National Anthem

A Florida lawmaker wants to make it a legal requirement for “The Star-Spangled Banner” to be heard before every professional sports game played in the state

Music has almost always been a part of her life, but Nadia Aguilar-Steinberg never thought she would sing for the president.

Music has almost always been a part of her life, but Nadia Aguilar-Steinberg never thought she would sing for the president. “Everything that I’ve done in my life kind of led me to this point,” Aguilar-Steinberg said. Before President Biden’s arrival, the UConn grad student got a call. It was from the director of the School of Fine Arts....

An Iowa race track says it will cut ties with an announcer who went on a racist rant against Black fans and athletes who kneel during the national anthem.

Nine-year-old D’Corey Johnson shared his rendition of the national anthem with his classmates Bates Elementary in Louisville, Kentucky.

An announcer for a live stream of an Oklahoma girls high school basketball game cursed and called one team by a racial epithet as the players kneeled during the national anthem

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban says he decided before this season began not to play the national anthem before his team’s home games

Australia has changed one word in its national anthem to reflect what the prime minister called the spirit of unity and the country’s Indigenous population

NFL teams opening their seasons in empty stadiums knelt, locked arms or raised fists in protest for pregame ceremonies on the first full Sunday of the football season.

Super Bowl champions Kansas City Chiefs offered a symbolic gesture of support for racial injustice ahead of the NFL’s first game of the season Thursday, NBC News reports.

Saints quarterback Drew Brees says he’ll remain standing for “The Star Spangled Banner,” but professed respect and support for those who protest racism and social injustice by kneeling during the national anthem.

Players and coaches from the New Orleans Pelicans, Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers knelt alongside one another before the first games of the NBA restart.

“Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” will be performed live or played before “The Star-Spangled Banner” prior to each NFL game during Week 1 and the league is  considering putting names of victims of police brutality on helmet decals or jersey patches, a person familiar with the discussions told The Associated Press.

The U_S_ women’s national team wants the U_S_ Soccer Federation to repeal the anthem policy it instituted after Megan Rapinoe started kneeling during “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

Video appears to show President Donald Trump at a Super Bowl watch party on Sunday pretending to conduct the band as the national anthem played, NBC News reported.

A determined and talented mudslide survivor took center field Thursday at Dodger Stadium to sing the national anthem.

The touching moment happened at a graduation in Limestone County, Alabama.

Fergie was tasked with singing the “Star-Spangled Banner” at tonight’s NBA All-Star Game – a task that she seemed to fall short of on Sunday night. Before the game, the singer slinked up to the microphone in a little black dress and gave a bluesy and somewhat unusual rendition of the national anthem that did not appear go over well...

Mike Ditka has been known to speak his mind on a thing or two in his career – and that’s certainly what the former Chicago Bears coach did before the team’s big Monday Night Football game.

Vice President Mike Pence was in attendance for the Indianapolis Colts-San Francisco 49ers game on Sunday, but he wasn’t there for long. Thom Jensen reports.