Today is Tuesday, Nov. 25, the 329th day of 2025. There are 36 days left in the year.

Today in history:

On Nov. 25, 1999, Elian Gonzalez, a 5-year-old Cuban boy, was rescued by two sport fishermen off the coast of Florida, setting off an international custody battle that eventually saw him repatriated to his father in Cuba.

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In 1783, following the conclusion of the Revolutionary War, the last remaining British troops in the United States were evacuated from New York City.

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In 1961, the USS Enterprise was commissioned; it was the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and remains the longest naval vessel ever built, at 1,123 feet.

In 1963, the body of President John F. Kennedy was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery after a funeral procession through Washington, D.C. An estimated 1 million people lined the somber procession route.

In 1986, the Iran-Contra affair erupted as President Ronald Reagan and Attorney General Edwin Meese revealed that profits from secret arms sales to Iran had been diverted to Nicaraguan rebels.

In 2001, as the war in Afghanistan entered its eighth week, CIA officer Johnny “Mike” Spann was killed during a prison uprising in Mazar-e-Sharif that erupted while he was interviewing detainees, becoming the first American combat casualty of the conflict.

In 2016, Fidel Castro, who led his rebels to a victorious revolution in 1959, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 U.S. presidents during his half-century of authoritarian rule in Cuba, died at age 90.

In 2020, Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona died of a heart attack at age 60. Maradona led Argentina to the 1986 World Cup title before later struggling with cocaine use and obesity.

Today’s Birthdays:

Football Hall of Fame coach Joe Gibbs is 85.
Actor John Larroquette is 78.
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Musician Amy Grant is 65.
Football Hall of Famer Cris Carter is 60.
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The Tommies volleyball team is one win away from the school’s first-ever Division I NCAA tournament berth.

St. Thomas knocked off second-seeded South Dakota in the Summit League Tournament semifinals Monday via a thrilling five-set victory in which the third-seeded Tommies rallied from a 2-1 deficit to win 25-22, 22-25, 16-25, 25-19, 15-9 in Brookings, South Dakota.

St. Thomas will meet top-seeded South Dakota State in the title match at 6 p.m. Tuesday with the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament on the line. The Jackrabbits swept the two regular season meetings between the two teams, winning both in four sets.

Anya Schmidt paced the Tommies with 19 kills, while Tezra Rudzitis added 17. Ella Voegele had a team-high 25 digs.

The semifinal marked the first match to go the distance for St. Thomas this season since the team’s season opener against Ball State.

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Well, it’s Groundhog’s Day … Again.

After the Wolves squandered an eight-point lead in the final minute in Friday’s loss in Phoenix, Minnesota held a 10-point advantage over the Kings in Sacramento on Monday after Anthony Edwards tallied an and-1 with three minutes to play.

Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards (5) reacts during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Sacramento Kings in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, Nov. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Randall Benton)

Surely that would be good enough to seal the deal this time around.

Or not.

Yes, it happened again.

Sacramento went on a 10-0 run over an 81-second span to knot the game and force overtime, where the Kings beat Minnesota, 117-112.

The Wolves committed four turnovers in the extra session to offset the easy offense Edwards generated with the ball in his hands — offense Minnesota could’ve used at the end of regulation.

The Timberwolves led by 12 with nearly 10 minutes to play in the fourth frame after Mike Conley drilled a triple. From that point forward, Minnesota went 2 for 19 from the field to close the quarter.

“We’re struggling right now to find a good rhythm offensively all around,” Wolves coach Chris Finch told reporters. “We’ve got to get back to the way we were playing about a week ago when it comes to offense. And a lot of things we were doing then are missing now.”

And yet Minnesota still led by 10 late until that fateful minute-plus that played out like this:

-Malik Monk jumper to cut the lead to eight

-Anthony Edwards missed shot

-Malik Monk made 3-pointer to cut the lead to five

-Anthony Edwards missed shot

-Malik Monk layup to cut the lead to three

-Jaden McDaniels missed shot

-DeMar DeRozan bucket plus the foul, with a made free throw to tie the game.

“They made some plays,” Wolves center Rudy Gobert told reporters of the Kings. “They made some hustle plays, they made some big shots, big plays down the stretch and they got back in the game.”

There were still 89 seconds remaining in regulation at that point. Julius Randle made free throws to put Minnesota back on top with a minute to play, but DeRozan did the same on the other end to re-knot the contest.

Edwards and DeRozan then traded misses to send the game to overtime.

Neither team was close to clean in the extra session, but DeRozan and Keegan Murray made enough shots to help the Kings (5-13) fend off Edwards and the mistake-plagued Wolves (10-7).

In an ode to Friday, the game effectively ended when Randle turned the ball over while trying to inbound the ball with Minnesota down four and 18 seconds to play. At which point, four Wolves players stood and watched, seemingly contest to let the Kings dribble the clock out before Mike Conley finally raced over to commit a foul.

