Aug 18, 2016

Chase Rice takes batting practice with the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. The Phils edge the New York Mets, 5-4

Aug 23, 2016

EA Sports releases the "Madden NFL 17" video game. Featured music includes Jason Aldean's "Lights Come On," in addition to country tracks by Blake Shelton, High Valley and Brantley Gilbert

Sep 2, 2016

Chase Rice attends as his alma mater, A.C. Reynolds High School, hosts a football game in Asheville, North Carolina. The Rockets blast the Owen Warhorses, 70-12

Sep 3, 2016

"Pure Adrenaline," Garth Brooks' CBS theme for SEC football games, debuts before Texas A&M meets the UCLA Bruins. The Aggies win, 31-24, in overtime

Sep 4, 2016

Jack Ingram sings the national anthem at Memorial Stadium in Austin as the Texas Longhorns football team opens its season against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Texas pulls out a double-overtime 50-47 win

Sep 8, 2016

Dierks Bentley and OneRepublic perform on NBC in the NFL kickoff special prior to the league's opening game between the Denver Broncos and the Carolina Panthers. Denver wins by a hair, 21-20

Sep 9, 2016

Kenny Chesney, The Band Perry and Old Dominion perform at the Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee in a tailgating concert the night before a game expected to set a new college attendance record. Retired quarterback Peyton Manning makes a surprise appearance during Chesney's performance of "The Boys Of Fall"

Sep 10, 2016

The Zac Brown Band, Train and Phillip Phillips perform in the Wildcat Kickoff Concert at Bill Snyder Family Stadium in Manhattan, Kansas, to launch Kansas State's 2016 college football schedule

Sep 10, 2016

Jennifer Nettles sings the national anthem for 157,000 people before the Battle at Bristol, a college football game at the Bristol Motor Speedway. Lee Greenwood performs "God Bless The U.S.A." at halftime during the game, a 45-24 Tennessee Volunteers victory over the Virginia Tech Hokies

Sep 11, 2016

Carrie Underwood's new "Sunday Night Football" theme--"Oh, Sunday Night," using the melody of "Somethin' Bad"--debuts on NBC prior to an NFL game that sees the New England Patriots edge the Arizona Cardinals, 23-21