The Mets-Phillies rivalry began listing toward lopsided last July 1 in Philadelphia when Kendrick outpitched Pelfrey, if only by a smidge.
Usually this time of year, college football enthusiasts gaze south -- at the Southeastern Conference, where national title contenders are eliminated almost weekly in bitter rivalry games, or toward perennial powers like Florida State and Miami.
As Tobias later put it, Berger was proving himself to be a student whose "push and drive, bordering on the aggressive, tended toward rivalry with some of the other very bright students".
Applying neo-Freudian analysis to stories including Cinderella and Snow White, he showed how these narratives address the unconscious in a language similar to dreams, helping kids deal with a plethora of unspoken fears and desires, from sibling rivalry to ambivalence toward their parents.
Ms. Collins said she gets to act out any urges toward sibling rivalry on the set of "The Guiding Light," where she plays Alexandra Spaulding, a -- you guessed it -- scheming grande dame trying to blackmail her brother (she knows he faked his heart attack) for an appointment to the board of the family conglomerate, Spaulding Enterprises.
This contest has a little of the Union Pacific -Central Pacific rivalry: two outfits sprinting toward the same goal from opposite directions.
Mr. Kanan, unwilling to give up the thrill of wheel-to-wheel rivalry, redirected his competitive drive toward slot-car racing, a hobby he took up when he was 5.
The reward: Pennington would guide the Jets to a victory they badly needed as they turned toward Sunday's intramural rivalry with the Giants.
Basketball has four divisions based on geography, with the West leaning toward ballet and the East toward pro wrestling, but no true rivalry.
