Teams You Love To Hate

Knicks, Lakers, USA Basketball. Not that I so much hate the last, but I love to see them lose.

Used to hate the SF Giants, since I was brought up a Dodgers fan, but the latter have turned into such a crappy organization that that animosity has kind of died.

I know
Yea, I know...the New York Yankees win too much. I would like to see the BoSox win that division. I would like to see the Pirates win, but that hasn't been happenin.

Definitely the Yankees. Have been hating them for over 40 years now (and proud of it!)

LA Lakers

Notre Dame (mainly football but basketball, too)

All three major Florida football factories

Duke basketball

Growing up a Celtics fan, I despise the Lakers. Especially now. They seem to be fine when they're winning, but they turn into a bunch of crybabies when they hit hard times.

Oakland Raiders are on my list, too. Was fun watching the last Super Bowl.

Almost forgot about the Braves...

Dallas Cowboys and Minnesota Vikings, though both are now much too pitiful to be worthy of hating. It's much more fun to hate the powerful and cheer when they are finally brought low. (OK, the Vikings were basically never powerful, but they are a Green Bay rival and I know a lot of Vikings fans with whom I trade "Vikes suck!" "Packers suck!" barbs regularly. Unfortunately, we're both right these days...)

Two words:

YANKEES SUCK!

Yeah, sozobe, that's the main trigger. Like when dictatorships are overthrown.

Another trigger you mentioned is regional rivalries (beating the neighbor city or country, or the rival team from the same city), and that's probably the second most common.

Then, there are other types. I'll abound about mine.

England hasn't played a decent Football World Cup in ages, but I love to hate the "Rose Team". They are always overblown -by their press, and also by others-, and return home full of excuses.

América is Mexico's richest and most hated soccer team. It's owned by the biggest TV network, which has a big influence in the Federation (hence, the accusation of unfair referees) and the network narrators are openly partial to their bosses' team. With all their money, they win few championships, because of their bad vibes.

Cuban baseball team, besides being hard to beat, is the regime's favorite. It was a delight to see the Netherlands humilliate them, and to read their outrage. I'm told that after the last out of the game when the US beat them in the final game at the Olympics, the TV station went off the air. I guess Fidel was furious.

Palmeiras

I have no big problem with juventus, the real enemy is ac milan.

Being a suffering, lifelong Tigers' fan I'll have to say I basically hate every other team in the American League right now, but especially the Yankees.

In football it's definitely Dallas. Dance on that star Terrell.

As far as collegiate sports, any team from Notre Dame or any of the semi-pro schools from Florida.

At the international level, I'll go with the Austrian Ski Team. Don't you guys have enough medals already?

Then there's the PGA tour. Sergio Garcia is too lovable to hate, but that wiggle-waggle-wiggle-waggle-shake-shake-shake is pretty hard to take. I like Vijay but he needs to shut up about Annika. I hate the fact that Tiger Woods is so good - it's not fair. Long live the Golden Bear.

Two of my hate-teams played the Champions League semifinal. While watching the game, I found out that, as of today, I hate Real Madrid more. So I was glad Juventus won.

owi, sorry, but I am 100% with A.C. Milan against the "Old Lady", in this final.
I must add, on my behalf, that I started to like Milan when it was in Serie B, before Berlusconi bought it.

cjhsa, a Detroit fan, I'm so sorry, you must be in pain.

[But, hell, one of my favorite World Series was the Tigers -the great Aurelio Lopez among them- overpowering the Padres and their conceited pitchers in 1984]

Teams You Love To Hate
I'm a hockey fan so The New York Rangers. I chuckled with glee when the highest paid team in the NHL couldn't make the playoffs again. My Bruins didn't do much better getting knocked off in the first series. Always hated the Rangers though. At a game recently Bruins/Rangers a heard something and looked to my right. There a guy wearing a Bruins jersey and another wearing a Rangers jersey locked in mortal combat rolling down the stairs. Doesn't get any better than that.

I love to hate the Seminoles. They're a great team ~ or have been in the last ten years.

But, I'm a Gator fan, true and true. No Spurrier jokes, please.

Teams I love to see lose:
Dallas Cowboys
Boston Red Sox
LA Lakers

Whew! No Florida teams mentioned.....Relief! :wink:

[quote="fbaezer] England hasn't played a decent Football World Cup in ages, but I love to hate the "Rose Team". They are always overblown -by their press, and also by others-, and return home full of excuses.[/quote]

All too true...though I don't hate them...they are my national side, after all. I just care more about Arsenal.

Which leads me to detest Manchester United. Too rich, too arrogant, too competitive, etc. They have a merchandising contract to cross-sell with the NY Yankees - which says it all to me! I have a small dislike for the Yankees, but as I've only seen one baseball game, live (Redsox), I'm pretty lacking in experience.

My friend Craig, in Boston, supports Arsenal, so I'll return the compliment and support the Sox! Mind you, Arsenal did win the Premiership last year...a bit more recent than 1918....sorry, Sox fans!

I've been waiting for someone to say "I'm a Knicks fan, and I love to hate the Knicks!"

Thought it might be heading that direction when a Tigers fan showed up...