http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=&hl=en&lr=&threadm=186c4d4a.0206022130.2348fb31%40posting.google.com&prev=/groups%3Fdq%3D%26num%3D25%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26group%3Drec.arts.tv%26start%3D25

http://www.80stvthemes.com/potpourri/sports.html

What makes a great theme in my humble opinion all boils down to how
catchy, atmospheric, and even influential it is for all of sports & TV
if not the particular sport that it's representing (please excuse what
appears to be gibberish or typical "baby talk"):
10. ABC @ the Bowl Championship Series: "Ba-da Ba-da Ba-da ba-da Ba-da
ba-da Ba-da Ba da-da Ba-da ba-da Ba-da ba-da"

9. ESPN's Sunday Night Football (pre 1998 when they had to share w/
TNT): "Ba da-da ba-da Ba-da ba-da Ba-da ba-da ba-da Ba-da da-da Ba-da
Ba-da Ba da-da Ba-da ba-da"

8. NCAA Basketball on CBS circa 1993-present: "Ba da-da Ba da-da da Ba
da-da da Ba-da Ba da-da Ba da-da ba da-da ba Da-da ba da-da da"

7. NCAA Football on CBS circa 1990s-present: "Ba da-da da-da Ba da-da
Ba da-da da Ba da-da ba Ba da-da da Ba da Ba da-da Ba da-da da ba Ba
da-da ba da-da"

6. MLB on CBS: "Ba-da ba-da ba da-da ba-ba Ba-da ba-da Ba-da ba-ba
da-da ba da-da Ba-da ba-da ba da-da Ba da-da ba-da ba da-da Ba da-daba-da da-da"
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Baseball_Meets_CBS/

5. ABC's Monday Night Baseball circa 1988: Ba-da ba-da da-da ba-da ba
da-da Da ba da-da ba da-da ba-da ba-da"

4. NBC's Olympic teaser music/MLB theme circa 1997: "Da ba da-da ba
da-da Ba da-da ba da-da Ba-da da-da Ba-da ba-da Ba-da da"

3. The NFL on NBC circa 1995: "Ba da-da da-da Ba-da da ba-da ba da-da
da Ba da-da da da-da da ba-da"

2. The NFL on CBS circa 1998: "Ba da-da ba da-da da-da ba da-da Ba
da-da da Ba da-da ba da-da"

1. The NBA on CBS: "Ba da-da da Ba da-da ba Da da-da da Ba-da"
One has seriously to wonder what ABC/ESPN have up their sleeves once
they take over for NBC, who seemingly patterned their theme after
CBS'" in covering the NBA next season.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Baseball_Meets_CBS/

;) :cool:

You left out some notables.. how about the original Monday Night Football theme? and the halftime highlights music?

This Week in Baseball - the closing 'Gathering Crowds' theme.. it's magical!

The NFL Today from the 80's