Today is Sunday, July 27, the 208th day of 2025. There are 157 days left in the year.

Today in history:

On July 27, 1953, the Korean Armistice Agreement was signed at Panmunjom, ending three years of fighting on the Korean peninsula that killed an estimated 4 million people.

Also on this date:

In 1789, President George Washington signed a measure establishing the Department of Foreign Affairs, forerunner of the Department of State.

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In 1866, Cyrus W. Field finished laying out the first successful underwater telegraph cable between North America and Europe.

In 1909, during the first official test of the U.S. Army’s first airplane, Orville Wright flew himself and a passenger, Lt. Frank Lahm, above Fort Myer, Virginia, for one hour and 12 minutes.

In 1940, Billboard magazine published its first “music popularity chart” listing best-selling retail records. In first place was “I’ll Never Smile Again” recorded by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, with featured vocalist Frank Sinatra.

In 1974, the House Judiciary Committee voted 27-11 to adopt the first of three articles of impeachment against President Richard Nixon, charging he had personally engaged in a course of conduct designed to obstruct justice in the Watergate case.

In 1980, on day 267 of the Iranian hostage crisis, the deposed Shah of Iran died at a military hospital outside Cairo, Egypt, at age 60.

In 1981, 6-year-old Adam Walsh was abducted from a department store in Hollywood, Fla., and was later murdered (Adam’s father, John Walsh, subsequently became a victims’ rights activist and, in 1988, launched and hosted the television show “America’s Most Wanted”).

In 1996, terror struck the Atlanta Olympics as a pipe bomb exploded at Centennial Olympic Park, directly killing one person and injuring 111. (Anti-government extremist Eric Rudolph later pleaded guilty to the bombing, exonerating security guard Richard Jewell, who had been wrongly suspected.)

In 2012, Britain opened its Olympic Games in a celebration of Old England and new, even cheekily featuring stunt doubles for Queen Elizabeth II and fictional special agent James Bond parachuting into Olympic Stadium.

In 2013, security forces and armed men clashed with supporters of Egypt’s ousted president, Mohammed Morsi, killing at least 72 people.

In 2015, the Boy Scouts of America ended its blanket ban on gay adult leaders while allowing church-sponsored Scout units to maintain the exclusion for religious reasons.

In 2018, the White House announced that North Korea had returned the remains of what were believed to be U.S. servicemen killed during the Korean War, with a U.S. military plane making a rare trip into North Korea to retrieve 55 cases of remains.

In 2020, the world’s biggest COVID-19 vaccine study began with the first of 30,000 planned volunteers helping to test shots created by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc.

In 2021, American gymnast Simone Biles pulled out of the gymnastics team competition at the Tokyo Olympics to focus on her mental well-being, saying she realized following a shaky vault that she wasn’t in the right headspace to compete.

Today’s Birthdays:

Singer-songwriter Bobbie Gentry is 83.
Actor-director Betty Thomas is 78.
Olympic gold medal figure skater Peggy Fleming is 77.
Singer Maureen McGovern is 76.
Comedian-actor-writer Carol Leifer is 69.
Comedian Bill Engvall is 68.
Actor-martial artist Donnie Yen is 62.
Jazz singer Karrin Allyson is 62.
Rock musician Juliana Hatfield is 58.
Former professional wrestler Triple H is 56.
Actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (NIH’-koh-lye KAH’-stur WAHL’-dah) is 55.
Comedian Maya Rudolph is 53.
Rock musician Abe Cunningham (Deftones) is 52.
Singer-songwriter Pete Yorn is 51.
Former MLB All-Star Alex Rodriguez is 50.
Actor Jonathan Rhys (rees) Meyers is 48.
Actor/comedian Heidi Gardner (TV: “Saturday Night Live”) is 42.
Actor Taylor Schilling is 41.
MLB All-Star pitcher Max Scherzer is 41.
Golfer Jordan Spieth is 32.

Kelvin Yeboah’s two penalty-kick goals bested one PK from St. Louis in Minnesota United’s 2-1 win at Energizer Park on Saturday.

