Today is Sunday, Sept. 14, the 257th day of 2025. There are 108 days left in the year.

Today in history:

On Sept. 14, 1982, Princess Grace of Monaco, formerly film star Grace Kelly, died at age 52 of injuries from a car crash the day before.

Also on this date:

In 1847, during the Mexican-American War, U.S. forces under Gen. Winfield Scott took control of Mexico City.

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In 1861, the first naval engagement since the start of the Civil War took place as the USS Colorado attacked and sank the Confederate private schooner Judah off the coast of Pensacola, Florida.

In 1901, President William McKinley died in Buffalo, New York, of gunshot wounds inflicted by an assassin eight days prior; Vice President Theodore Roosevelt succeeded him, becoming the youngest-ever U.S. president at age 42.

In 1927, modern dance pioneer Isadora Duncan died in Nice, France, when her scarf became entangled in a wheel of the sports car in which she was riding.

In 1991, the government of South Africa, the African National Congress and the Inkatha (in-KAH’-tah) Freedom Party signed a national peace pact.

In 1994, on the 34th day of a strike by players, Acting Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig announced the 1994 season was over.

In 2001, Americans packed churches and public squares on a day of remembrance for the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. President George W. Bush prayed with his Cabinet and attended services at Washington National Cathedral, then flew to New York, where he waded into the ruins of the World Trade Center and addressed rescue workers in a show of resolve.

In 2012, fury over an anti-Muslim film ridiculing the Prophet Muhammad sparked violent clashes across the Muslim world.

Today’s Birthdays:

Actor Walter Koenig (KAY’-nihg) (“Star Trek”) is 89.
Architect Renzo Piano is 88.
Basketball Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown is 85.
Actor Sam Neill is 78.
Country singer John Berry is 66.
Actor Melissa Leo is 65.
Actor Faith Ford is 61.
Film director Bong Joon-Ho is 56.
Supreme Court justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is 55.
Actor Kimberly Williams-Paisley is 54.
Actor Andrew Lincoln is 52.
Rapper Nas is 52.
Olympic gold medal middle-distance runner Hicham El Guerrouj is 51.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is 47.
Chef/TV personality Katie Lee is 44.
NBA All-Star Jimmy Butler is 36.
Golfer Tony Finau is 36. Actor
Emma Kenney is 26.

BERKELEY, Calif. — When P.J. Fleck connected the Gophers in July to a pie-in-the-sky goal of making the College Football Playoff, the U head coach underscored it with a need to take care of business in one-score games.

The dream was alive late Saturday night when Minnesota took a 14-10 second-half lead over California. But after Cal took a 17-14 lead, Minnesota’s special teams failed to step up in the fourth quarter.

Kicker Brady Denaburg missed a potentially game-tying, 51-yard field goal, and then U returner Koi Perich attempted to pick up a bouncing punt but couldn’t grab it. Cal recovered it at Minnesota’s 8-yard line and scored a touchdown three plays later in the Bears’ a 27-14 win at Memorial Stadium.

It obviously didn’t finish a one-score game, but it was nip and tuck when Minnesota’s miscues added up and eventually devastated the U’s minuscule chance of making the CFP.

After two nonconference games against lesser competition, the Gophers (2-1) started a string of 10 games against opponents from Power Four conferences over 12 weeks. The U was a 2-point underdog to Cal (3-0).

Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele out-performed redshirt freshman Drake Lindsey. The Cal quarterback threw for 279 yards and three touchdowns and no interceptions. Lindsey had 189 yards, one touchdown and one interception.

Drake Lindsey bounced back his pick to start second half in finding Jameson Geers for a 3-yard touchdown pass and a 14-10 lead in the third quarter.

On the following drive, Sagapolutele completed five of six passes and capped it with a 9-yard touchdown pass to Mason Mini to retake the lead at 17-14.

Perich, who received preseason All-America praise, also made a mental mistake in fair catching a punt at the U’s 3-yard line in the first quarter.

After a Minnesota punt, Sagapolutele gave the Bears a 7-0 lead. The 6-foot-3, 215-pound signal caller had completions of 16, 18 and 22 yards before an easy three-yard touchdown pass.

He often kept plays alive in the pocket and completed 69 percent of his passes for 241 yards in the first half.

Counterpart Lindsey started much slower and the U punted on its first four drives. He got into a rhythm on the final drive, including three completions to Le’Meke Brockington.

Running back Cam Davis finished the drive with a 1-yard touchdown run.

With only 43 seconds left, Minnesota’s defense gave up 29- and 18-yard completions to help set up a 45-yard field goal from Abram Murray as time expired.

At halftime, Fleck told KFAN the U “didn’t play well” to start the game, but “weathered the storm” and he “loved the response” into the prevent defense’s lapses in the final few seconds.

Minnesota played without leading rusher Darius Taylor, who was ruled out after exiting the 66-0 win over Northwestern (La.) State with an apparent hamstring injury on Sept. 6.

Another running back, A.J. Turner, went down in the second quarter. He appeared to injure his left knee and didn’t put any weight on it as he left the field.

