Fergie dialed the national anthem up to 11, when all it really needed was about 8. (Allen Berezovsk/Getty Images)Allow us, for a moment, to salute the national anthem. pic.twitter.com/u3QNYandPb — Dayana Sarkisova (@dsarkisova) February 19, 2018[It’s Fergie vs. Kevin Hart in a battle for the worst NBA all-star pregame performance]In the annals of bad anthems, how bad was this one? It’s at least in the conversation with the worst of the worst. The Boston Herald wrote the next morning that late Yankees coach Don Zimmer “should have charged Michael Bolton, who forgot the words to the national anthem!” The performance also prompted some boos.

Source: Washington Post February 19, 2018 16:27 UTC