Stand-up comedian and Twitter user extraordinaire Rob Delaney found out that getting to sing the National Anthem is as easy as tweeting at the Dodgers...
Americans, in time of such great tragedy, can be truly awe-inspiring in their unity and resolve. But is that enough? Is it enough to belt out the national anthem for a few days and then return to business as usual?
Amidst heightened security, the Bruins hosted the Sabres on Wednesday night in Boston's first major sporting event since the bombings at the Boston Ma...
Suddenly I'm a pariah in the stands. Suddenly I'm the embarrassment, and I'm not even doing anything differently. In fact, everybody else has changed. So, what is making people stare at me at the beginning of each game? What is making my son shh me? Our National Anthem.
R. Kelly's "Ignition (Remix)" turned 10 recently, and a group of intrepid fans have found quite the way to celebrate the occasion: Change the national...
Just like not supporting an unnecessary war does not make one un-American, enjoying all-American traditions at a sports event does not make one a warmonger.
Elisabeth Hasselbeck had a somewhat bizarre reaction to the controversy surrounding Beyonce allegedly lip-syncing the National Anthem on Inauguration ...
WASHINGTON — Beyonce drew a loud cheer at the inauguration Monday even before her impressive rendition of the national anthem. But in the role s...
For 27 years, William Dillon proclaimed his innocence while languishing in a prison cell. Few listened. Last night, as a free man, he sang the nati...
Driving four days across the western United States affords one little writing time but much thinking time. July fourth came and went during that drive...
NEW YORK -- Luke Bryan is saying sorry for his performance during Major League Baseball's All-Star game. The country singer admits that he did check ...
While you're prepping for your July 4th celebration, you'll want a playlist that's fun, but still family-friendly. Blast this soundtrack for an hour o...
We stand to sing our national anthem because it is THE LAW (Ed: it is not a law). Standing for our anthem is tradition and it is to honor our flag and our country.
There is in the American consciousness for notable performances of the National Anthem at sporting events. But for sheer emotional joy, it's hard to top what happened on April 27, 2003.
The Fray, the band that brought you the seminal hit "How To Save a Life," performed the National Anthem at the NCAA Championship game last night, and ...
Aerosmith frontman and current "American Idol" judge Steven Tyler kicked off the AFC Championship Game between the New England Patriots and Baltimore ...
A state lawmaker in Indiana has introduced a bill that would set specific "performance standards" for renditions of the national anthem. The legisl...
From "American Idol"'s Scotty McCreery flubbing the words to Michael Bolton's cheat sheet, these stars didn't do so well when singing the patriotic ba...
If you believe in freedom of religion but don't understand the irony behind your anger at a mosque being built near ground zero, then you are the number one culprit of dumb nationalism in 2011.
Why don't we sing in America? Why don't we have awesome drinking songs? Or sports songs? Why is our "go to" chanting U.S.A.? I feel like our capabilities far exceed these three letters.
I spent Father's Day afternoon with a friend at Citi Field in Queens catching the Mets versus the Angels in inter-league play. It was a beautiful day;...
The champion Lakers lost their opening playoff game to New Orleans, while the Celtics knocked off the Knicks on a clutch Ray Allen three-pointer.
While all of us who have grown up in the United States have been raised hearing the National Anthem from birth, it's frighteningly easy to forget portions of it.
On the home page of AOL News last week I encountered this opinion piece by Kevin Blackistone, "Time to Turn Off National Anthem Before Sports Events,"...
Christina Aguilera's opening anthem on one of America's biggest feast days was roundly criticized because it fell short of a proper offering.
