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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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