“All-Star” by Smash Mouth
“Bicycle Race” by Queen
Do novelty songs count? If so, I’ll go go back 40+ years to the Flyers glory days (oy…) to offer “Penalty Box” by Dave “The Hammer” Schultz.
“Boxing” and “Sports and Wine” by Ben Folds Five
Not seeing a reference to a sport there.
“Big League,” Tom Cochrane and Red Rider
“Running With The Devil,” Van Halen
“Bicycle Race,” Queen
“Six Directions of Boxing,” Wu-Tang Clan
“All Star,” Smash Mouth
“Kung Fu Fighting,” Carl Douglas
“Richard Petty Fans,” Alabama
“The Hockey Song,” Stompin’ Tom Connors
“I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson,” DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince
CAKE - “Arco Arena”
“Football Fugue” – Pete Townshend
Anvil “Blood on the Ice” (a song about hockey)
Genesis “Match of the Day”
Iron Maiden “Weekend Warriors”
Rush “Marathon”
Soundgarden “Kyle Petty, Son of Richard”
Daddy’s Cup- Drive-By Truckers
Cup as in “Trophy”. Not the other one. That would be… awkward.
Duckworth Lewis Method - Age of revolution
Cake - The Distance
Kraftwerk - Tour de France
Yello - The Race
Kool & the gang - Victory
10cc - Dreadlock Holiday(I don’t like cricket) I don’t think they will remake this video!!!
“Climb Every Mountain” - Sound of Music
“Come Sail Away” - Styx
“Skate Away” - Dire Straits.
“Slam” by Onyx
“The Boxer” by Simon & Garfunkel
“Blind Man In The Bleachers” by David Geddes
“Race With Devil On Spanish Highway” by Al DiMeola
“Racing In The Streets” by Bruce Springsteen
“Run For The Roses” by Dan Fogelberg
The lyrics describe a sexual encounter in terms of baseball – narrated by Phil Rizzuto
etc.
from the “far more general” part of the OP…
“Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport” by Rolf Harris
Yes but we’re doing titles.
“Night Swimming” - REM
whoops, someone beat me to it.
The Curling Song by the Arrogant Worms.