Events in Sport
Sports History
Nov 2 A's shortstop Walt Weiss wins AL rookie of year; 3rd straight for Oakland; Jose Canseco 1986, Mark McGwire 1987
Radio History
Nov 2 Mexican radio station erroneously reports Mike Tyson had died in car crash
- 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 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Churchill Downs; winners: Alysheba, Gt Communicator, Gulch, Is It True, Miesque, Open Mind, Personal Ensign
- Nov 5 Japan beats MLB all stars 2-1 in Tokyo (Game 1 of 7)
- Nov 6 Japan & MLB all stars played to a 6-6 draw (Game 2 of 7)
Sports History
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)
Sports History
Nov 7 Sugar Ray Leonard KO's Donnie LaLonde
Sports History
Nov 10 Orel Hershiser (23-8) is a unanimous choice as NL Cy Young Award
- Nov 12 Japan beats MLB All-Star team 5-4 in Tokyo (Game 6 of 7)
Sports History
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
- Nov 15 Dodgers outfielder Kirk Gibson wins NL MVP Award
Sports History
Nov 16 Jose Canseco is 1st unanimous AL MVP since Reggie Jackson
- Nov 16 Robin Givens sues Mike Tyson for $125 million for libel
Sports History
Nov 20 38th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Bill Elliott wins
Sports History
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
- 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
Sports History
Nov 23 Wayne Gretzky scores his 600th NHL goal
- Nov 23 Yankees sign free agent 2nd-baseman Steve Sax to 3-year contract
- Nov 25 53rd Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 15-10 in Birmingham
- Nov 25 US & Soviet chess grand masters Donaldson & Akhmilovskaya wed
- 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 (34 years old)
Nov 5 Indian cricketer, star batsman and captain of India (2013-), born in Delhi, India
- 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 (Chicago Blackhawks), born in Buffalo, New York
- 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
Russell Wilson (34 years old)
Nov 29 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 (1903-1988)
Nov 21 American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (9 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1933; NL MVP 1933, 36; NY Giants), dies at 85