The Jock Jams canon spans genres and generations, but only one anthem can be the ultimate champion.

The Jock Jam has Seventies roots in grandma-oriented disco (the Village Peoples' "YMCA") and chant-along bubblegum rock (Steam's "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye"). Some Jock Jams are rock jams but ...

The album may or may not be obsolete, but the fact remains: Listeners have long obsessed over individual songs. The Single File is The A.V. Club’s look at the deep cuts, detours, experiments, and ...

The Lakers and Celtics play Game 4 of the NBA finals Thursday night in Boston. This is the 12th time these two teams have faced off for the championship, in a classic rivalry as familiar as the pop ...

BOSTON, MA - APRIL 20: Neil Diamond sings “Sweet Caroline” during a game between the Kansas City Royals and Boston Red Sox in the 8th inning at Fenway Park on April 20, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. ...

Since the mid '90s, nearly every professional sports game has had essentially the same soundtrack. Songs like "Whoomp! There It Is" by Tag Team or "Tootsee Roll" by 69 Boyz are the sounds that go with ...

At some point on Sunday, if you’re watching the Super Bowl, you’ll hear a familiar sound. Not the sound of a referee making a bad call, or the sound of an abandoned hot dog falling to the floor, or ...

Whoa. This list brought back some musical memories. Those born before 1990 *should* remember the iconic "ESPN presents Jock Jams" pump-up-the-crowd-to-the-max compilation albums released by Tommy Boy ...

Remember jock jams? Those totally ridiculous, over-the-top, impossible-not-to-dance-to anthems that played during sports games literally all throughout the 1990s? Well, we do — and we're paying homage ...

Pete Wentz is rarely at a loss for words – just look at some of those old Fall Out Boy song titles for proof. But ask him about the band’s unlikely ascendance to the top of arena playlists around the ...

A year ago, we counted down the top 10 greatest songs from the immortal "Jock Jams" compilation series. It was a trip down memory lane, to be sure. And while there was some disagreement among our ...