{"id":509008,"date":"2026-10-27T01:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T01:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/509008\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T01:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T01:58:08","slug":"wnba-finals-national-anthem-singer-does-superb-job-at-valkyries-dream-game-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/509008\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA Finals national anthem singer does superb job at Valkyries-Dream game 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Golden State Valkyries<\/a> lined up yet another great singer to handle the national anthem during the 2026 WNBA Finals<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This time around it was Dinah Jane who sang \u201cThe Star-Spangled Banner\u201d<\/a> before Game 5 was played on Monday (Oct. 26) at Chase Center in San Francisco.<\/p>\n

Jane, who is best known for her work in the platinum-plus-selling R&B\/pop \u201cgirl group\u201d Fifth Harmony, delivered a powerhouse rendition that drew massive cheers from the home crowd that filled \u201cBallhalla\u201d to capacity in hopes of seeing the Valkyries<\/a> take a commanding a lead in a series that was knotted up at 2-2 going into the game.<\/p>\n

Jane, who is also a successful solo artist with a number of singles and EPs to her credit, was the latest in a strong run of national anthem singers at Chase during these WNBA Finals.<\/p>\n

Goapele<\/a>, an Oakland R&B\/soul singer known for such albums as 2001\u2019s \u201cCloser,\u201d 2002\u2019s \u201cEven Closer,\u201d 2005\u2019s \u201cChange It All\u201d and 2011\u2019s \u201cBreak of Dawn,\u201d handled the honors at Game 1.<\/p>\n

Then at Game 2, Alanis Morissette<\/a> \u2014 the hugely successful alt-rock act known for \u201cJagged Little Pill,\u201d the landmark 1995 outing that ranks as one of the top-selling albums in history \u2014 sang the anthem.<\/p>\n

The national anthem<\/a> has drawn much attention during these WNBA playoffs, with many people complaining \u2014 especially online \u2014 about it being disrespectful for the two teams to leave the court while the song is being sung. The teams were once again not on the court during while the anthem<\/a> was performed on Monday.<\/p>\n

Even President Trump has chimed in about the controversy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This practice is nothing new in the WNBA, and for these two teams, but it has obviously has drawn way more eyeballs than usual during the Finals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Golden State Valkyries lined up yet another great singer to handle the national anthem during the 2026…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":509009,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[2454,8256,2644,1533,330,100,8257,101,103,102,104,106,105,94685,420],"class_list":["post-509008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-basketball","tag-chase-center","tag-concerts","tag-keywee","tag-music","tag-news","tag-pop-music","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news","tag-social-alert","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/509009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}