‘One Shining Moment’: When Bad Music Happens to Good Sports

The Takeaway

One shining moment, you reached for the sky…. When you hear the song “One Shining Moment,” how do you feel?   Loved by some and hated by others, the emotional anthem has wrapped up the NCAA basketball championship for 25 years.  Where do you stand on “One Shining Moment”? And what is it about sports that so often inspire divisive songs?  Jon Solomon has his opinions on the matter. A college basketball journalist for Princetonbaskeball.com, he’s also a DJ at WPRB — Princeton.

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