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That would be good. The

Tom Schardin — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:57:58 -0500

That would be good.

The Packers-Bears rivalry is certainly one of the top-5 in all sports.

The Michigan-Ohio State football game has to be in there too - probably No. 2 all-time.

Others long-time greats: Giants-Dodgers, Army-Navy, UNC-Duke, Cal-Stanford, Cowboys-Redskins, Cubs-Cards, N.Dame-USC, Lakers-Celtics, Nicklaus-Palmer, Bjorg-McEnroe, Frazier-Ali, M-Leafs-Canadians, Auburn-Alabama, Texas-Oklahoma ....

Anyone else have any?

The whole thing got me

Brandon — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:41:30 -0500

The whole thing got me thinking about what other great animal-related sports rivalry stories are out there waiting to happen. Here’s what I would love to see happen:

A meat packer is taking a hike through the woods on a long camping trip. Even though he’s been away from work for days, he still smells like raw meat (he’s been working at this meat plant for a long time, see). Well, off in the woods there’s a bear who smells raw meat walking through the woods. The bear rushes toward the packer, who is forced to rely on whatever stray parts from his backpack that he can rely on to defend himself. It all works out in the end, though, because while the bear is big and mean, it’s really only good at defending itself and has absolutely no ability when trying to take the offensive. The packer, meanwhile, does is merely OK on both offense and defense, but benefits from the lack of any actual competition on the Bear’s part.

Eventually the packer figures things out and gets the bear off of him. He makes a mad dash toward his car but trips in the parking lot. Somewhere in the distance, a Norwegian man cries because he's not strong or smart enough to compete with either the packer or the bear.

That would be a great story, but it would be even better if the guy made it to his car and retired, er, drove out of the park on top.

This is a great story. I'm

Tom Schardin — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:24:13 -0500

This is a great story. I'm glad the girl is OK.

It just goes to show you the Yanks-Red Sox rivalry is the best in all of sports. There is no equal.

Well, the guys on ESPN this

Brandon — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:48:22 -0500

Well, the guys on ESPN this morning said her nickname was A-Rod, so that's what I'm going with.

Her nickname isn't A-Rod,

Mathias Baden — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:32:21 -0500

Her nickname isn't A-Rod, really, is it? I mean, I'd call her that if I was in her class, but the story doesn't actually say so. Do you know her???

The lead of the story is funny. To the effect of "Another A-Rod gets a negative reception in Fenway Park ..." The writer just couldn't resist.

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)