Events in Sport
Event of Interest
Nov 2 Mexican radio station erroneously reports Mike Tyson had died in car crash
Mike Tyson
Event of Interest
Nov 2 A's shortstop Walt Weiss wins AL rookie of year; 3rd straight for Oakland; Jose Canseco 1986, Mark McGwire 1987
Mark McGwire
- Nov 4 First NBA game at Charlotte Coliseum - Hornets lose to Cavs, 133-93
- Nov 5 1st NBA game at Bradley Center, Milw Bucks lose to Atlnata Hawks 94-107
- Nov 5 1st NBA game at Miami Arena, Miami Heat loss to LA Clippers, 111-91
- Nov 5 1st NBA game at Palace of Auburn Hills, Pistons beat Hornets 94-85
- Nov 5 Japan beats MLB all stars 2-1 in Tokyo (Game 1 of 7)
- Nov 5 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Churchill Downs; winners: Alysheba, Gt Communicator, Gulch, Is It True, Miesque, Open Mind, Personal Ensign
- Nov 6 Japan & MLB all stars played to a 6-6 draw (Game 2 of 7)
- Nov 6 Steve Jones wins 19th NYC men's marathon (2:08:20); Grete Waitz wins record 9th women's title
- Nov 7 MLB all stars beats Japan 16-8 (Game 3 of 7)
Event of Interest
Nov 7 Sugar Ray Leonard KO's Donnie LaLonde
Sugar Ray Leonard
Event of Interest
Nov 10 Orel Hershiser (23-8) is a unanimous choice as NL Cy Young Award
Orel Hershiser
- Nov 12 Japan beats MLB All-Star team 5-4 in Tokyo (Game 6 of 7)
Event of Interest
Nov 13 Brazilian McLaren driver Ayrton Senna finishes 2nd in the season ending Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide to win his first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship; wins title by 3 points from Alain Prost
Ayrton Senna
Alain Prost
- Nov 15 Dodgers outfielder Kirk Gibson wins NL MVP Award
Event of Interest
Nov 16 Jose Canseco is 1st unanimous AL MVP since Reggie Jackson
José Canseco
Reggie Jackson
- Nov 16 Robin Givens sues Mike Tyson for $125 million for libel
- Nov 20 Boston College beats Army 38-24 in the 'Emerald isle Classic' at Dublin's Lansdowne Road Stadium, the first NCAA American Football game to be played in Europe
- Nov 20 38th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Bill Elliott wins
- Nov 20 Argentine tennis star Gabriela Sabatini beats Pam Shriver 7–5, 6–2, 6–2 to win her first WTA Tour Championship at Madison Square Garden, NYC
Event of Interest
Nov 23 Wayne Gretzky scores his 600th NHL goal
Wayne Gretzky
- Nov 23 Yankees sign free agent 2nd-baseman Steve Sax to 3-year contract
- Nov 25 US & Soviet chess grand masters Donaldson & Akhmilovskaya wed
- Nov 25 53rd Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 15-10 in Birmingham
- Nov 27 CFL Grey Cup, Landsdowne Park, Ottawa: Winnipeg Blue Bombers edge BC Lions, 22-21; first Grey Cup game won by a team with only a .500 season
- Nov 30 NYC furrier sues Mike Tyson for $92,000 for non payment of purchase
Birthdays in Sport
- Nov 1 Masahiro Tanaka, Japanese baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 2014, 19; 6×NPB All-Star; NY Yankees), born in Itami, Hyōgo
- Nov 2 Julia Görges, German tennis player (7 WTA, 6 ITF titles), born in Bad Oldesloe, Schleswig-Holstein
- Nov 4 Dez Bryant, American football wide receiver (Dallas Cowboys), born in Galveston County, Texas
Virat Kohli
Nov 5 Virat Kohli, Indian cricketer, star batsman and captain of India (2013-), born in Delhi, India
Virat Kohli
- Nov 6 Erik Lund, Swedish footballer, born in Ljungskile, Sweden
- Nov 12 Russell Westbrook, American basketball guard (NBA MVP 2017; NBA All-Star Game MVP 2015, 16; OKC Thunder, Houston Rockets), born in Long Beach, California
- Nov 18 Jeffrey Jordan, American college basketball player; son of Michael Jordan
- Nov 19 Patrick Kane, American ice hockey player
- Nov 26 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, Icelandic weightlifter (World's Strongest Man 2018; deadlifting WR 501kg 2020) and actor ("The Mountain" Game of Thrones), born in Reykjavík, Iceland
- Nov 29 Russell Wilson, American NFL quarterback (Super Bowl 2013, Seattle Seahawks; Pro Bowl 2012–15, 2017–19), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
- Nov 30 Phillip Hughes, Australian cricketer who died in cricket accident, born in Macksville, Australia (d. 2014)
Deaths in Sport
- Nov 9 David Bauer, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame player and builder (priest, school coach; National Team manager), dies at 64
Carl Hubbell
Nov 21 Carl Hubbell, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (9 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1933; NL MVP 1933, 36; NY Giants), dies at 85
Carl Hubbell
- Nov 27 Jan Hein Donner, Dutch chess grand master, dies at 61