National Anthem

After skipping last year due to the pandemic, National Anthem auditions were back on Tuesday at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie.

An announcer for a live stream of an Oklahoma girls high school basketball game cursed and called one team by a racial epithet as the players kneeled during the national anthem

The Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie will hold its annual National Anthem auditions on Tuesday, March 23, from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.

NBC 5 Sports Director Newy Scruggs talks to Dallas Morning News Mavericks reporter Brad Townsend on Mark Cuban’s decision to initially not play the national anthem at basketball games.

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has relented on not playing the national anthem before home games this season. The move came shortly after the NBA reiterated its “longstanding league policy” to include the anthem. NBC 5’s Maria Guerrero reports on the controversy.

Australia has changed one word in its national anthem to reflect what the prime minister called the spirit of unity and the country’s Indigenous population

NFL teams opening their seasons in empty stadiums knelt, locked arms or raised fists in protest for pregame ceremonies on the first full Sunday of the football season.

Super Bowl champions Kansas City Chiefs offered a symbolic gesture of support for racial injustice ahead of the NFL’s first game of the season Thursday, NBC News reports.

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has softened his tone when it comes to players protesting during the anthem.

Jerry Jones sidestepped the question of whether he would change his policy requiring Dallas Cowboys players to stand during the national anthem.

NBC 5 Sports Director Newy Scruggs says Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones needs to be a leader and offer a definitive answer on whether his players can kneel during the national anthem to protest racial injustice next season.

The Dallas Stars are preparing to play their second game in the NHL’s return-to-play tournament in Edmonton, and they will be doing so after two Stars players made a social justice statement before game one.

Saints quarterback Drew Brees says he’ll remain standing for “The Star Spangled Banner,” but professed respect and support for those who protest racism and social injustice by kneeling during the national anthem.

Players and coaches from the New Orleans Pelicans, Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers knelt alongside one another before the first games of the NBA restart.

“Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” will be performed live or played before “The Star-Spangled Banner” prior to each NFL game during Week 1 and the league is  considering putting names of victims of police brutality on helmet decals or jersey patches, a person familiar with the discussions told The Associated Press.

A fast-pitch softball team was sharply criticized by U.S. star Cat Osterman and several of her teammates after it tweeted to President Donald Trump that its players were standing for the national anthem and respecting the flag.

The U_S_ women’s national team wants the U_S_ Soccer Federation to repeal the anthem policy it instituted after Megan Rapinoe started kneeling during “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

Video appears to show President Donald Trump at a Super Bowl watch party on Sunday pretending to conduct the band as the national anthem played, NBC News reported.

Football players stepped up when they were told there would be no national anthem before their game.

Football players sang the National Anthem when the bands couldn’t make it to their makeup game on Friday.