Who sang the US national anthem at the men's basketball final at the Olympics?

August 24, 2008 6:40 PM

Who sang the US national anthem at the men's basketball final at the Beijing Olympics?
posted by cda to Sports, Hobbies, & Recreation (4 answers total)

Do you mean at the medal ceremony? I just watched the archive video on NBCOlympics.com and there's no singer during the medal ceremony where the U.S. men received their golds.
posted by fireoyster at 9:56 PM on August 24, 2008

Response by poster: Maybe I'm confused. I was watching the end of the basketball game and they showed a clip of a black man with shades on singing the us national anthem and I thought it was from the beginning of the game. But maybe it wasn't even the basketball game. I just know he had a really great voice.
posted by cda at 7:09 AM on August 25, 2008

Best answer: Oh, then that's Marvin Gaye.
posted by smackfu at 7:31 AM on August 25, 2008

Response by poster: Doh, that was a commercial! Thanks smackfu! I didn't recognize him from the 3 seconds that I saw.
posted by cda at 7:45 AM on August 25, 2008