College football: Notre Dame fires head coach Tyrone Willingham in the third year of a five-year contract. He becomes the first Notre Dame coach to be fired before the end of his contract. The leading candidate to succeed Willingham is reportedly Utah head coach Urban Meyer, a former Notre Dame assistant. (ESPN) (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=1935138)
NFL: Cleveland Browns head coach Butch Davis resigns after his team loses their fifth straight game. Offensive coordiator Terry Robiskie has been named interim coach. (AP) (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-browns-davisresigns&prov=ap&type=lgns)
Rowing: Four-times Olympic gold medallist, Matthew Pinsent, announces his retirement. (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/4050265.stm)
Cricket: Australia beat New Zealand by 213 runs to win their 2 test series 2-0. (Cricinfo) (http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2004/NOV/114900_AUS_30NOV2004.html)
Baseball: Toronto Blue Jays parent company, Rogers Communications, agrees to purchase SkyDome, the Blue Jays' home stadium, from investment group Sportsco International, LP, for $25 million Cdn (about US$21.24 million). (TSN) (http://www.tsn.ca/mlb/news_story.asp?id=106352)(ESPN) (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=1934286)
ArmysergeantJames R. Jordan, brother of Michael Jordan, announces he plans to stay in the military beyond the mandatory retirement after 30 years of service. (AOL news) (http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20041129131609990019)
Boxing: Former four-time world heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield announces that he will join ESPN2's broadcast group for at least one fight. (Boxing Central) (http://www.boxing-central.com/modules.phpname=News&file=article&sid=5355)
Sports television: NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol survived a charter plane crash in Montrose County, Colorado. The pilot and co-pilot of the chartered jet died and Ebersol's son, Teddy Ebersol, was declared missing at the time of the crash. (ESPN) (http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=1933910)
Snooker: Stephen Maguire beats David Gray in the UK Championship 10 frames to 1 (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/4050259.stm)
Cricket: England beat Zimbabwe by 5 wickets in Harare, Zimbabwe in the first one-day international to lead the 4 match series 1-0. (Cricinfo) (http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2004/NOV/113113_ZIMENG2004-05_28NOV2004.html)
The Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals combine for 106 points, the most in an NFL game since 1966, as the Bengals beat the Browns 58-48. (ESPN) (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/recap?gameId=241128004)
The Philadelphia Eagles clinch the NFC East division title with a 27-6 victory over the New York Giants. Eli Manning, in his second start with the Giants, throws a meager 6/21 for 148 yards with two interceptions. (ESPN) (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/recap?gameId=241128019)
The Pittsburgh Steelers extend their winning streak to 10 games with a 16-7 victory over the Washington Redskins. The streak is the team's longest since 1976. (ESPN) (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/recap?gameId=241128023)
The San Diego Chargers rally to defeat the Kansas City Chiefs, 34-31, with a game-winning field goal with less than 2:30 remaining in the game. (ESPN) (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/recap?gameId=241128012)
In a driving snow, the Oakland Raiders defeat the Denver Broncos, 25-24 on a last-minute blocked field goal attempt. (ESPN) (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/recap?gameId=241128007)
Golf: Fred Couples wins his fifth Skins Game, picking up US$640,000 from 11 skins. (ESPN) (http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=1933874)
Cross-country skiing: In the weekend's World Cup event in Ruka-Kuusamo, Finland, Kristina Smigun (EST) wins the Ladies' 10 km classic technique race, followed by Katerina Neumannova (CZE) and Marit Bjørgen (NOR) at the next two places. (FIS-Ski Results) (http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=CC&raceid=7233) The Men's 15 km race is won by Axel Teichmann (GER), with the 2nd and 3rd skiers to finish being Vassili Rotchev (RUS) and Rene Sommerfeldt (GER), respectively. (FIS-Ski Results) (http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=CC&raceid=7232)
Larry Hughes ties the game making two free throws with 0.8 seconds remaining in regulation, scores a triple-double and helps his team, the Washington Wizards, beat the Toronto Raptors, 114-109, in overtime.(NBA) (http://aol.nba.com/games/20041128/WASTOR/recap.html)
Christian Laettner makes a free throw with 3 seconds to go, and Ricky Davis misses a shot with less than one second to go, as the Miami Heat hold off the Boston Celtics, 106-104. Paul Pierce had missed a free throw that could have tied the game with five seconds to go. (NBA) (http://aol.nba.com/games/20041128/BOSMIA/recap.html)
The Minnesota Timberwolves stop the Sacramento Kings' winning streak at seven, defeating them 121-110 in Sacramento.(NBA) (http://aol.nba.com/games/20041128/MINSAC/recap.html)
Rugby league: The 2004 Tri-Nations ends anti-climactically at Elland Road, with Australia defeating Great Britain 44-4 in the Final, having led 38-0 at half-time. It is the biggest ever defeat suffered by GB on home soil. (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/4046521.stm)
In a pulsating game at Twickenham, the Wallabies (Australia) defeat England 21-19. (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/international/4043273.stm)
