It’s a song every American has heard countless times, but how much do you really know about our national anthem?

Portman Road was meant to be a fortress under McKenna. Alas, by the 25th minute of most home matches our foes had scaled the ramparts, and by the interval, many were sipping tea in the throne room.

But his collection of fragments from the Star-Spangled Banner—one red swatch, one white—made him feel less like a have than a have-not. A friend possessed a blue scrap, and, without one for ...

At any sporting event in the United States the crowd will – sincerely and fervently – clasp their hands to their hearts, doff their baseball caps and join in “The Star-Spangled Banner”. The same brand ...

Betsy Wolfe, a Broadway actress and singer, was tapped to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" before the game began. But Wolfe’s rendition appeared to raise eyebrows for the wrong reasons as fans ...

Susan Biddle / The Washington Post / Getty Images The Star-Spangled Banner, the flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write the lyrics to our national anthem in 1814—its appearance above Fort ...

And what if you didn't? What if, instead, we were writing about Wolfe bungling the words to The Star-Spangled Banner instead? Isn't that worse? So what if she needs the lyrics there, just in case?

That includes the Star Spangled Banner. However, that does not mean Canadian fans will sit by and avoid a natural reaction, which is to boo given how they have been treated by the United States of ...

TORONTO - Some Blue Jays fans booed the United States’ national anthem at Toronto’s home opener against the Baltimore Orioles. There were scattered but audible boos from the sold-out crowd at ...

There were scattered but audible boos from the sold-out crowd at Rogers Centre in Toronto on Thursday as the "The Star-Spangled Banner" was sung by the 40-person ensemble from the local stage ...