# The Best Sports Songs

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-sports-songs/71047>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 3, 2001, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-sports-songs/71047 "2001-07-03T04:11:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2001, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-sports-songs/71047/21 "2001-07-03T23:43:39Z")

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**Dolores Claiborne** , the name of that Kenny Rogers song is “The Greatest.”

My favorite songs about auto racing:  
“The Distance” by Cake (ok, so it’s an extended metaphor, but the metaphor is racing!)  
“The Wall” by Collin Raye  
“Oh King Richard” by Kyle Petty (yes, the race car driver; he’s singing about his father)  
“The Fastest Horse in a One Horse Town” by Billy Ray Cyrus

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**Author:** ![Feynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Feynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feynn)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-sports-songs/71047/22 "2001-07-04T07:32:37Z")

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The Hockey Song by Stompin’ Tom Connors.  
Big League by Tom Cochrane.

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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-sports-songs/71047/23 "2001-07-04T14:30:47Z")

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[_Hockey_](http://www.janesiberry.com/1wellspring.html) by Jane Siberry. It’s not about professionals, it’s about kids playing on the frozen river.

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**Author:** ![Rock-n-Rolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/22d042/32.png) [@Rock-n-Rolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rock-n-Rolga)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-sports-songs/71047/24 "2001-07-04T16:12:51Z")

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Is “The Hockey Song” by Tom Conners the same “The Hockey Song” by the Hanson Brothers? (Nooo, not those mmmbop Hansons, the Slap Shot guys!)

Also, I like “Three Lions '98” by David Baddiel and the Lightning Seeds, although it’s likely that many of the English Dopers will strongly disagree with me there. You have to admit, though, it kicks the crap outta “Vindaloo”! Right? Eh? Eh?

_sound of crickets chirping_

Yeah. Heh. UmrightthenI’moff…

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