SANTA CLARA — Five years after cornerback Rock Ya-Sin battled in one-on-one matchups with wide receiver Deebo Samuel at the Senior Bowl, they’ll be doing so again in 49ers practices. Ya-Sin was signed Thursday to a one-year deal, the 49ers announced. Drafted in the 2019 second round by the Indianapolis Colts, Ya-Sin moved on to play with the Las Vegas Raiders in 2022 and the Baltimore Ravens last year. His experience (66 games, 40 starts) will bolster a still-young cornerback corps that is led by incumbent starters Charvarius Ward and...

Nearly 19 million people watched on as Dawn Staley and the South Carolina Gamecocks bested the Iowa Hawkeyes in the women’s NCAA championship game on Sunday afternoon. Not a stranger to making sports history, Staley became the first Black coach to have an undefeated season in the NCAA Division 1 and the only Black coach to win three national titles. As I was doing squats, rows, leg lifts with the game on in the background, I mentally transported back to my childhood when promotion for the WNBA was heavy. I...

ATLANTA — Nothing came easy for the Mets through the first 10 games of the season, but a resounding win over the Atlanta Braves should send them back to New York riding high. The Mets took their first series of the year from their NL East rivals on Thursday afternoon, routing the Braves ,16-4, at Truist Park. DJ Stewart hit his second home run in the series, Jeff McNeil went 2-for-3 with three RBI and two runs scored, Pete Alonso went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and Francisco Alvarez went...

ATLANTA — The deep end of the pool may have been just what the Mets needed to prove they can swim. Three games against everybody’s pick to win the NL East, two victories and a needed offensive awakening. The Mets had plenty of reasons to like their situation as they departed Truist Park on Thursday following a 16-4 victory over the Braves. There was the satisfaction of winning their first road trip, with four victories in six games, but mostly the Mets handled a nemesis that has caused so much...

For the third year in a row, Newsweek has partnered with data intelligence platform Statista to rank the Most Trustworthy Companies in America. The 2024 edition of the ranking, which is based on the results of a survey of 25,000 U.S. residents, features 700 companies across 23 industries. Retailers are the largest industry segment (with 66 companies) followed by food and beverage producers (with 50). Consumer goods, which encompass 40 companies, represent the third-largest category on the ranking. Every year, different trends emerge as various companies rise and fall on...

The Arizona Legislature devolved into shouts of “Shame! Shame!” on Wednesday as Republican lawmakers quickly shut down discussion on a proposed repeal of the state’s newly revived 1864 law that criminalizes abortion throughout pregnancy unless a woman’s life is at risk. The state Supreme Court cleared the way on Tuesday for enforcement of the pre-statehood law. Arizona abortion providers vowed Wednesday to continue service until they’re forced to stop, possibly within weeks.

Ruki’s Kitchen, an Ethiopian concept from chef Ali Lemma, has joined the lineup for Switchman Hall, the food hall set to open later this year in the Terminal South development in Peoplestown. Lemma, a native of metro Atlanta and self-taught chef, worked for several years in business development before deciding to leave the corporate world. He spent time learning the fundamentals of Ethiopian cuisine from his mother, Rukia, who grew up in Ethiopia. Lemma first opened Ruki’s Kitchen in the Qommunity food hall in East Atlanta Village where he remained...

Last spring, Gunna dropped “Rodeo Dr,” a track from his recent album “A Gift and a Curse.” It was his first album since he took an Alford Plea in the YSL case and was released from jail in 2022. In the Spike Jordan-directed video for “Rodeo Dr,” the rapper mildly references his comeback by invoking imagery from OJ Simpson’s car chase. Throughout the song, he rhymes about finding comfort in Los Angeles (hence, the title reference to Rodeo Drive) instead of his hometown. He rides in a white Ford Bronco...

While O.J. Simpson’s life produced one of the most dramatic rises and fall from grace in American history, his football career was something to behold, too, up until a disappointing homecoming with the San Francisco 49ers in the late 1970s. His two seasons with the 49ers, in retrospect, are a mere blip in a polarizing life that had far more captivating chapters: charismatic actor, successful broadcaster, rental-car pitchman, and, for the past 30 years, suspected double-murderer, though a jury acquitted him of the 1994 slayings of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown...

Police are investigating a shooting that left a man dead at a southeast Atlanta apartment complex Thursday afternoon. Authorities say the shooting happened shortly before 4:50 p.m. inside the Constitution Hill apartments on the 1100 block of Constitution Road SE. When officers arrived at the scene, they found a man inside one of the units who had been shot at least once. Medics pronounced the victim dead at the scene. Homicide investigators are working to determine what led up to the man's death, but have not shared any details about...