The Gophers were 3-0 in games on the West Coast under Fleck, with victories over UCLA last season, Fresno State in 2019 and Oregon State in 2017.

To prepare for this year’s late kickoff, the Gophers flipped its schedule and practiced at night midweek to best resemble the kickoff time of 9:40 p.m. Pacific time. The NCAA doesn’t allow practices after 10 and the U was on the field until approximately 9:30 on Tuesday and Wednesday.

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SAN DIEGO — Substitute defenders Anthony Markanich and Carlos Harvey ended a scoreless duel with goals three minutes apart in the second half and Minnesota United went on to beat San Diego FC, 3-1, on Saturday night in a battle between the top two teams in the Western Conference.

With the win, the Loons (15-6-9) pulled within two points of first-place San Diego (17-8-5) with four regular-season matches remaining. Both clubs already have clinched postseason berths.

Bongokuhle Hlongwane #21 of Minnesota United fights for the ball with Luca De la Torre #14 of San Diego FC during a game between San Diego FC and Minnesota United at Snapdragon Stadium on Sept. 13, 2025 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Francisco Vega/Getty Images)

Nectarios Triantis, acquired during the summer transfer window, debuted for the Loons with a goal and an assist .

Markanich subbed into the match in the 63rd minute before taking a pass from Joaquín Pereyra in the 74th and scoring for a 1-0 lead. Seven of Markanich’s eight career goals have come this season. Pereyra’s assist was his 10th in his first full season in the league.

Both of Harvey’s goals have come this year in his second full season. He entered midway through the first half and used assists from Triantis and Kelvin Yeboah — his third — to score.

Triantis made it 3-0 with a goal in the second minute of stoppage time after coming in with Markanich.

San Diego avoided a shutout when Jeppe Tverskov scored his second goal in his first season, 3 minutes after Triantis scored.

Dayne St. Clair totaled 12 saves for Minnesota United, and CJ dos Santos stopped two shots for San Diego.

San Diego travels to play Atlanta United on Saturday. Minnesota United plays its next MLS game against Chicago Fire on Saturday but first will play host to Austin on Wednesday in the semifinals of the U.S. Open Cup at Allianz Field.

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A day after he hit three home runs and had 14 total bases, tying a team record, Kody Clemens followed up one of the best single-game performances in team history by stepping up to the plate with the bases loaded in the eighth inning and ripping a single to right. Two runs scored on the play, tying the game at the time.

But his big hit was the Twins’ only clutch hit on the night and their inability to get another sunk them on Saturday night. The Twins fell 5-2 to the Arizona Diamondbacks in the second game of the series at Target Field after the Diamondbacks scored three runs in the 10th inning, mathematically eliminating them from the playoffs.

Reliever Cole Sands got the first two outs in the 10th before issuing an intentional walk to Diamondbacks (74-75) star Corbin Carroll. The next batter, Gabriel Moreno — who hit a three-run home run off Sands a night earlier — broke the tie with an RBI single. Two more runs scored on Blaze Alexander’s double off the right-field wall.

The Twins’ (65-83) offense had threatened at different parts of the night but could not break through against Ryne Nelson and the Diamondbacks bullpen for much of the day. Double plays wiped out two of the Twins’ threats and they stranded multiple runners on base in three other innings, including the eighth after Clemens’ big hit. The Twins finished the day 3 for 16 with runners in scoring position, stranding 11 in the loss.

“Not getting runs home from third base, less than two outs, having the bases loaded, that’s always going to be part of the discussion. If you lose and you had all those chances, you’re going to think about that,” manager Rocco Baldelli said. “There’s no way around it and that was kind of the game that we were looking at.”

The Twins initially fell behind in the fourth when Joe Ryan allowed a two-run home run to Alek Thomas. Those were the only two runs Ryan gave up in his effort, which lasted four innings.

Ryan, who rebounded after a two-inning start in Kansas City during which he was dealing with an illness, saw the Diamondbacks ratchet up his pitch count, fouling off pitch after pitch. The all-star pitcher departed after four innings, his pitch count already at 93, tying his second-shortest outing of the season.

“I think it was just taxing,” Ryan said of his start. “Not having like a normal couple weeks there, going through antibiotics and stuff, I just felt pretty stiff and dehydrated. … (I’m) trying to make pitches the best I can, but I think it’s just frustrating knowing when you’re on, you’re probably going to get a better result.”

Though he gave up just the two runs, it very nearly could have been much worse for the starter, who saw Diamondbacks left fielder Jake McCarthy come just inches from hitting a grand slam. The ball went foul and Ryan finished off his second inning of work by getting him to strike out.

After his departure, Pierson Ohl and Cody Laweryson (two innings apiece) and Kody Funderburk each turned in scoreless efforts to get the Twins into extra innings. Laweryson, in his major league debut, struck out a pair of batters, one of the highlights of the day for the Twins.

“It was a pretty crazy moment,” Laweryson said. “I’m still trying to soak everything in that happened tonight. I tried not to make the moment bigger than it was. Obviously, it was something I was dreaming of my entire life. To be able to go out there and throw two clean innings was just a blessing.”

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