Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain

Good one!

 

[PeliniTheCrutch]

Ali and Frazier

 

[Redmich]

If you want some great entertainment - carve out a couple of hours, Google Larry Bird stories and watch other players and coaches tell bird tales

Scored 47 in a game when he decided he would play most of the game left handed just for the hell of it

 

[Husker.Wed.]

Borg /McEnroe
Everett/Navratilova

 

[Bugeater]

… about Bird calling Magic when he found out he had AIDS… great story… and it made me think…
Have there been two athletes more linked in competition in their careers?
I thought of Federer and Nadal…

Others?

Shaq and Kobe? Yes, they played on the same team but always seemed to be in competition with each other.

 

[Baxter48]

I don’t know if some of them qualify like Ali and Frazier they didn’t like each other, bird and magic were on different teams they were highly competitive but we’re friends off the court, maybe Louis and max in the end max paid for joes funeral because joe was broke

 

[cruelhalo]

King Kong and Godzilla

 

[HuskerOH]

I know these are not athletes, but when you think of one the other comes to mind immediately:

Woody and Bo
Osborne and Switzer

 

[Tetonia]

Tyson/Holyfield…

 

[cornhead1]

Nicklaus and Palmer
Tiger and Phil

 

[spartanhusker]

Nicklaus and Palmer
Tiger and Phil

Tiger owns Phil… only a rivalry because Tiger needs comic relief

 

[cornhead1]

Several rivalries are mismatches, but Phil was Tiger's best competition.

 

[BeautifulDayintheNeighborhood]

Joe Ganz and Chase Daniel

 

[king_kong_]

Tiger owns Phil… only a rivalry because Tiger needs comic relief

kind of the same thing with Russell/Wilt

Russell absolutely dominated that 'rivalry'

 

[Bugeater]

kind of the same thing with Russell/Wilt

Russell absolutely dominated that 'rivalry'

In a total of 142 matchups, Russell averaged 14.5 points and 23.7 rebounds, Wilt 28.7 and 28.7 respectively. Russell held the head to head in games 84-58.

Team wise, Russell played mostly on the better of the two, including a few improbable series wins in '68, and '69, but for as good as Russell was(11 titles won in 13 years of playing), Wilt held his own "in the paint" against him. Would be fantastic to see two players like that emerge again some day.

 

[NUSouth]

… about Bird calling Magic when he found out he had AIDS… great story… and it made me think…
Have there been two athletes more linked in competition in their careers?
I thought of Federer and Nadal…

Others?

Jack and Arnold.