Boston and Los Angeles have a storied sports rivalry that dates back decades. It peaked in the ’80s with Larry Bird’s Celtics battling Magic Johnson’s Lakers, a feud that re-ignited at the end of the last decade when a new Big Three exchanged NBA Finals victories with Kobe Bryant. The two major markets clashed again when the Red Sox beat the Dodgers in the World Series three months ago. Now the “Beat LA” chants will rise again with the Patriots set to take on the Rams in the Super Bowl.
There’s bound to be strong opinions on both sides whenever these cities clash with a championship on the line.