November 2005 in Sports - 13 November 2005 (Sunday)

13 November 2005 (Sunday)

• NBA: LeBron James became the youngest player in league history (at 20 years, 348 days) to score 4,000 points, passing Kobe Bryant, during the Cleveland Cavaliers' 108–100 overtime win over the Orlando Magic.
• Canadian Football League Division Semifinals:
  • Montreal Alouettes 30, Saskatchewan Roughriders 14: Les Als, led by Ben Cahoon and Terry Vaughn, took a 24–0 lead into halftime, and advanced to the Eastern Division Final next Sunday against their bitter rivals, the Toronto Argonauts, in Toronto.
  • Edmonton Eskimos 33, Calgary Stampeders 26: Backup quarterback Jason Maas helped the Eskimos recover from being down 23–12. Starting quarterback Ricky Ray did not throw a touchdown pass, extending his dubious streak to six games. The Eskimos will face the BC Lions next Sunday in the Western Division Final in Vancouver.
• Soccer
  • MLS Cup Final at Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, Texas: Los Angeles Galaxy 1, New England Revolution 0 (aet): Guillermo Ramírez scores the match's only goal in the third minute of stoppage time during the first half of extra time. For the Galaxy, it's their second MLS cup title, both of which came against the Revs, and both of which came with the match's only goal scored in extra time.
• Auto racing
  • NASCAR 2005 Chase for the NEXTEL Cup: Checker Auto Parts 500: Chase driver Kurt Busch is suspended for the final two races of the season by Roush Racing after being arrested on charges of reckless driving. (ESPN.com) Ironically, Kurt's younger brother, Kyle, wins the race, his second win of the season. (NASCAR.com)
  • Grand Prix Masters: 1992 Formula One World Drivers Champion Nigel Mansell wins the GP Masters' inaugural race in Kyalami.
• NFL Week 10
  • Detroit Lions 29, Arizona Cardinals 21: Roy Williams catches three touchdown passes for the Lions, who outgain Arizona 157 yards to 38 on the ground.
  • Jacksonville Jaguars 30, Baltimore Ravens 3: The Ravens manage only 53 rushing yards and eight first downs. Greg Jones rushes for 106 yards and a touchdown.
  • Indianapolis Colts 31, Houston Texans 17: The Texans put up a fight after falling behind 21–0 but cannot answer a 297-yard, three-touchdown performance from Peyton Manning.
  • Buffalo Bills 14, Kansas City Chiefs 3: Trent Green throws three interceptions, while J.P. Losman, who lost his starting job to Kelly Holcomb three weeks ago, came off the bench for an injured Holcomb and hits Lee Evans for both Buffalo touchdowns.
  • Minnesota Vikings 24, New York Giants 21: It wasn't technically Christmas, but the Vikings had many happy returns, becoming the first team to return a kickoff (Koren Robonson's 86-yard second half kickoff return), punt (Mewelde Moore's 71 yard punt return) and interception (Darren Sharper's 92-yard pickoff return) for touchdowns in the same game. Paul Edinger hits a 46-yard field goal with 19 seconds left to win the game.
  • New England Patriots 23, Miami Dolphins 16: Gus Frerotte throws for 360 yards, but Miami stalls after getting first and goal with 1:30 left.
  • Chicago Bears 17, San Francisco 49ers 9: The longest play in NFL history, Nathan Vasher's 108-yard return of a missed field goal, puts the Bears ahead to stay. The embarrassing 49ers offense completed the grand total of one pass on a very windy day.
  • Denver Broncos 31, Oakland Raiders 17: The Raiders' bid to come back from a 23–0 deficit falters when Darrent Williams picks off a Kerry Collins pass and returns it 80 yards for a score.
  • Carolina Panthers 30, New York Jets 3: The struggling Jets turn the ball over six times, including four Brooks Bollinger interceptions, two picked off by Ken Lucas, and a third by Will Weatherspoon was returned for 35 yards for a touchdown. As for the Panthers' cheerleaders after last week's incident in a Tampa bar, insert your own joke here.
  • Green Bay Packers 33, Atlanta Falcons 25: Samkon Gado, a Nigerian who was the Packers' practice-squad running back when the season started, rushes for 103 yards and two touchdowns and catches a touchdown pass as the Pack upset the Falcons in the Georgia Dome.
  • Seattle Seahawks 31, St. Louis Rams 16: Shaun Alexander rushes for three touchdowns, bringing his total to 17 this season, in Seattle's fifth straight win.
  • Tampa Bay Buccaneers 36, Washington Redskins 35: With 58 seconds left, Jon Gruden opts to attempt a two-point conversion after a blocked PAT kick was nullified by a Redskins offside penalty following Chris Simms' 36-yard touchdown pass to Edell Shepherd. Mike Alstott blasts through the logjam at the goal line for the winning points.
  • Pittsburgh Steelers 34, Cleveland Browns 21: Hines Ward becomes the Steelers' all-time leader in pass receptions, passing John Stallworth in the blowout at Heinz Field. The Browns' Leigh Bodden returns a blocked field goal 59 yards for a touchdown, marking the first time in NFL history that an interception, a punt, a kickoff, a missed field goal attempt and a blocked field goal attempt were returned for touchdowns in the same day.

Bye Week: Cincinnati Bengals, New Orleans Saints, San Diego Chargers, Tennessee Titans.
(NOTE: This the final week for byes this season.)

• Speed skating: Chad Hedrick sets a new world record for the 5000 metres at the ISU World Cup in Calgary, Alberta, Canada with the time 6:09.68, beating the previous record by nearly five seconds. Four athletes skated under the previous world record of 6:14.66 by Jochem Uytdehaage during the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Nu.nl report – in Dutch)