NBA fans praised the league for allowing the Anthem to play before the Thunder-Rockets contest on opening night.

Pharrell Williams and Voices of Fire will open the 2025 World Series presented by Capital One with a special performance prior to Game One. The 121st Fall Classic between the National League Champion Los Angeles Dodgers and the American League Champion Toronto Blue Jays begins Friday,

Our current president is so easily triggered that a TV commercial can change international policy, trade policy, foreign policy,’ anchor Jonathan Lemire complains

Carroll, who first performed the national anthem when he was 12 at an Oakland University basketball game, is becoming a bit of a regular at big Detroit sporting events. The gospel recording artist performed the anthem at the Lions-Commanders playoff game this past January.

At WWE’s Crown Jewel event in Perth, Australian fans booed the U.S. national anthem, continuing a broader trend of foreign crowds expressing disapproval toward American symbols.

The new directive came after President Trump made himself chairman of the Kennedy Center, the home of the orchestra.

The first game of the World Series between the National League Champion LA Dodgers and the American League Champion Blue Jays begins October 24.