Events in Sport
Event of Interest
Nov 1 Chicago Bulls retire basketball superstar Michael Jordan's jersey #23 in a 2-hour ceremony at the United Center

Michael Jordan
- Nov 2 NFL announces the expansion Carolina Panthers would play in the NFC West, while the Jacksonville Jaguars is assigned to the AFC Central
- Nov 3 Small forward Glenn Robinson signs the then most lucrative rookie contract in NBA history, a 10-year, $68.15 million deal with the Milwaukee Bucks
- Nov 4 United Center in Chicago opens - Bulls beat Charlotte Hornets, 89-83
- Nov 5 Tony Rominger bicycles world record for distance covered in one hour for second time (55.291 km)
- Nov 5 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Churchill Downs; winners: Barathea, Cherokee Run, Concern, Flanders, One Dreamer, Tikkanen, Timber Country
Boxing Title Fight
Nov 5 George Foreman (45) KOs Michael Moorer to win boxing Heavyweight championship

George Foreman

Michael Moorer
Event of Interest
Nov 13 Title contenders Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill famously collide on lap 35 of the season ending Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide; Schumacher wins his first F1 World Drivers Championship by 1 point from Hill

Michael Schumacher
Event of Interest
Nov 13 44th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Dale Earnhardt wins

Dale Earnhardt
- Nov 19 59th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 21-14 in Birmingham
- Nov 20 Unseeded Argentine tennis star Gabriela Sabatini claims WTA Tour Championship with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 win over American Lindsay Davenport at Madison Square Garden, NYC
Event of Interest
Nov 20 American tennis star Pete Sampras beats Boris Becker 4–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4 to win his second ATP Tour World Championship title in Frankfurt, Germany

Pete Sampras

Boris Becker
Birthdays in Sport
Deaths in Sport
- Nov 11 Frank McGuire, American basketball coach (won 550 games in 30 college seasons), dies at 80
- Nov 12 Wilma Rudolph, American athlete (3 Olympic gold 100/200/4x100m 1960), dies of brain cancer at 54
- Nov 16 David Rayner, cyclist, dies
- Nov 22 Charles Fortune, South African cricket commentator, dies