Trailing 1-0 at the half, third-place MNUFC (12-5-8, 44 points) needed a comeback against 14th-place St. Louis (4-14-6, 18 points) to avoid three games without a win for the first time since April.

The Loons fell into a 1-0 hole after captain center back Michael Boxall was whistled for a foul on Tomas Ostrak. It looked like a light touch that sent Ostrak down hard. Boxall couldn’t believe it.

From the spot, Eduard Lowen pounded a shot to his left, while goalkeeper Dayne St. Clair went to the right for the lead in the 36th minute.

While gripes about the justification of the PK might have been warranted, St. Louis completely dominated the first half. City led in possession (59-41%), shots (9-1) and corner kick (7-0).

Minnesota went a half hour before a shot on target and Yeboah’s attempt was low quality and stopped by Roman Burki.

Needing a jolt, coach Eric Ramsay brought Robin Lod and Bongi Hlongwane off the bench for Carlos Harvey in central midfield and Julian Gressel at right wingback, respectively.

The breakthrough came when Kelvin Yeboah’s quickness forced Chris Durkin to grab Yeboah in the 73rd minute. Durkin also received a red card for denial of a goal-scoring opportunity and Yeboah beat Burki from the PK spot.

To set up the second PK, St. Louis defender Jaziel Orozco’s handball was confirmed by VAR after Yeboah and Will Trapp made shouts for the call on the field.

Yeboah’s hesitation from the sport bested Burki a second time. The first time, Yeboah shot left. On the second, he went right to keep Burki off kilter.

Yeboah posted his first two-goal game in MLS since March. It’s his third PK on the season.

Two key Loons starters — midfielder Joaquin Pereyra and center back Nico Romero — were suspended for yellow-card accumulation. Joseph Rosales started in Pereyra’s spot, while Morris Duggan came in for Romero.

After moves away from MNUFC this week, Sang Bin Jeong and Devin Padelford made debut starts for St. Louis. Jeong nearly scored and Padelford nearly assisted on a goal in the opening 25 minutes.

Boxall’s goal-line clearance on Joao Klauss’s header left Padelford flummoxed that he didn’t get on the scoresheet for his new temporary team.

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When the Nationals needed an outfielder to pinch hit with a runner on second, they sent for Alex Call.

It was only the second inning, and he was facing Twins ace Joe Ryan.

Call, who was born in Burnsville and grew up in River Falls, Wis., answered by drilling a single into left to plate Drew Millas with the first run of the game. In the seventh, Call, hit a solo home run off of Justin Topa in the seventh inning to keep Washington on track for a 9-3 victory in front of 26,928 on a muggy night at Target Field.

Minnesota Twins center fielder Byron Buxton (25) catches a fly out hit by Washington Nationals’ Luis García Jr. (2) during the first inning of a baseball game Saturday, July 26, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

It was the Twins’ fifth loss since returning from the all-star break last week, and sixth loss in their past nine games. Three of those losses are to the two worst teams in baseball, Colorado — dead-last with 77 losses after being drilled, 18-0, at Baltimore — and Washington, which pulled back to 20 games under .500 with Saturday’s victory.

Royce Lewis was 2 for 4 with a run-scoring single, and Ty France doubled him in from first as the Twins pulled within 5-2 in the sixth inning. But Call squelched that momentum with his homer in the seventh, his third of the season, and the Nationals added three runs off of left-hander Kody Funderburk in the eighth for their sixth win in 13 games.

Left-hander Mitchell Parker (7-10) allowed two runs on eight hits and a walk in 5⅔ innings for the victory.

One of the Twins’ two all-stars with Byron Buxton, Ryan (10-5) wasn’t his usual self. During a scoreless first, he walked James Wood, then watched Buxton steal a double from Garcia Jr. when he leapt to catch a line drive before it hit the scoreboard in right-center.

Buxton left the game after the sixth inning with what the Twins called “left-side soreness.” He is day to day.

After a 1-2-3 second inning, on three middle infield groundouts, he allowed a leadoff single to No. 8 hitter Millas, who then stole second. Call, pinch-hitting for center fielder Jacob Young (right index finger contusion), laced a single into left to plate Millas and make it 1-0.

