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A long-missing broadcast tradition is being brought back to the airwaves. Nexstar TV, which owns 171 stations across the country, said it will return the national anthem segment to begin the broadcast day this fall. The national anthem used to close the day for most television stations back when TV was not a 24/7…

Gladys Knight promised to “unite and represent our country” with her rendition of the national anthem at the Super Bowl. Consider it mission accomplished. The 74-year-old, Grammy-winning singer delivered a powerful, emotional and respectful version of the Star Spangled Banner to her hometown in the prelude to Super Bow…

Gladys Knight will be singing the national anthem at this year’s Super Bowl LIII. The Grammy-winning Knight will be performing the song in her Atlanta hometown, where the game will be held on Feb. 3 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The 74-year-old Knight said she will attempt to “unite and represent our country” when…

Donald Trump has long proved to be a master of distraction and, as legal walls potentially close in on the former Apprentice host, today the President pushed supporters to rip into ESPN over its decision not to broadcast the playing of "the National Anthem before Monday Night Football." In a fundraising letter sent…

As controversy swirls around what has become a polarizing aspect of NFL games, ESPN says it will not air the national anthem before its Monday Night Football games this season. "We generally have not broadcasted the anthem, and I don't think that will change this year. Our plan going into this year is to not broadcast…

The National Football League players were back at it Thursday night by protesting during the national anthem. After a quiet Hall of Fame game last week in which there were no protests, there were several demonstrations in the first full week of preseason games on Thursday, including kneel-downs and fists in the air…

Just hours before President Donald Trump presides over the White House’s inaugural ‘No Escaping To Locker Room!” Philly Eagles-Free Super Bowl Celebration, the Trump’s White House felt the need to issue a statement, mopping up after his two previous tweets on same subject. According to the White House statement, the…

Fox News has apologized for using photos of Philadelphia Eagles players kneeling in prayer before games, to illustrate coverage of Donald Trump decision to pull team’s White House invitation to celebrate their Super Bowl win. Photos of the praying players were used on Shannon Bream’s program Monday night to illustrate…

Meghan McCain has doubled down on her verbal attacks made on The View regarding the NFL’s national anthem kneelers, saying via Twitter she “ardently” believes everyone should stand when the song is played. McCain, daughter of U.S. senator and former Republican presidential candidate John McCain, defended herself…

Before the puck dropped at Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs series between the Nashville Predators and Winnipeg Jets, Lady Antebellum took the ice at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville to sing the National Anthem. All was going well…until they hit a minor speed bump. The Grammy Award-winning country trio of Charles…

UPDATED with video: “I feel like I need to address something that happened Sunday night at the NBA All-Star Game,” Jimmy Kimmel said on his late-night show, after he was caught on tape during Fergie’s much-mocked performance of the national anthem at the event. “Somehow, I became a part of a National Anthem fiasco…

Some of the most drama-filled moments of Super Bowl LII occurred just before kickoff. Questions were in the air about whether a flu-ridden Pink would manage to show up and lip-synch to the national anthem, which is mandated to be pre-recorded.  The singer had reportedly struggled during a Thursday rehearsal, but…