Events in Sport
- Nov 1 Philadelphia 76ers inaugurate NBA season with opening of the CoreStates Center before 20,444; largest crowd to see a basketball game in state of Pennsylvania; lose to Milwaukee Bucks, 111-103
- Nov 1 Shaquille O'Neil makes his Hollywood debut as Los Angeles Lakers beat Phoenix Suns, 96-82 at the Forum, Inglewood; O'Neil scores 23 points and pulls down 14 rebounds in 35 minutes
- Nov 2 Miami Heat’s Pat Riley becomes eighth coach to win 800 games in 97-95 win at Indiana; milestone accomplished 2 weeks shy of his 15th coaching anniversary, faster than any coach in NBA history
Event of Interest
Nov 3 San Francisco 49ers receiver Jerry Rice grabs 3 passes for 45 yards and a TD to become 1st player in NFL history to reach 1,000 career receptions in 24-17 win over New Orleans Saints; finishes career with 1,549
Jerry Rice
Event of Interest
Nov 3 Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant becomes the then youngest player to make his NBA debut (18 years, 2 months, 11 days) in 91-85 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves at the Great Western Forum
Kobe Bryant
- Nov 3 New York City Marathon: Giacomo Leone of Italy, man's champion in 2:09:54; Anuta Catuna of Romania takes women's title in 2:28:18
Event of Interest
Nov 5 Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter is the unanimous choice as AL Rookie of
Derek Jeter
- Nov 6 LA Dodger Todd Hollandsworth wins NL Rookie of Year
- Nov 7 Ex-NFL running back and Heisman Trophy winner Mike Rozier, is shot several times in his hometown of Camden, New Jersey; recovers
- Nov 7 Wasim Jaffer gets 314* in 2nd cricket FC game for Mumbai v Saurashtra
- Nov 9 8th College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 48-21 in Chestnut Hill
Boxing Title Fight
Nov 9 Evander Holyfield upsets Mike Tyson in 11th-round knockout in Las Vegas to regain WBA heavyweight boxing title; second boxer, after Muhammad Ali, to win a heavyweight title 3 times
Evander Holyfield
Mike Tyson
- Nov 10 46th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Terry Labonte wins
- Nov 11 Atlanta Braves starting pitcher John Smoltz wins NL Cy Young Award; Pat Hentgen of the Toronto Blue Jays claims AL Award
- Nov 13 Padres third baseman Ken Caminiti is 4th unanimous winner of NL MVP
- Nov 14 Texas Ranger Juan Gonzalez wins AL MVP
- Nov 19 Albert Belle, signs record five-year, $55 million with White Sox
Event of Interest
Nov 22 O.J. Simpson takes stand as hostile witness in the wrongful death lawsuit filed against him, saying it is "absolutely not true"
O.J. Simpson
- Nov 23 61st Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 24-23 in Birmingham
- Nov 24 CFL Grey Cup, Ivor Wynne Stadium, Hamilton: MVP Doug Flutie leads Toronto Argonauts to 13th title; beat Edmonton Eskimos, 43-37
- Nov 24 Mashonaland defeat Matabeleland to win the Logan Cricket Cup
- Nov 24 Mohammad Wasim scores 109 on Test Cricket debut, Pakistan v NZ Lahore
Event of Interest
Nov 24 German tennis star Steffi Graf retains her WTA Tour Championship with a 6–3, 4–6, 6–0, 4–6, 6–0 win over Martina Hingis at Madison Square Garden, NYC
Steffi Graf
Martina Hingis
Event of Interest
Nov 24 American Pete Sampras wins his 3rd ATP Tour World Championship tennis titles with a classic 3–6, 7–6, 7–6, 6–7, 6–4 victory over defending champion Boris Becker in Hanover, Germany
Pete Sampras
Boris Becker
Weddings in Sport
Wedding of Interest
Nov 16 Golf champ Phil Mickelson (26) weds Amy McBride
Phil Mickelson
Deaths in Sport
Toni Stone
Nov 2 Toni Stone, American baseball second baseman (first woman to play in men's Negro League), dies at 75
Toni Stone