Events in Sport
- Nov 1 After playing 12 Tests for Australia, fast bowler Michael Whitney plays his final day in 1st class cricket for NSW in a tour match loss v New Zealand in Newcastle
Sports History
Nov 2 First commemorative bricks are laid at Bob Feller Memorial
- Nov 3 Defenseman Ken Daneyko sets New Jersey Devils 'Ironman' record by playing 322nd consecutive NHL game in 2-3 loss at LA Kings
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Nov 3 Greg Maddux becomes first pitcher since Sandy Koufax to win the National League's Cy Young Award in successive MLB seasons and the first in successive seasons with different teams; Cubs 1992, Braves 1993
- Nov 5 1st NBA game in Alamodome, San Antonio Spurs beat Warriors 91-85
Boxing Title Fight
Nov 6 Evander Holyfield beats Riddick Bowe in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
- Nov 6 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; winners: Arcangues, Brocco, Cardmania, Hollywood Wildcat, Kotashaan, Lure, Phone Chatter
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Nov 7 French Williams driver Alain Prost finishes 2nd in season ending Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide to claim his 4th F1 World Drivers Championship by 26 points from Ayrton Senna; Prost announces his retirement from F1 racing
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Nov 14 43rd NASCAR Sprint Cup: Dale Earnhardt wins
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Nov 21 Top seeded German tennis player Steffi Graf wins WTA Tour Championship; beats Arantxa Sánchez Vicario of Spain 6–1, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1 at Madison Square Garden, NYC
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Nov 21 German tennis star Michael Stich scores a 7–6, 2–6, 7–6, 6–2 win over American Pete Sampras to win his first and only ATP Tour World Championship title in Frankfurt, Germany
Sports History
Nov 27 David Boon completes his 18th Test Cricket century (106 v NZ, Hobart)
Birthdays in Sport
- Nov 29 Stefon Diggs, American NFL player (Minnesota Vikings), born in Alexandria, Virginia
Deaths in Sport
- Nov 1 George Sheehan, American doctor, athlete and author ("Running & Being: The Total Experience," NY Times best seller), dies of prostate cancer at 74
- Nov 4 Cliff Young, American pitcher (Cleveland Indians), dies in car accident at 29
- Nov 12 Bill Dickey, American Baseball HOF catcher (11 × MLB All-Star; 7 × World Series; NY Yankees) and manager (NY Yankees), dies at 86
- Nov 25 Burgess Whitehead, American baseball player (New York Giants), dies at 83