Nationals Park’s national anthem singers spend the off-season keeping their voices limber for a new season of rockets’ red glare.

“There’s no crowd standing and singing with you with hands over hearts—or the occasional Baltimore fan screaming ‘O!'”

Rapinoe called it “[expletive] unbelievable.”

Douglas responds to criticism that surfaced on Twitter after she didn’t put her hand over hear heart during the anthem.

Because they’re holding live auditions.

The first 50 people who sign up will get to audition.

Like you doubted Beyoncé could sing? Everybody go back to your business.

As we kind of suspected yesterday, Beyoncé’s performance of the national anthem to cap off President Obama’s second inauguration was recorded ahead of the ceremony.

Outside of her relatively small but loyal following, the United States has not seen much of Sinéad O’Connor over the past decade, though she has continued to release albums and perform. Despite having a massive hit with the Prince-penned “Nothing Compares 2 U,” she is remembered equally for the controversy she generated with her infamous appearance on Saturday Night Live and her refusal to have the national anthem played before a concert in New Jersey….

Gothamist learned about the craziest urban nightmare come true: A huge python found in the bathroom pipes. It was also a nightmare for some Yankees fans, as manger Joe Torre declined to come back and manage the Bronx Bombers. At least the city’s attempt to give some direction to subway riders was interesting, pranksters went shirtless at the Fifth Avenue Abercrombie & Fitch and the I Heart Brooklyn Girls calendars came out. And just…