This was one of the events lined up for the winter day. Soon another set of kids was at the starting line, dressed in green ...

Dominique Meyer, the French director of Milan's opera, is due to step down in early March. He will be replaced by an Italian, ...

Photo courtesy of Roland JackThis year's Super Bowl featured R&B singer Ledisi performing the Black National Anthem, "Lift ...

Before 'The Star Spangled Banner' was the national anthem, 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' was the Black national anthem. This ...

Dear Readers: This Johnnie St. Vrain column first appeared in print on Dec. 1, 2011. Given that the Super Bowl draws so much attention to the national anthem on television, Johnnie determined this ...

The first of those acts in a singer performing the national anthem. Country music star Reba McEntire performed it in Las Vegas last year to start Super Bowl 58. Here's who will be performing the ...

Few spotlights are bigger than singing the national anthem at the Super Bowl. With tens of millions of NFL fans tuning in on Sunday for Super Bowl LIX between the Kansas City Chiefs and ...

Jon Batiste’s national anthem performance clocked in at 120 seconds, according to John Ewing of BetMGM. The Grammy-winning singer, 38, delighted viewers when he took to the field at Caesar’s ...

Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter Ledisi will perform the Black national anthem at the 2025 Super Bowl. For the fifth year in a row, the Super Bowl pregame show will feature a performance of ...

It came down to a half-second. Singer Jon Batiste took the mic in front of millions of football fans across the world to perform the national anthem before the Super Bowl 2025 in New Orleans.

Multi-talented performer Jon Batiste sang the national anthem before the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles face off in the 2025 Super Bowl on Sunday, Feb. 9 in New Orleans. The multi ...

Before kickoff, a handful of Louisiana natives will take to the field to perform the national anthem, "America the Beautiful" and "Lift Every Voice and Sing," the Black national anthem.