Garcia Jr. homered off Ryan to start the fourth for a 2-0 lead, and the Nationals broke it open in the fifth.

Washington Nationals’ Alex Call (17) slides to score off a two-run double by CJ Abrams during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins, Saturday, July 26, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Daylen Lile and Millas started the inning with sharp singles, bringing Call to the plate with runners at first and second. Call sliced a loping liner into shallow right, and right fielder Willi Castro, first baseman Ty France and second baseman Brooks Lee converged.

Lee got his glove on it, but it bounced out, loading the bases with Nationals. Leadoff hitter Abrams followed with a bases-clearing double into the right-field corner before the Twins had recorded an out.

Ryan got the next three batters on a strikeout and two long fly balls to center and never came back for the sixth.

Justin Topa threw a scoreless sixth before giving up Call’s third homer of the season, which landed a few rows into the home run porch in right field.

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Nobody should question J.J. McCarthy’s arm strength.

Not anymore.

Though it seemed to be a knock on him coming out of college — perhaps because the University Michigan boasted such a potent running attack — McCarthy has consistently shown the ability to let it rip since being drafted by the Vikings.

In fact, McCarthy actually might throw it too hard at times, which is something head coach Kevin O’Connell has been working on with him during the early stages of training camp. The next step in McCarthy’s progression is mastering the layered throws to different areas of the field.

“There might be a defender in front and a defender behind,” O’Connell said. “We’ve got to find a way to get that ball completed.”

As a way to work on some of those layered throws with McCarthy in real time, O’Connell opted to conduct more of a walkthrough earlier this week. The slower pace offered a chance to work on some of the fundamentals.

“I thought J.J. threw the ball really well,” O’Connell said. “He’s working on different trajectories. You’re still seeing the revolutions on the ball. Just not that heavy finish.”

Here are more takeaways from Day 4 of training camp:

How does J.J. McCarthy look?

Fittingly, McCarthy flashed his ability with layered throws early in practice on Saturday afternoon at TCO Performance Center. There was a well-placed ball to Jalen Nailor on the sideline, for example, as well as a pinpoint pass to T.J. Hockenson over the middle.

It got even better for McCarthy during some work in the red zone, as he fired a bullet to Nailor on a crossing route for a touchdown, followed by a laser to Hockenson in the back of the end zone for a touchdown.

On a free play midway through practice after the defense jumped offside, McCarthy got to showcase his arm strength, launching a majestic deep ball downfield that narrowly escaped the grasp of Nailor.

That incomplete pass stood as arguably the most impressive play of the practice until McCarthy connected with Jordan Addison for a 60-yard touchdown pass that send the fans in attendance into a frenzy.

Who else stood out?

As practice wound to a close, Will Reichard got to kick some field goals for the first time in training camp.

In total, Reichard went 5 of 6 on field-goal attempts, connecting from 54 yards away at his peak.

The operation looked smooth, as expected, with Andrew DePaola snapping, Ryan Wright holding, and Reichard kicking. That should be the battery this season barring unforeseen circumstances.

Elsewhere in practice, Lucky Jackson got a good amount of reps with the starters, which would suggest he’s being given a chance to separate himself from some of the other receivers on the roster.

The best quote of the day

At one point last year I counted, and in one game he lined up in seven different spots. His role is wildly dynamic.”

— Head coach Kevin O’Connell, on the versatility of safety Josh Metellus shortly after he agreed to a contract extension

The injury report

Never mind that Justin Jefferson is being held out of practice for the time being while he nurses a mild hamstring strain. He was still spotted alongside his teammates and seemed to be in good spirits. The plan is to have Jefferson re-evaluated next week to chart the best path forward.

Aside from that, Metellus sat out once again with a minor ankle injury, Harrison Smith did not participate, and Isaiah Rodgers stood on the sidelines for most of practice.

The good news for the Vikings is it sounds like Metellus is in the final stages of his recovery, and thus, he should be back at practice next week.

What’s coming up next?

There will be nothing on Sunday as players get some time to recover. The first practice with pads will come on Monday.

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