One of the earliest mentions involving Minnesota sports teams involves the national anthem being played in 1917 during a ...

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Rather than address claims against the song, it would be my pleasure to look at what makes our national anthem so great.

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I told them we’d had a sweet friendship and I’d always admired him and he’d never felt at home in LA so had recently moved back to Chicago,” she wrote. “ (I did not mention that I’d ...

The 33-year-old singer returned to perform "The Star-Spangled Banner" during a recent Colorado Avalanche hockey game, as she shared in an Instagram clip posted on Friday. "We're back baby," she ...

Still, I can't blame Tkachuk for shaking his head. He's a proud American and he has gone on record stating that he doesn't agree with fans boo'ing either 'The Star Spangled Banner' or 'O Canada'. On ...

If you’ve attended a Sonora or Summerville high school sporting event this winter and heard “The Star-Spangled Banner” sung with perfect pitch and pace, you were likely listening to a 9-year ...

fans loudly booed the Star-Spangled Banner when it was played during the tournament. It is not just hockey games at which the U.S. anthem is being booed, either. During WWE’s Elimination Chamber ...