I was listening to a bit on NPR about some song (Canadian, I think) that dealt with hockey. And my mind went, as it does, to other sports in folkie songs.

Sure, there's baseball. Several songs. And some songs concerning bicycles, but not bike racing. To that last one, I am not a song writer. But I "hear" a song about Major Taylor, the first big US sports superstar. Not only the first sports superstar, but the first BLACK sports superstar. He dominated bicycle racing in the beginning years of the sport, before cars blew cyclists off the road. So there's two possible themes.

AND...how about...curling! I mean, sure, curling is often a punchline. But it does have a cult following. Like, what are there, maybe 437 fans? And I think it deserves mention if only because of that.

I dunno. I can't write songs. But I sort of "hear" two songs like this in my mind.

Saul