Ronan O'Gara scores a drop goal in the 79th minute to give Ireland a 21-19 win over Argentina at Lansdowne Road. It is the second November test in which O'Gara scored all of Ireland's points. (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/international/4048783.stm)
NBA: LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers, at the age of 19 years and 333 days, becomes the youngest person to reach 2,000 points in NBA history. He breaks Kobe Bryant's record, who was 20 years, 183 days old when he had his 2,000th point. The Cavaliers defeated the Chicago Bulls, 96-74. (ESPN) (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=241127005)
The Boise State Broncos win their 22nd straight game and keep their slim BCS hopes alive with a 58-21 win over the Nevada Wolf Pack. (AP) (http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/recap?gid=200411270039)
Boxing: Marco Antonio Barrera defeats Erik Morales by a twelve round majority decision to conquer the WBC's world Jr. Lightweight title, Ivan Calderon retains his WBO Jr. Flyweight title with a twelve round unanimous decision over Carlos Fajardo, Oscar Larios retains his WBC world Super Bantamweight title with a twelve round unanimous decision over Nedal Hussein, and Rafael Marquez retains his IBF world Bantamweight title, with an eighth round knockout of former world champion Mauricio Pastrana. (AOL) (http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/sports/article.adp?id=20041128005909990006)
Cross-country skiing: Starting off the 2005 World Cup season's third weekend of competitions, in Ruka-Kuusamo, Finland, the Ladies' 10 km free technique distance race is won by Katerina Neumannova (CZE), with runners-up for 2nd and 3rd place being Kristina Smigun (EST) and Natalia Baranova-Masolkina (RUS). (FIS-Ski Results) (http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=CC&raceid=7231)
NCAAfootball: The Nebraska Cornhuskers finish with a losing record for the first time since 1961, and without a chance to play in a bowl game for the first time since 1968, after a 26-20 loss to the Colorado Buffaloes. (AP) (http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/recap?gid=200411260023)
Richard Hamilton of the Detroit Pistons hits a shot with 1.3 seconds left to give his team a 78-77 win over the Miami Heat. (NBA) (http://aol.nba.com/games/20041126/MIADET/recap.html)
Eddie Jordan, coach of the Washington Wizards, is hospitalized with a blood clot. He will miss the next two games. (ESPN) (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=1932291)
Kobe Bryant scores 40 points, but Peja Stojakovic makes four free throws in the game's final minute, to give the Sacramento Kings their seventh straight win, a 109-106 defeat of the Los Angeles Lakers. (NBA) (http://aol.nba.com/games/20041126/SACLAL/recap.html)
Allen Iverson steals a pass, then scores with two tenths of a second left, to give the Philadelphia 76ers a 116-114 victory over the Washington Wizards in overtime. (NBA) (http://aol.nba.com/games/20041126/WASPHI/recap.html)
Dallas Cowboysrookie running back Julius Jones runs for 150 yards and two touchdowns in a 21-7 win over the Chicago Bears. (AP) (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/recap?gid=20041125006)
Veteran basketball coach and television analyst Hubie Brown, who was coaching the Memphis Grizzlies, announces his retirement due to health concerns. (NBA) (http://aol.nba.com/grizzlies/news/brown_retirement_041125.html)
Minnesota Timberwolves center Michael Olowokandi was arrested after police had to use a stun gun to subdue him when he refused to leave an Indianapolis nightclub. He was charged with disorderly conduct and criminal trespassing, both misdemeanors. The Timberwolves subsequently suspended Olowokandi for two games for "conduct detrimental to the team." (ESPN) (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=1931929)
Boxing: Riddick Bowe announces that his fight with Kenny Craven, scheduled for November 28, will be cancelled due to an injury to Bowe's shoulder. (BoxingCentral) (http://www.boxing-central.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5341)
Cricket: The English cricket team cancel their flight to Harare, Zimbabwe after Robert Mugabe's government denies visas to 13 British sports journalists who wanted to report on England's planned 5 one-day international series against the Zimbabwean team. Later, after Zimbabwe, contrary to earlier reports, gives visas to the 13, England confirm that the tour will go ahead.(Cricinfo) (http://www.cricinfo.com)(BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/4037659.stm)
Football (soccer):
Harry Redknapp resigns as manager of Portsmouth. Velimir Zajec will take temporary control of the team. (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/4037591.stm)
Blackburn Rovers fan Jason Perryman admits a charge of racially abusing Birmingham City player Dwight Yorke at last Saturday's match. He is fined £1,000 (€1,500, $1,900) and is banned from football grounds in England and Wales for five years. (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/4036963.stm)
Sports television: NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol survived a charter plane crash in Montrose County, Colorado.
Canadian Interuniversity Sportfootball: The Saskatchewan Huskies defeat the Saint Mary's Huskies 31-16 in the Mitchell Bowl, while the Laval Rouge et Or defeat the Laurier Golden Hawks 30-11 in the Uteck Bowl.
The sport's rule-making body, the IFAB earlier this year had approved the use of artificial surfaces that met standards set by the world governing body, FIFA.
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