Lauren Alaina photo courtesy of UMG Nashville.

Lauren Alaina will kick off her Thanksgiving by performing the National Anthem before the first game of the NFL’s Thanskgiving Day triple header between the Detroit Lions and the Green Bay Packers in Detroit. The game, as well as Lauren’s performance, will be televised at 12:30 p.m. Eastern on FOX.

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Lauren will be joined by PLAY 60 youth ambassadors from the NFL Youth Education Town – Boys & Girls Club at the Dick & Sandy Dauch Campus in Detroit, a United Way agency.  Designed to address childhood obesity, NFL PLAY 60 brings together the NFL’s commitment to health and wellness with partners like the United Way. Since PLAY 60 was launched in 2007, the NFL has committed more than $250 million to youth health and fitness and built more than 100 NFL Youth Fitness Zones. Continue Reading

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Tim McGraw photo by Danny Clinch, courtesy of Curb Records.

If football is on at the Tim McGraw/Faith Hill household, don’t even think about changing the channel. Tim is a lifelong football fan. He performed on Sep. 10 during the NFL’s Kickoff Party before the first regular season game at Pittsburgh’s Heinz Field, when the Tennessee Titans played the hometown Steelers. Faith’s NFL ties are strong too – she sings the opening theme for NBC’s Sunday Night Football, ”Waiting All Day For Sunday Night.”

When Tim recently visited the GAC studio, he answered a few questions from fans. Julie from Idaho wanted to know what advice Tim would give to football-hating wives married to football-loving husbands.

“Learn to love it — at my house, it’s the only choice you’d have!” he said, laughing.  “I’m a football fanatic – but my wife is also, so that’s great. Continue Reading

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