National Anthem

News broke this week that the Dallas Mavericks are no longer playing the national anthem before their home games.

Dale Hansen has some choice words for the Cowboys owner Jerry Jones over the hypocrisy of the national anthem.

Quick, what's the worst thing that can possibly happen while singing in front of a large group of people? Forgetting the words? You get booed? How about a visit from the hiccup fairy?

Anyone that still thinks T-Pain can't sing without using autotune should probably just stop talking now.

WNEM TV 5 Anytime you sing the national anthem, you should be prepared not to mess it up. One brave singer decided he was going to take the national pride and spice it up. The singer took a fall while performing the Canadian national anthem. Get ready to laugh.

This country's national anthem means a lot to a lot of people. If you asked a million people "What Does the Anthem Mean to You" you will probably get about a million different answers respectively.

Everyone chooses to celebrate America differently, but I don't think there is anything more American than a bunch of kids singing the Star Spangled Banner.

America is at it's strongest when things are at their worst, and that was proven last at the Boston Bruins hockey game as the singing of the National Anthem started.

Alicia Keys did her thing singing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl this year, but nothing compares to her hearing impaired interpreter.  In fact, I think it's safe to say that A. Keys was backing him up!

Some of the favorite pop stars have delivered the national anthem at the Super Bowl. Alicia Keys is set to do the deed today (Feb. 3), following up last year's belter Kelly Clarkson. We hope Miss Keys delivers it flawlessly, which isn't always easy. Just ask Christina Aguilera, who effed it up royally in 2011.

An 11-year-old girl sang the National Anthem at the Dallas-Los Angeles MLS match over the weekend and called it's being called the worst ever.

Nobody is perfect and Steven Tyler is not even close to being perfect, especially when you screw up the National Anthem. You would think a guy who judges people and determines whether or not they have what it takes to become a singer would take two minute to go over the damn lyrics to the National Anthem!