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

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.

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.

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.

A seven-year-old girl wowed a crowd of 25,000 fans with her performance of the national anthem at a Major League Soccer (MLS) game on Sunday night.

A Christian university in Georgia is the latest entity to drop Nike as an athletic uniform supplier because of its ad featuring former NFL player Colin Kaepernick.

A Black Lives Matter organizer said in a Friday interview that he thinks the controversial Nike ad featuring former NFL player Colin Kaepernick is good for activism.

“What was Nike thinking?” Trump wrote on Twitter.

Wednesday on “The Ellen Show,” Beto O’Rourke, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, discussed his remarks at a town hall last month about the National Anthem protests in the NFL. O’Rourke said at the town hall that he “can think of

President Donald Trump pointed to the devastating effect on Nike after the sports brand endorsed Colin Kaepernick’s protests against law enforcement.

“In the end, it’s okay, because at least Canada knows how I feel,” Trump said after the news broke about the interview he did with Bloomberg on Thursday. 

Former NBA star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has exclaimed that the national anthem, The “Star Spangled Banner,” is indistinguishable from a “slave song.”

Rapper Ice Cube did not join the chorus of black celebrities critical of Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott for his patriotic stance in favor of the national anthem, instead urging the player to stand firm on his principles.

President Donald Trump reacted to NFL players who continued to kneel on the field during the national anthem.

In response to Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers suggesting his NFL colleagues “ignore” President Donald Trump’s criticisms of the National Anthem, ESPN “High Noon” host Pablo Torre said Wednesday that if anyone has the “diplomatic immunity” to speak out

President Donald Trump praised Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones for ordering players on his team to stand for the national anthem.

“The NFL National Anthem Debate is alive and well again – can’t believe it!” Trump marveled on Twitter. “Isn’t it in contract that players must stand at attention, hand on heart?”

Country music star Tim Atwood spoke with Fox News Thursday and offered up some advice for NFL players on taking a knee on the football field. Atwood said players should only be taking a knee if they “have a broke

Thursday on ESPN’s “Get Up,” Philadelphia Eagles safety and activist Malcolm Jenkins discussed the NFL’s new National Anthem policy that requires players to either stand on the field or remain in the locker room. According to Jenkins, the new policy

President Donald Trump reaffirmed his belief that NFL players should stand for the national anthem and not get politics involved on the football field.

President Donald Trump extended an offer Friday to professional athletes protesting the national anthem to come up with a list of people they believed should be pardoned for their crimes.

President Donald Trump presided over a brief White House south lawn ceremony honoring the United States and military men and women on Tuesday in lieu of a previously planned event that members of the Philadelphia Eagles dropped out of.

President Donald Trump revealed Monday evening that some of the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles refused to stand for the National Anthem at a Tuesday White House event that was scheduled in their honor, leading the President to cancel their appearance.

Outspoken basketball dad LaVar Ball told NFL National Anthem protesters that if they disagree with the league’s new policy requiring players to stand or remain in the locker room, they should find a new league. Ball told TMZ Sports he

Monday on CNN’s “New Day,” former Green Beret Nate Boyer reflected on Memorial Day and what it means, saying fallen soldiers did not die for patriotism or the Constitution or even the American flag, but rather their fellow countrymen. “My