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Sideline Chatter: Aretha Franklin impresses with time of possession

Caught up in the football spirit? Maybe that's why Aretha Franklin decided to go long.

To say the Queen of Soul took a while to sing the national anthem before Thursday's Lions-Vikings game in Detroit would be an understatement. Or, as the second-quarter graphic that CBS splashed across TV screens put it:

"Time of possession:

"Vikings 10:48

"Lions 14:37

"Aretha Franklin 4:35"

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