Dave Betancourt | Sports Section Manager

2/15/02

With all of this leftover love still in the air from Valentines day, and this being the official Valentines issue, it is time to once again look at the people in sports who don't love each other.  So without further delay, here it is.

Terrell Owens and his head coach Steve Marriuci:  There are coaches with players that give them headaches and then there are coaches who flatout don't like some of their players and then there's Steve Marriuci and Terrell Owens.  Owens is one of the best wide receivers in football and the 49ers thought about putting him on the expansion list. If you ever hear him run his mouth after a game, you'll quickly see why.  No wonder Marriuchi considered the Notre Dame job.  But then again, who didn't.

Allen Iverson and the media:  This relationship has actually gotten better over the years as Iverson has stopped lending his car to friends and the media has stopped focusing on stupid things like the number of tattoos on his body and his cornrows.  Yep, the fact is that all the rich republicans you see in the good seats at an NBA basketball game just aren't scared of a young black kid with cornrows anymore. Whether this has anything to do with Bush putting Collin Powell and Condeleza Rice in office is anyone's guess.

North Carolina and Duke fans:  Let's face it, this will never stop.

Redskins and Cowboys fans:  You can ask any Redskins fan and they'll tell you there's nothing worse than a bragging Cowboys fan and you can ask any Cowboys fan and they'll tell you that there's nothing worse than defending their favorite players jail record or most recent drug conviction.

Marshall Faulk and St. Louis Rams head coach Mike Martz:  No word on whether there's any beef between the two but wouldn't you be ticked if you were the most dangerous weapon in the NFL and in the biggest game of the year you're rarely used at all?

Former Redskins head coach Marty Schottenheimer and Skins wide receiver Michael Westbrook:  Ok, you barely throw the ball in your offensive scheme but when you do throw it, you throw it to the guy that drops it half the time instead of your "go to guy."  You think Westbrook threw a party the day Marty got fired?

New Jersey Nets power forward Kenyon Martin and anybody with the ball:  If you've got the ball, K-Mart's gonna throw the blue light special at you.

Lakers guard Kobe Bryant and Philly:  The guy is from Philly, comes back home, wins the all-star game MVP and gets boo'ed.  Now that is just wrong.  Isn't Philly supposed to be the city of brotherly love?

Canadian Skaters and Olympic judges: Can you say "rigged" boys and girls?