I can see how moments of distress can shape a lifetime of character. Little Natalie Gilbert persisted on that night in 2003 so the full-grown Natalie Zito could inspire us more than two decades later.

When Cheeks was the head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers in 2003, he intervened to help Natalie Gilbert sing the national anthem before a Western Conference finals game. Gilbert, who was 13 at ...

Twenty-two years after her last national anthem performance before a Portland Trail Blazers game, Natalie Gilbert was back Wednesday night to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" with Maurice Cheeks in ...

Natalie (Gilbert) Wendig graduated from Alfred University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and an Art Education degree in 2009. In June 2010 she married Matthew Wendig, also an Alfred University ...

Maurice Cheeks, Natalie Gilbert reunite as Trail Blazers welcome back anthem singer Prior to a 2003 Trail Blazers playoff game, 13-year-old Natalie Gilbert stumbled on her words while performing ...