I'm My Own Prophet

SANTA CLARA -- Nick Bosa is sincerely excited to see the 49ers' fans in Thursday's home opener. With no sacks through two games, he sounds even more pumped to see New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones in attendance, particularly if he's holding the ball in the pocket. "It's going to be pretty much the opposite of what we just did with Stafford," Bosa said, referring to Sunday's 30-23 win against the Los Angeles Rams' quick-throwing Matthew Staford. "(Jones) definitely can hold it a little bit and we just have to keep him in the pocket. "He's going to try to get out any chance he gets. So we'll just try to close in on him, be good in our rush lanes, and we could have a good day." Bosa could use a great day -- or night, as kickoff is at 5:15 p.m. -- to springboard his season, after missing training camp and the preseason before signing the NFL's richest contract for a non-quarterback only two weeks ago. Maybe he'll deliv

Just a few weeks out from the release of her fourth rerecorded album 1989 (Taylor's Version) -- which drops on October 27 -- Swift, 33, is doing what she does best: leaving Easter eggs for fans to decode. This time, she's paired up with Google for a word puzzle game that will seemingly help uncover the titles of the record's five vault tracks -- the bonus songs that never made the final cut of the original album. Starting Saturday, September 16, a closed blue vault began popping up when googling Swift's name. Clicking on the vault brings up scattered letters in a word jumble accompanied by a hint to help solve the puzzle. At first, the only clue was, "My name is Taylor and I was born in...," with "1989 Taylor's Version" being the answer. Beginning on Tuesday, September 19, however, the puzzles began to expand. The hint "Blank Space" leads to "Nice to meet you," while other answers include "Got a haircut," "She l

While there were a few years where Taylor Swift seemed incredibly adept at avoiding the paparazzi, that era seems to be long gone. Over the past few months, the pop star has been spotted out and about with the likes of Matty Healy, Blake Lively and now Barbie director Greta Gerwig. Swift and Gerwig were seen grabbing dinner with mutual friend Laura Dern (who appeared in one of Swift's music videos and the movie Marriage Story directed by Gerwig's longtime partner Noah Baumbach) and pal Zoë Kravitz on Sept. 18. Between the smashing success of The Eras Tour and Barbie, Swift and Gerwig were two of the summer's highest-profile stars. The sighting, which could have been nothing more than a casual nosh, immediately drew speculation from the internet. Could Greta Gerwig and Taylor Swift be working on a project together? We of course have no answer to that (until I get some members of the Il Buco waitstaff on the line), but in the meantime, might I pitch the pair on a few ideas?

Taylor Swift has encouraged her fans to make sure they are registered to vote in the upcoming midterm elections. Taylor Swift has encouraged her US fans to vote. The 'Cruel Summer' hitmaker - who has 272 million followers on Instagram - urged her supporters to use their "powerful" voices and ensure they are registered to go to the polls at the upcoming midterm elections. Sharing a link to vote.org's Everything You Need to Vote page - where people can sign up, check their registration, request an absentee ballot, receive election reminders and check the registration deadlines in their state - she wrote on her Instagram Story: "Are you registered to vote yet? "I've been so lucky to see so many of you at my US shows recently. "I've heard you raise your voices, and I know how powerful they are. Make sure you're ready to use them in our elections this year! "Register to vote in less than 2 minutes at vote.org/nvrd.(sic)" This isn

On Saturday, September 16, the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, condemned the action of former President Olusegun Obasanjo against some traditional rulers in Oyo state, Ibadan. The Punch reported that the monarch frowned at Obasanjo ordering traditional rulers in Oyo State to stand and greet Governor Seyi Makinde, at a project inauguration in Iseyin, Oyo State, noting it was tantamount to desecration of Yoruba traditional stools. Reacting, Oba Akanbi, in a statement signed by his press secretary, Alli Ibrahim, condemned the former president's action and demanded a letter of apology from him. Insisting that Yoruba monarchs could not be treated as uniform men who would be ordered around, the Oluwo blamed the royal fathers who responded to Obasanjo's order, The Cable report added. The monarch said: "The show by the former general is condemnable. He needs to prove himself as a core Yoruba man with an apology letter. Kings are not toddlers. We are fathers. He will never d

P Chidambaram said, "There has been no discussion on Sanatana Dharma". (FILE) Hyderabad (Telangana): Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday said that his party is unwilling to be drawn into any controversy surrounding Sanatana Dharma and further informed that there was no discussion on it during the Congress Working Committee meeting which is underway in Hyderabad. Addressing the press conference in Hyderabad, P Chidambaram said, "There has been no discussion on Sanatana Dharma (during CWC meeting). The Congress president has made it absolutely clear that the Congress party is not willing to be drawn into any controversy on Sanatana Dharma. We believe in 'Sarva Dharma Sama Bhava' ("All religions are the same) and we stand by that position. That has been the consistent position of Congress party for many decades and we are not getting drawn into any controversy over that issue." The controversy related to the issue of Sanatana Dharma erupted after Tam