‘This Is Sad’: U.S. Open Dumps ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ for Finals Matches
The U.S. Open did not play the U.S. national anthem during either the women’s or men’s finals matches last weekend.

The U.S. Open did not play the U.S. national anthem during either the women’s or men’s finals matches last weekend.
A majority of the U.S. Women’s National Team was silent for the second time during the national anthem at their World Cup.
The majority of the U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT) stood silently with their hands clasped behind their backs during the playing of the national anthem before Friday’s Women’s World Cup opener against Vietnam.
Iam Tongi has apologized to fans after he forgot to remove his hat while singing the national anthem during the 2023 MLB Home Run Derby.
Grammy award-winning singer and songwriter Jill Scott was slammed on social media for changing the lyrics to the National Anthem during a recent performance at Essence Fest.
Capitol police silenced a South Carolina children’s choir during their rendition of the National Anthem in National Statuary Hall.
On Sunday, multiplatinum country and pop music star Jewel sang the national anthem at the Indy 500. However, her version of the national anthem left many fans angered and a bit perplexed.
Tre Jones III, an outfielder at Texas A&M Corpus-Christi, stole the show on Senior Day Saturday when he took the field and played an excellent rendition of the national anthem on his guitar.
WNBA star Brittney Griner is speaking out personally explaining why she will stand for the national anthem after years of protesting it.
Before he last ill-fated visit to Russia, WNBA star Brittney Griner was a national anthem protester, but now she’s changing her tune.
Brittney Griner, a WNBA star who made international headlines after being arrested while attempting to travel from Moscow with cannabis oil in a vaping cartridge in her luggage shortly after the war in Ukraine began, says that the national anthem “hit different” while she and her teammates stood for the Star-Spangled Banner before her preseason game Saturday night.
Two Major League Baseball (MLB) players were ejected and fined this weekend over a national anthem standoff.
Adam Wainwright surprised Cardinals fans on Opening Day by delivering a stirring rendition of the national anthem.
There was a ton of scoring when the Maple Leafs clashed with the Sabres in Toronto on Monday night. But by far, the biggest assist of the night came before the puck was even dropped.
Chiefs star Chris Jones doesn’t get a ton of camera time, not with networks seemingly focused on capturing every move that Pat Mahomes and Travis Kelce make. However, on Sunday, the cameras caught Jones getting emotional during a stirring performance of the national anthem that everyone needs to see.
Singer-songwriter John Mellencamp was pictured sitting out the national anthem while munching popcorn ahead of the Indianapolis Colts-Philadelphia Eagles game Sunday.
Left-wing actress Rosanna Arquette dug deep over the weekend and wondered to her quarter million Twitter followers, asking “how much better our country would be” if “everyone” had taken a knee in 2016 along with former NFL quarterback-turned leftist Hollywood celebrity Colin Kaepernick.
MLB pitchers Robbie Ray and Luke Weaver engaged in a national anthhem standoff Sunday that saw both players get ejected.
Amanda Gorman, the National Youth Poet Laureate, posted a poem on social media on July 4 that disparaged the United States of America.
Disney’s “Hocus Pocus 2” star Bette Midler is encouraging women and girls to take a knee the next time “The Star-Spangled Banner” is played, in apparent protest of the U.S. Supreme Court’s forthcoming decision on Roe v. Wade.
A stadium full of fans broke out in a stirring rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner as the Charlotte Football Club kicked off its home opener on Saturday.
Macy Gray performed a typically eccentric rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” on Sunday at the NBA All-Star Game in Cleveland, just months after the pop star trashed the U.S. flag as a symbol of “hate.”
Hollywood director Spike Lee will helm a documentary about the life of NFL anthem kneeler and former San Fransisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, ESPN films announced on Wednesday.
Chiefs fans stepped up to lend able assistance pop star Ashanti in singing the national anthem when her mic repeatedly dropped out.
Jon Stewart is flummoxed as to why the national anthem is played before sports events, calling it a “weird ritual.” He also questioned the American tradition of standing for the national anthem.
Hundreds of fans joined in singing the national anthem on Friday as the 2021 Ryder Cup teed off at Whistling Straits Golf Course in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
Civics platform Kidizenship is urging children aged 8-18 to join its contest by writing and singing their own national anthem.
A Texas law went into effect Wednesday requiring pro teams in the state to play the Star-Spangled Banner before any home games. If teams should choose to nix the anthem, as Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban did last year, it’ll cost them millions.
Spectators at a Minor League Baseball game in Michigan were nearly brought to tears when watching 96-year-old WWII veteran John Pylman deliver the National Anthem.
Left-wing Hollywood star Rosanna Arquette has declared she will take a knee in protest of the national anthem and U.S. flag “for the rest of my life.” Her comment comes just days after athlete Gwen Berry turned her back as “The Star-Spangled Banner” played during the U.S. Olympic track and field trials.
Gwen Berry, an Olympic hammer thrower who turned away from the American flag during the playing of the National Anthem after qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics, is firing back at critics.
Mavs Owner Mark Cuban ordered his team not to play the national anthem. Now, Texas has responded by passing a law requiring him to play it.
Thousands of bikers gathered at RFK Stadium in Washington, DC, on Sunday for the annual Rolling to Remember event where some of them gave their opinions to Breitbart News on athletes kneeling during the National Anthem.
The support for Americans hearing the national anthem before professional sports games has gone up in recent years, according to a recent poll.
The Wisconsin State Assembly passed a bill Tuesday that would require tax-supported venues to play the national anthem.
The Wisconsin State Assembly is set to vote Tuesday on a bill requiring the national anthem to be played before sporting events in venues that received public funds.
“Duck Dynasty” alum and “At Home With the Robertsons” star Willie Robertson hosted a discussion about athletes taking a knee and protesting during the national anthem with several NFL players. Robertson said the player protests felt “a little un-American” to him.
‘Atlantic’ writer Jemele Hill is sticking up for Dallas Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban for canceling the playing of the national anthem.
Bluefield college forfeited a game on Thursday after several players took a knee during the national anthem and were immediately suspended.
Former Minnesota Vikings safety Jack Brewer proclaimed NBA Owner Mark Cuban’s hopes of becoming president “officially over.”