| LAC | Lakers' local rivals, on the scoreboard |
| OXBRIDGE | Universities are rivals on paper before Hammersmith? (8) |
| NYY | Red Sox rivals, on scoreboards |
| BEYONDCOMPARE | Without any rival on the far side of the host, say (6,7) |
| ANDRE | Pete's rival on the court |
| ALDA | Smits's rival on "The West Wing" |
| GABE | Andy's romantic rival on "The Office" |
| NADAL | Federer's storied rival on the tennis court |
| MIT | Caltech rival on the other coast: Abbr. |
| ARCO | Chevron rival, on the West Coast |
| TRAVAIL | With hard work and time, getting a rival on the run (7) |
| CLE | The Indians, on the scoreboard |
| TOR | The Jays, on the scoreboard |
| COL | The Rockies, on the scoreboard |
| CHI | The Sox, on the scoreboard |
| LAA | The Halos on the scoreboard |
| SAC | The Kings, on the scoreboard |
| ATL | The Hawks, on the scoreboard |
| NIL | No end to the river, and nothing on the scoreboard (3) |
| HOU | Astros, on the scoreboard |
