Has international hockey replaced the NHL All-Star Game?
Has international hockey replaced the NHL All-Star Game? Greg WyshynskiFeb 21, 2025, 12:45 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Follow on X Email Print BOSTON — The 4 Nations Face-Off has emerged as a transformative moment for the NHL. “Nothing’s done more for hockey in a decade than what this tournament’s…
New Hampshire artist whose ‘daily doodle’ pandemic project lasted 1,727 days dies at 92
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Robert Seaman, the New Hampshire artist who brightened dark days by creating intricate and imaginative “daily doodles” during the COVID-19 pandemic and then kept at it for nearly five years, has died. He was 92. Seaman died on Wednesday at Maplewood Assisted Living in Westmoreland, according to his daughter, Robin Hayes….
Hindu devotional singing is having a moment
(RNS) — The winner of the 2025 Grammy Award for best new age, ambient or chant album — a category once dominated by Enya — was an album titled “Triveni,” meaning “the confluence of three rivers” in Sanskrit, an apt description for its weaving of Vedic chants, melodic flute and cello by India’s Chandrika Tandon,…
US consumer sentiment plunges over tariff and inflation fears
Customers shop for produce at a grocery store.Brandon Bell/Getty Images WashingtonCNN — Inflation is picking up again and President Donald Trump said this week it’s all his predecessor’s fault. But no matter who Trump blames for inflation, America’s economic mood is now souring — and Trump is getting the heat for it. The University of…
Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen broke a dress code with jeans. Now he’s selling them for charity
NEW YORK (AP) — Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen is turning his controversial denim into some greens — for charity. The Norwegian chess grandmaster announced this week that he is auctioning off the Italian luxury brand jeans that started a dress code dispute at December’s World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships. Carlsen ultimately quit the…
Protests, ejections and backlash: Inside the fallout from the Luka Doncic trade
Protests, ejections and backlash: Inside the fallout from the Luka Doncic trade play Adam Silver is ’empathetic’ to Mavs fans after Luka Doncic trade (2:15) NBA commissioner Adam Silver shares his reaction to the blockbuster trade that sent Luka Doncic from the Mavericks to the Lakers. (2:15) Michael RothsteinFeb 21, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close…
Buster Olney’s Top 10 MLB position players: Shortstops
Buster Olney’s Top 10 MLB position players: Shortstops Gunnar Henderson, Francisco Lindor, Elly De La Cruz & Bobby Witt Jr. ESPN Buster OlneyFeb 21, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close Senior writer ESPN Magazine/ESPN.com Analyst/reporter ESPN television Author of “The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty” Follow on X Email Print Spring training camps are underway, which…
Why Mookie Betts decided to return to shortstop in 2025
Why Mookie Betts decided to return to shortstop in 2025 Fellow infielders Hyeseong Kim and Freddie Freeman noted improvement on Betts’ throws from shortstop this winter. AP Photo/Ashley Landis Alden GonzalezFeb 21, 2025, 08:00 AM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com…
Trump is one month in and Americans are already mad at him about inflation
Egg prices are soaring due to avian flu outbreaks. But it’s yet another reminder that prices aren’t coming down as fast as President Donald Trump promised.Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg/Getty Images CNN — On the campaign trail, President Donald Trump vowed repeatedly that he’d bring prices down “starting on Day One” if elected. It’s been a month since…
French street artist Shuck One pays tribute to Black history at Pompidou Center in Paris
PARIS (AP) — French street artist Shuck One is honoring Black figures who shaped France’s recent history on the mainland and overseas, in an art installation being produced for an exhibition starting next month at the Pompidou Center in Paris. Shuck One is a Black graffiti and visual artist native of the Caribbean island of…
