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Deaths

Current sporting seasons

American football 2008

Auto racing 2008

Basketball 200809

Cricket 2008–09


Football (soccer)

Golf 2009

Ice hockey 200809

Rugby union 200809

Winter sports

Days of the month

30 November 2008 (Sunday)

American football

Cricket

Football (soccer)

Golf

Winter sports

Alpine skiing
Bobsleigh
  • World Cup in Winterberg, Germany:
    • Four-man: (1) Flag of Germany.svg Germany 1:49.30 (2) Flag of Russia.svg Russia 1:49.63 (3) Flag of the United States.svg United States 1:49.82
Cross-country skiing
Figure skating
Luge
Nordic combined
Short track speed skating

29 November 2008 (Saturday)

American college football

Top Ten teams whose regular seasons completed: (6) Utah, (8) Penn State, (10) Ohio State. (2) Texas completed their season Thursday, and (9) Boise State finished their season on Friday.

Cricket

Rugby union

Winter sports

Alpine skiing
Bobsleigh
Cross-country skiing
Figure skating
Luge
Nordic combined
Short track speed skating
Ski jumping

28 November 2008 (Friday)

American college football

Cricket

Winter sports

Skeleton
Ski jumping

27 November 2008 (Thursday)

American football

Basketball

Cricket

Football (soccer)

26 November 2008 (Wednesday)

Basketball

Cricket

Football (soccer)

25 November 2008 (Tuesday)

American football

Basketball

Chess

Football (soccer)

24 November 2008 (Monday)

American football

Basketball

Cricket

23 November 2008 (Sunday)

American football

Auto racing

Canadian football

Cricket

Football (Soccer)

Golf

Rugby union

Tennis

Winter sports

Cross-country skiing
  • World Cup in Gällivare, Sweden:
    • Men's 4x10km: (1) Flag of Norway.svg  Norway I 1:30:58.8 (2) Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden I 1:30:59.0 (3) Flag of Germany.svg Germany 1:30:59.8
    • Women's 4x5km: (1) Flag of Norway.svg  Norway I 51:01.5 (2) Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 51:01.9 (3) Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden I 51:44.2
Figure skating
Speed skating

22 November 2008 (Saturday)

American college football

Idle: (1) Alabama, (3) Texas, (6) Southern California.

Basketball

Canadian CIS football

Cricket

Football (soccer)

Rugby league

Rugby union

Tennis

Winter sports

Cross-country skiing
Figure skating
Snowboarding
Speed skating

21 November 2008 (Friday)

Cricket

Tennis

20 November 2008 (Thursday)

American football

Cricket

Football (soccer)

19 November 2008 (Wednesday)

American football

Baseball

Cricket

Football (soccer)

18 November 2008 (Tuesday)

American football

Baseball

17 November 2008 (Monday)

American football

Baseball

Cricket

Golf

16 November 2008 (Sunday)

Alpine skiing

American football

Auto racing

Canadian football

Cricket

Football (soccer)

Golf

Rugby league

Rugby union

Tennis

15 November 2008 (Saturday)

Alpine skiing

American college football

(2) Texas Tech and (5) Oklahoma are idle.
  • In other games:
    • Maryland 17, (16) North Carolina 15
    • Boston College 27, (19) Florida State 17
      • After Seminoles head coach Bobby Bowden suspends five of his wide receivers due to a fracas at the FSU Student Union, the 'Noles are overpowered by the Eagles.
    • (20) LSU 40, Troy 31
      • In a game rescheduled from September 6 due to Hurricane Gustav, the Bayou Bengals spot the Trojans a 31–3 lead, and roar back with 37 straight unanswered points to win in the greatest comeback in Tigers history.
    • Houston 70, (23) Tulsa 30
      • The Cougars blow out the Golden Hurricane and in the process, nearly outscore the men's basketball team, who defeated Western Kentucky, 73–64.
    • North Carolina State 21, (24) Wake Forest 17
    • Northwestern 21, Michigan 14
      • The Wolverines lose their eighth game of the season, a new record.
    • Notre Dame 27, Navy 21
      • With a win next week against Syracuse, the Irish will assure themselves of a bowl berth.
    • Vanderbilt 31, Kentucky 24
      • The Commodores become bowl-eligible for the first time since 1982, the longest current bowl drought among BCS conference teams, after having lost 17 consecutive times (including four this season) when a win would have made them eligible.

Auto racing

Canadian football

Figure skating

Football (soccer)

Mixed Martial Arts

Rugby league

Rugby union

14 November 2008 (Friday)

American college football

Auto racing

Cricket

Ice hockey

Rugby union

13 November 2008 (Thursday)

American football

Baseball

Basketball

Cibona and Siena suffer their 1st loss, leaving CSKA Moscow the only unbeaten team.

Football (soccer)

Golf

12 November 2008 (Wednesday)

Auto racing

Baseball

Basketball

CSKA improves to 4–0, while TAU lose its unbeaten record.

Cricket

Football (soccer)

11 November 2008 (Tuesday)

American college football

Baseball

Poker

10 November 2008 (Monday)

American football

Baseball

Cricket

  • Australia in India:
    • 4th Test in Nagpur:
      • Flag of India.svg  India 441 (124.5 ov) & 295 (82.4 ov) beat Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 355 (134.4 ov) & 209 (50.2 ov) by 172 runs. India win the series 2–0 and retains the Border-Gavaskar Trophy

Golf

Rugby league

9 November 2008 (Sunday)

American football

Bye Week: Cincinnati Bengals, Dallas Cowboys, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Washington Redskins. These were the last byes of the season, as Cincinnati's was originally scheduled for Week Eight, but due to rescheduling with Baltimore, was placed here.

Auto racing

Baseball

Canadian football

Cricket

Curling

Football (soccer)

Golf

Ice hockey

Slovakia qualify for the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver
China qualify for the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver

Rugby league

Tennis

8 November 2008 (Saturday)

American college football

Auto racing

Baseball

Boxing

Canadian football

Curling

Figure skating

Football (soccer)

Ice hockey

Rugby league

Rugby union

7 November 2008 (Friday)

Basketball

Cricket

Figure skating

Ice hockey

6 November 2008 (Thursday)

American football

Baseball

Basketball

Cibona, Siena, TAU Ceramica and CSKA lead their respective groups with 3–0 record

Football (soccer)

Ice hockey

5 November 2008 (Wednesday)

American college football

Baseball

Basketball

Cricket

Football (soccer)

Rugby league

Shooting

4 November 2008 (Tuesday)

Baseball

Football (soccer)

Shooting

3 November 2008 (Monday)

American football

Basketball

Shooting

2 November 2008 (Sunday)

American football

Bye Week: Carolina Panthers, New Orleans Saints, San Diego Chargers, San Francisco 49ers.

Athletics (track and field)

Auto racing

Baseball

Canadian football

Cricket

Figure skating

Football (soccer)

Golf

Motorcycle racing

Rugby league

Surfing

Tennis

1 November 2008 (Saturday)

American college football

(3) Penn State is idle.

Baseball

Canadian football

Cricket

Figure skating

Football (soccer)

Rugby league

Rugby union

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