Patrick Magee, sports editor at The Times-Picayune and The New Orleans Advocate, posted on X: "ESPN not showing the national anthem before the Sugar Bowl is a bit surprising." ...

According to her website, her tour begins with her pregame performance of the Black national anthem at the Super Bowl. The week after that, she's performing in Grand Prairie and Sugar Land, Texas.

Neil Diamond's rendition of the national anthem is the shortest of them all, clocking in at only 1:02. He performed at Super Bowl 21 in 1987, nearly 40 years ago.

Sing us an anthem, you're the Piano Man. Billy Joel is the only solo performer to sing the national anthem at the Super Bowl more than once, doing so in 1989 and 2007.

The Super Bowl national anthem has been performed on trumpet on five occasions (Lloyd Geisler in 1969, Doc Severinsen in 1970, Tommy Loy in 1971, Wynton Marsalis in 1986, Herb Alpert in 1988).

The Super Bowl national anthem has been performed on trumpet on five occasions (Lloyd Geisler in 1969, Doc Severinsen in 1970, Tommy Loy in 1971, Wynton Marsalis in 1986, Herb Alpert in 1988).

ESPN received backlash for not airing the national anthem before the rescheduled Sugar Bowl, forcing the network's president of content, Blake Magnus, to publicly apologize.

Jan 2, 2025; New Orleans, LA, USA; Detailed view of the Sugar Bowl trophy before it is presented after the game between the Georgia Bulldogs and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Caesars Superdome ...

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell gestures as Samyra sings the national anthem at the Sugar Bowl a quarterfinals game in the College Football Playoff between Georgia and Notre Dame, Thursday, Jan ...

Still, many fans considered the network's gesture too late at that point. The network also made sure to air the national anthem ahead of the Jan. 9 Orange Bowl between Penn State and Notre Dame.

ESPN caught some heat after failing to broadcast the playing of the national anthem before the Sugar Bowl College Football Playoff game. The game was played in New Orleans one day after a deadly ...