Sports, The National Anthem, and Black Lives Matter
Heritage Explains
Heritage Podcast Network
4.7 • 848 Ratings
🗓️ 14 August 2020
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Sports events have always been an escape from the challenges of everyday life. Think back to your favorite sports memories. Is there anything better than seeing your team win, and then celebrating with your friends and family? But what has been the one constant at all sporting events in America? The National Anthem. This is a time when we put our differences aside, and pay tribute to the nation and those who fight for it. But now, if you turn on most sports events, you’ll likely see teams kneeling during the National Anthem, wearing Black Lives Matter apparel, and protesting. Sports seem to no longer be just about sports. On this episode, we talk about the state of sports in the US, the influence of the Black Lives Matter movement, and why the National Anthem is something worth standing for.
Show Notes:
Whitney Houston Singing The National Anthem at Super Bowl 25
Ken Blackwell’s Piece: NFL Again Fumbles Opportunity to Unite America
Mike Howell’s Recent Piece: Until Cities End Riots, Federal Authorities Stand Ready
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| 0:00.0 | In the market of competition for these institutions' attention, you know, we got to fight back a little bit. |
| 0:06.3 | And we also got to keep pounding the message. |
| 0:08.3 | Never accept the narrative that there's something wrong with the national anthem. |
| 0:12.3 | Don't accept these core premises, which they try to, you know, shove down your throat in all these, you know, broadcasts of NBA games. |
| 0:19.5 | They want to scare us into silence. |
| 0:34.0 | From the Heritage Foundation, I'm Tim Desher, and this land of free, and the flag and I'm free |
| 1:33.3 | and the fire of all Incredible. |
| 1:39.5 | That was Whitney Houston, shaking the foundation of planet Earth as she sang the national anthem before Super Bowl 25 in 1991. |
| 1:45.6 | After all these years, it is still a beautiful moment of national pride. |
| 1:50.9 | You should check out the whole performance. |
| 1:53.1 | I'll link to it in the show notes. |
| 2:10.7 | But for decades, sports have had this incredible ability to unite us, to instill hope, inspire dreams, and for a moment just before the play, recognize the nation that has enabled us to do all these things. |
| 2:19.7 | In fact, I can trace some of my best memories back to particular sporting events. |
| 2:26.1 | I'll never forget this moment just after Michael Jordan sunk the winning basket against the Utah Jazz in the 1998 NBA Championship. |
| 2:36.3 | Here comes Chicago. |
| 2:38.2 | 17 seconds. |
| 2:40.6 | 17 seconds from game seven or from championship number six. |
| 2:47.0 | Jordan, open. |
| 2:49.5 | Chicago with the lead. |
| 2:58.3 | Or how about this moment from 2017 in Super Bowl 51 when, like it or not, Tom Brady further |
| 3:06.2 | solidified his status as the best quarterback to ever play football |
| 3:10.7 | when he led the Patriots to a 25-point comeback, overtime victory. |
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