November 2004 in Sports - November 21, 2004

November 21, 2004

• Cross-country skiing: In the 2005 World Cup season's second weekend of competitions, in Gällivare, Sweden, the Ladies' 4×5 km relay is won by the Norwegian No.1 team (Bjørnås, Skofterud, Pedersen, Bjørgen), with the 2nd and 3rd place going to Finland (Välimää, Kuitunen, Saarinen, Lassila) and Germany (Böhler, Sachenbacher, Reschwam Schulze, Künzel), respectively. (FIS-Ski Results) In the Men's 4×10 km relay the winners are German (Filbrich, Angerer, Sommerfeldt, Teichmann); the 2nd place goes to Italy's No.1 team (Di Centa, Valbusa, Piller Cottrer, Cristian Zorzi), and the 3rd team to finish is France (Perrillat, Vittoz, Jonnier, Chauvet). (FIS-Ski Results)
• Grey Cup: In Ottawa, The Toronto Argonauts, behind two rushing touchdowns by 41-year-old quarterback Damon Allen, defeat the BC Lions 27–19 to win the championship of the Canadian Football League. (TSN)
• NBA: The league announces suspensions resulting from the November 19, 2004 disturbance at The Palace of Auburn Hills. Ron Artest of the Indiana Pacers is suspended for the remainder of the season; teammates Stephen Jackson and Jermaine O'Neal draw 30 games and 25 games respectively. Ben Wallace of the Detroit Pistons is suspended for six games, and the Pacers' Anthony Johnson for five. Three other Pistons players and Reggie Miller of the Pacers draw one-game suspensions. (Yahoo!) (ESPN)
  • The Pistons, meanwhile, defeat the Charlotte Bobcats, 117–116 in double overtime, during their first game after the infamous incident with the Pacers. Tayshaun Prince dunked the ball with sixteen seconds to go in the second overtime, giving the Pistons the victory. (NBA)
• NFL, Week 11:
  • The year's top draft pick, quarterback Eli Manning of the New York Giants, in his first career start has one touchdown and two interceptions in a 14–10 loss to the Atlanta Falcons. (ESPN)
  • The Pittsburgh Steelers and quarterback Ben Roethlisberger rally from a 14–10 halftime deficit to defeat the Cincinnati Bengals, 19–14. (ESPN)
  • Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning throws four touchdowns and Edgerrin James runs for 204 yards in a 41–10 win over the Chicago Bears. (Yahoo!)
  • The Buffalo Bills behind quarterback Drew Bledsoe upset the St. Louis Rams, 37–17. (ESPN)
  • The Minnesota Vikings snap a three-game losing streak with a close 22–19 victory over the Detroit Lions. Daunte Culpepper completed 22 of 32 passes for 233 yards. (ESPN)
  • Dallas Cowboys quarterback Vinny Testaverde was injured in the fourth quarter of their 30–10 loss to the Baltimore Ravens. Rookie quarterback Drew Henson fumbled on his first NFL play replacing Testaverde. (ESPN)
  • Despite being sacked six times, Quincy Carter leads the New York Jets to a 10 to 7 win over the Cleveland Browns. Jets running back Curtis Martin passes Tony Dorsett for sixth on the all-time yards rushing list. (ESPN)
• NASCAR: Kurt Busch wins the Nextel Cup Championship by a mere 8 points over Jimmie Johnson and 16 points over Jeff Gordon (NASCAR)
• Cricket: Australia beat New Zealand by an innings and 156 runs in the first test at Brisbane, Australia to lead the 2 test series 1–0 (Cricinfo)
• Kabaddi: India win the first-ever World Cup kabaddi championship defeating Iran in the final held at Mumbai (Indian Express) (The Hindu)