“Yeah, just some really rough plays from our team,” said Gobert, who finished with 11 points and 13 boards, but also had a costly giveaway in overtime. “Seems like (mental lapses). We didn’t play super connected. And then I feel like we let the frustration get to us, and we can’t do that if we want to be a championship team. … No matter what happened before, we’ve got to find a way to have our spirit high and the spirit of a champion to try to always believe. Things are not always going to go our way, but until the buzzer sounds, we still have an opportunity. … Tonight, it felt like we didn’t have our spirit.”

The loss is Minnesota’s second straight, but first this season against a team with a losing record after opening the campaign with 10-straight wins against such foes.

Edwards finished with 43 points, seven rebounds and three steals. He’s scored 41-plus in each of the Wolves’ last two losses. But Minnesota lost his 40 minutes by 12 points, the same plus-minus recorded by Randle, who committed five turnovers — including two in overtime.

Minnesota tallied just 21 assists. Wolves not named Edwards combined to shoot 35% from the floor on a night where Minnesota committed 16 turnovers.

“I think we got a little stagnant offensively,” Gobert said. “The ball stopped moving.”

DeRozan finished with 33 points, while Murray added 26 and Monk had 22, 13 of which came in the fourth quarter.

Monday’s loss may be more infuriating for Minnesota than even Friday’s defeat, given the quality of opponent. Minnesota never trailed in regulation and seemingly had control throughout the contest. But every time it looked as though the Wolves would runaway with the game — as they’ve done so many times against cellar dwellers already this season — a costly mistake or a couple minutes of porous defense would bring Sacramento right back into the equation.

Now Minnesota will try again to right the ship Wednesday in Oklahoma City against the defending champion and league-leading Thunder in a game the Timberwolves have to have to advance to the NBA Cup knockout round.

Such a win would require 48 minutes of effort and execution. The lack of the latter continues to bite the Wolves when games matter most.

“Talking is great, but let’s see if we care,” Gobert said. “Let’s see if we actually care about doing the things that we need to do to win and putting our teammates before ourselves. It’s what it’s about, at the end of the day. Hopefully, we learn. We’ve still got an amazing opportunity ahead of us, but we’ve got to decide who we want to be.”

Minnesota United’s defense-first game plan was panning out almost to perfection Monday night through 70 minutes of an MLS Western Conference semifinal in San Diego.

The Loons were conceding a ton of possession but few scoring chances, and providing some threats on their own counter attacks.

Then San Diego’s do-everything attacker Anders Dreyer got space and ripped a powerful shot into the upper corner of the net in the 72nd minute for a 1-0 win at Snapdragon Stadium.

Top-seeded San Diego ended the fourth-seeded Loons’ season and will host second-seeded Vancouver in the West final at 4 p.m. Saturday.

The Loons’ season ends in the Western Conference semifinal for a second straight year.

Dreyer headlined the Loons’ scouting report. The Dane won MLS newcomer of the year with 36 combined goals and primary assists — second to only Lionel Messi (45) this season.

After a scoreless opening 45 minutes, the second half heated up before play started. Loons coach Eric Ramsay and SDFC coach Mikey Varas exchanged words, and Ramsay shoved Varas, which drew a yellow card.

Then in the reopening stages, Robin Lod cut back inside the box and had an open goal, but Ian Picher made a goal-line clearance in the 47th minute.

In the 65th, Kelvin Yeboah’s breakaway attempt was cut down by SDFC backup goalkeeper Pablo Sisniega.

Ramsay expected San Diego was going to dominate the ball in the first half and likely have more scoring chances, but they wanted to avoid giving up an early goal. That is what cost them against Los Angeles Galaxy in the West semifinal last year and nearly burned them in the first-round series against Seattle.

San Diego had nearly 80% of the ball — well above its MLS-leading 60% during the regular season — but Minnesota kept SDFC to zero shots on goal in the first half.

Varas wanted his team to test the Loons with overloads down the flanks, but it didn’t create breakthrough.

In the first half, Lod had the Loons’ two best chances, but his first shot in the 18th minute was blocked, and he couldn’t get enough on an attempt fed to him on a great diagonal pass from Pereyra in first-half stoppage time.

Ramsay made two changes to his starting XI on Monday. Center back Carlos Harvey stepped in for Jefferson Diaz, who has a thigh issue, and left wingback Anthony Markanich came in for suspended Joseph Rosales.

Minnesota’s front six stayed the same: Lod, Nectar Triantis, Wil Trapp, Joaquin Pereyra, Bongi Hlongwane and Yeboah.

The two teams split the regular-season series. San Diego won 4-2 in St. Paul in June, while Minnesota had a 3-1 victory in San Diego in September. San Diego had 66% in both its games against Minnesota in the regular season.