The Coke vs. Pepsi rivalry (aka The Cola Wars) is one of the oldest and most publicized rivalries in the history of American business. Here’s a brief history of the Coke vs. Pepsi rivalry, aka The Cola Wars.
Lindsay Lohan is Ameroca’s favorite sweetheart turned raging, dangerously irresponsible drunk. We’ve watched her grow up on since she was a kid, and in recent years we’ve watched her crash numerous cars and check in and out of countless rehab clinics.
The battle of Ali vs. Frazier is one of the most ruthless rivalries in Sports history, and it changed the world of professional boxing. It differed from other Sports rivalries, probably because these two gladiators were beating the living crap out of each other continuously for four years. The rivalry cut deep for both Ali and Frazier, who still talk crap about one another to this day.
Conan O’Brien has been banned from television (literally) since January, but his new TBS late night show (appropriately titled “Conan”) premieres on Monday, November 8th, which means it’s time to re-open old wounds and remember exactly what happened between Conan and NBC. If TBS thought it was getting great ratings with its Everybody Loves Raymond re-runs, wait ’til they get a load of Team Coco. Welcome back to late night television, Conan!
The rivalry of Garry Kasparov vs. Deep Blue is like a nerdy real-life “John Connor vs. Terminator” scenario. Russian Grandmaster Garry Kasparov defended the human race in a dramatic three-part “Man vs. Super-Intelligent Machine” showdown against the world’s biggest, strongest, and fastest chess playing computer on Earth: Deep Blue.
For almost 20 years, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and The Late Show with David Letterman have been battling one another for late night ratings. You may already know that Jay and Dave don’t really like each other, but a quick look into the history of the Leno/Letterman rivalry illustrates exactly why these two titans of late night despise one another. It also provides a little insight into Jay’s habitual penchant for being a huge asshole to his fellow [...]
If you’re heading to the theater to see the Facebook movie, The Social Network, this might be a good time to take in a quick refresher course on Mark Zuckerberg and his short but epic legal history.
Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla were two of the most prominent and respected men in the history of science.They embodied the innovation of turn o’ the century America, and they completely revolutionized the modern world. They also absolutely hated each other. Edison and Tesla had different ideas regarding the mass distribution of electrical power, and this led to “The War of Currents”, which pitted Edison’s Direct Current (DC) head-to-head against Tesla’s Alternating Current (AC).
