Events in Sport
- Nov 19 CFL Grey Cup, Canad Inns Stadium, Winnipeg: BC Lions win 5th Championship; defeat Montreal Alouettes, 25-14
Event of Interest
Nov 19 Roger Federer captures his 3rd Tennis Masters Cup title with a comfortable 6–0, 6–3, 6–4 win over American James Blake in the final in Shanghai, China
Roger Federer
Contract of Interest
Nov 20 Moises Alou signs a one year-contract with the New York Mets worth $7.5 million
Moises Alou
- Nov 20 58th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Jimmie Johnson wins
- Nov 26 The last international rugby match before demolition of Dublin's famous Lansdowne Road Stadium is Ireland's 61-17 win over the Pacific Islanders
- Nov 27 Ballon d'Or: Italy defender Fabio Cannavaro (Juventus/Real Madrid) is named best football player in Europe ahead of Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon and Arsenal forward Thierry Henry
- Dec 1 Canadian jockey Russell Baze becomes North American horse racing's all-time win leader when Butterfly Belle wins 4th race at Bay Meadows, San Mateo, California; 9,531 victories passes record of Laffit Pincay Jr
- Dec 2 15th SEC Championship Game: #4 Florida beats #8 Arkansas, 38-28
- Dec 2 2nd ACC Championship Game: #16 Wake Forest beats #23 Georgia Tech, 9-6
- Dec 2 11th Big 12 Championship Game: #8 Oklahoma beats #19 Nebraska, 21-7
- Dec 3 Davis Cup Tennis, Moscow: Marat Safin beats José Acasuso of Argentina 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 to clinch Russia's 3-2 victory
Event of Interest
Dec 5 Greg Maddux signs a one-year deal with the San Diego Padres worth $10 million
Greg Maddux
- Dec 9 72nd Heisman Trophy Award: Troy Smith, Ohio State (QB)
Event of Interest
Dec 10 British Broadcasting Corporation gives Swedish tennis icon Björn Borg a Lifetime Achievement Award; presented by Boris Becker
Björn Borg
Boris Becker
- Dec 26 At 40 years, 268 days, Teddy Sheringham scores for West Ham United in a 2-1 loss to Portsmouth at Upton Park, London; becomes oldest goalscorer in EPL history
- Dec 31 The final contest at the old Lansdowne Road Stadium in Dublin is a rugby match with Leinster beating Ulster 20-12 in a Celtic League game
Deaths in Sport
- Nov 26 Graham Roope, Englishcricketer (England batsman in 21 Tests 1972-78), dies at 60
- Nov 27 Casey Coleman, American sportscaster (b. 1951)
- Dec 3 Len Sutton, American auto racer and broadcaster (Indianapolis 500 1962 runner-up), dies from cancer at 81
- Dec 5 David Bronstein, Ukrainian-born chess grandmaster (b. 1924)
- Dec 8 José Uribe, Dominican baseball player (b. 1959)
- Dec 12 Paul Arizin, American basketball player (b. 1928)
- Dec 13 Lamar Hunt, American sports executive and NFL owner (KC Chiefs), dies at 74
- Dec 15 Clay Regazzoni, Swiss Formula One driver, dies at 67
- Dec 17 Larry Sherry, American baseball pitcher (World Series MVP 1959, LA Dodgers), dies at 71
- Dec 21 Scobie Breasley, Australian jockey (b. 1914)
- Dec 21 Sydney Wooderson, English athlete dubbed "The Mighty Atom" (world record 1937), dies at 92
- Dec 22 Elena Mukhina, Russian gymnast (3 x World C'ship gold 1978; 2 x World Cup gold 1977), dies of complications from quadriplegia at 46
- Dec 23 Johnny Vincent, English footballer for Birmingham City and Middlesbrough (b. 1947)
- Dec 30 Michel Plasse, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1948)
- Dec 31 George Sisler, Jr., baseball executive (b. 1917)
- Dec 31 Liese Prokop, Austrian pentathlete (Olympic silver 1968), dies at 65