November 2004 in Sports - November 1, 2004

November 1, 2004

• Major League Baseball: The Arizona Diamondbacks named former New York Met Wally Backman as their new manager.
• NBA basketball:
  • The Phoenix Suns decide to keep Yuta Tabuse as the last man on their regular season roster. Thus, Tabuse becomes the first Japanese born player ever to participate in an NBA season. (NBA/Suns)
  • The Houston Rockets sign Tracy McGrady to a multi-year contract extension. His current contract will net him US$47.1m over the next three years, while the contract extension is worth US$85.7m for the following four years. The contract extension will keep McGrady in a Rockets uniform until the 2010–11 season. (NBA/Rockets)
  • The Portland Trail Blazers announce the signing of Zach Randolph to a multi-year contract extension. (NBA/Trailblazers)
  • The Chicago Bulls waive forward Eddie Robinson, who had been signed by the team with great expectations, but whose career was hampered by injuries sustained in a car accident. (NBA/Bulls)
• Football (soccer): Berti Vogts resigns as manager of the Scotland national football team.
• NFL Week 8, Monday Night Football: The New York Jets improve to 6–1 in a 41–14 rout of the Miami Dolphins. (ESPN)
• Boxing:
  • Venezuelan boxer Juan Jose Landaeta officially files a protest at the WBA's Caracas offices, for the result of his fight the previous week against WBA world minimumweight champion, Yutaka Niida, where Landaeta lost a split decision in Japan. Landaeta hopes the WBA can revert the decision.

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