November 1988 in Sports History

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

Nov 8 Arco Arena in Sacramento, California, opens, Sac Kings lose to Seattle, 97-75
Nov 9 MLB All-Star team beat Japan 8-2 in Nishinomya, (Game 4 of 7)
Nov 10 MLB All-Star team beats Japan 3-1 in Tokyo (Game 5 of 7)

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