Rick Pitino and John Calipari developed a public, personal rivalry that layered coach-to-coach barbs on top of the Kentu...
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MMA
Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier's public feud began with two championship fights and escalated through repeated social-medi...
The O'Malley–Dvalishvili rivalry began when Merab Dvalishvili says Sean O'Malley dismissed him backstage after UFC 299 o...
The rivalry between Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira started in professional kickboxing and escalated into title-level M...
The Colby Covington–Jorge Masvidal beef began while the two were teammates and briefly roommates at American Top Team, w...
The feud between Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov began in April 2018 with a hotel confrontation and quickly escal...
The public rift between Sean Strickland and Dricus Du Plessis began when Du Plessis referenced Strickland’s abusive chil...
NBA
The Clippers owner Donald Sterling and forward Blake Griffin clashed privately and publicly from Griffin's arrival in 20...
Jimmy Butler and Jayson Tatum became a focal point inside the Celtics–Heat rivalry after consecutive Eastern Conference...
LeBron James and Kevin Garnett's personal friction grew out of playoff-era psychological warfare and on-court trash talk...
The rift between Draymond Green and Dillon Brooks traces to a May 3, 2022 playoff incident when Brooks' chase-down Flagr...
Is the Joel Embiid–Nikola Jokić rivalry a real personal feud or a competition amplified by media and fans? Their public...
The rift between Kevin Durant and Draymond Green centers on a bench-to-locker-room confrontation on November 12, 2018 du...
The public beef between Dillon Brooks and LeBron James began when Brooks taunted James after Game 2 of the 2023 first-ro...
The rift between Giannis Antetokounmpo and Jaylen Brown began with a heated international exchange in 2019 and has resur...
Kyrie Irving's rift with Boston Celtics fans traces to an October 4, 2018 on-record promise to re-sign in Boston and his...
Miles Bridges and Isaiah Stewart's personal conflict centers on a direct on-court confrontation during the Feb. 9, 2026...
The Luka Doncic–Devin Booker rivalry began on May 10, 2022, when Booker quipped “The Luka special” during Game 5 of Suns...
The Russell Westbrook–Patrick Beverley feud began with a 2013 playoff collision that preceded Westbrook’s torn meniscus...
The Jimmy Butler–Karl-Anthony Towns rift began in 2018 with Butler’s trade request and an infamous October 10 Timberwolv...
The Draymond Green–Rudy Gobert feud began with Green mocking Gobert’s emotional 2019 All-Star snub, then simmered throug...
Draymond Green punched Jordan Poole during a Golden State Warriors practice on October 5, 2022, an incident later seen w...
The James Harden–Chris Paul partnership with the Houston Rockets unraveled in June–July 2019 after reports of clashing s...
NFL
The public dispute between Stefon Diggs and Jaire Alexander began with a filmed pregame tunnel confrontation at Bills vs...
Michael Thomas and Derek Carr's dispute centers on Thomas's public criticism of Carr's pass placement during and after t...
The dispute began with the Nov. 14, 2019 helmet-swing incident in Cleveland when Myles Garrett removed Mason Rudolph's h...
Marshon Lattimore and Mike Evans have clashed in three documented regular-season meetings—Nov. 5, 2017; Sept. 13, 2020;...
Mike Shanahan's hiring by the Denver Broncos in 1995 reopened a personal contract dispute with Raiders owner Al Davis th...
Bill Romanowski and Shannon Sharpe clashed publicly after a Nov. 11, 2002 sideline altercation that left Sharpe with a p...
Aqib Talib and Michael Crabtree developed a personal, physical feud inside the Broncos–Raiders rivalry after Talib remov...