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Mavs Owner Mark Cuban decided to stop playing the national anthem because many feel the anthem doesn’t represent them, a report says.

Lady Gaga will sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” during Joe Biden’s inauguration ceremony next week, the president-elect’s inauguration committee has announced. In addition, Jennifer Lopez will perform during the ceremony, though organizers didn’t say what she will sing.

Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson and Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford both took a knee during the playing of the national anthem on Thanksgiving Day.

The Royal Family and members of Britain’s Armed Forces will be barred from singing the national anthem on Armistice Day, over fears that the patriotic songs will spread the Chinese coronavirus.

Milwaukee Bucks guard George Hill was not on the sidelines during Saturday night’s national anthem. He later explained why that was, in extremely descriptive terms.

The Democrat 2020 convention opened on Monday night with an American theme — the Pledge of Allegiance, the national anthem, and a prayer.

Many have speculated that television audiences will watch NFL players kneel in protest this season while the anthem singers sing and the colors are presented by military or police honor guards.

It “might be time to finally replace” the “Star-Spangled Banner” as the United States’ national anthem, some critics now say, even suggesting “Imagine” or “Lift Every Voice and Sing” as potential alternatives.

The widow of Oklahoma’s former labor commissioner will sing the national anthem at President Trump’s rally Saturday in Tulsa.

The former coach of the United States men’s soccer team told ESPN that he thinks it is “inappropriate,” to play the national anthem before a sporting event.

In a Monday interview on “The Hugh Hewitt Show,” HUD Secretary Dr. Ben Carson revealed he and others are working with President Donald Trump on changing his hard stance against athletes kneeling during the national anthem.

McEnany revisited the topic after a CNN reporter asked if the president still believed that an NFL football player should be fired if they knelt during the national anthem.

President Donald Trump on Friday criticized New Orleans Saints Quarterback Drew Brees after he apologized for defending the American flag and the national anthem.

“In America, we are the captains of our own fate. No obstacle, no challenge, and no threat is a match for the sheer determination of the American people,” he said.

During Tuesday’s broadcast of “Morning Joe” on MSNBC, network host Al Sharpton shared his reaction to a video of President Donald Trump appearing to conduct the orchestra during the singing of the national anthem before Sunday’s Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers.

Rap mogul Jay-Z and his wife Beyonce, remained seated during the playing of the national anthem on Sunday evening.

LeBron James disrespected the national anthem and walked off the court shouting at the crowd as the song played during Tuesday’s season-opener.

Two Texas high school football teams made sure the national anthem was sung at a game on Friday when none of the marching bands could be there to play it. 

A high school football player in Davidson County, North Carolina, is being praised for his quiet act of patriotism.

Leftist documentary filmmaker Michael Moore jumped to Twitter to support the U.S. fencing team member who took a knee during the national anthem at the Pan Am Games last weekend.

2020 White House Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) on Wednesday denied he intentionally kept his hand off of his heart during the national anthem at Tuesday evening’s second Democrat presidential primary debate in Detriot, Michigan.

Tuesday on his nationally syndicated radio program, conservative talker Rush Limbaugh predicted President Donald Trump’s criticism of Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) and the city of Baltimore would result in changes.

While it has become a source of controversy at sporting events over the last few years, singing the national anthem, derived from the work of Francis Scott Key, remains one of America’s most favored and timeless traditions.

Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-IL) joined the burgeoning backlash against Nike on Tuesday over the shoemaker’s decision to pull their America-themed 4th of July sneakers.

Brexit Party MEPs have defended turning their backs on the European Parliament chamber during the playing of the EU’s ‘national’ anthem because they say the bloc should not be treated as a country. 

A 96-year-old World War II veteran rose from his wheelchair at the the U.S. Women’s National Team game against Mexico on Sunday, and played a stirring rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner on his harmonica.

Mayor Pete Buttigieg defended the NFL National Anthem kneeling protests on Thursday as a First Amendment right, citing his military service as a defense.

A lot of people think that taking a knee is the most disrespectful thing someone could do during our national anthem. While taking a knee is really bad, the rendition of the anthem sung by a substitute singer at a minor league baseball game in North Carolina on Sunday, is giving Colin Kaepernick a run for his money.

Megan Rapinoe, co-captain for the United States Women’s national soccer team, says that she will “probably never sing the national anthem again.”

Nancy Armour, a sports columnist for the national newspaper USA Today, has suggested that sports leagues should put an end to playing the national anthem because it is a “lazy excuse” for false patriotism.

Once again, Virginia basketball is off to a roaring start. Cavaliers fans have grown accustomed to their squad piling on the victories ever since Tony Bennett took the helm in Charlottesville back in 2009.

I’m celebrating a football milestone. It’s been over a year since I’ve tuned into the NFL, and I am happy to say, I don’t really miss it.

Republican Martha McSally sang the national anthem for Arizona State University’s homecoming football game Saturday night, as she’s locked in a tough run against the Democrat Kyrsten Sinema for the U.S. Senate.

Former NFL player Jim Brown blasted those who decide to kneel instead of stand for the national anthem at a Thursday afternoon press conference outside the White House.

A photo of a New Orleans Saints fan helping a disabled New York Giants fan to stand for the national anthem is burning up the Internet this week.

A photo of a group of teenage boys standing with hands over their hearts in a school parking lot as the national anthem is played, has gone viral.