Whitney Houston sings the national anthem on January 27, 1991, at Super Bowl XXV during the Persian Gulf War.Michael Zagaris/Getty Images by Mark Clague, University of Michigan When NFL Commissioner Elmer Layden visited the White House in August 1945, no sitting president had ever attended a professional football game. World War II was coming to … Continued
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