By Pro Sports Outlook, The Front Office for Fans
Nov 01, 2020

November 2nd, 2020 was highlighted by an upset bid by the Giants falling just short against the Brady-led Bucs on Monday Night Football as Daniel Jones’ last-minute TD led to a failed 2-pt conversion that would’ve sent the game to OT. The NFL trade deadline heated up with prominent players like Kwon Alexander and Desmond King on the move. Check out everything that happened in sports on November 2nd last year and the Best in Sports from exactly a year ago, headlined by Furkan Korkmaz erupting in Philadelphia with a wild buzzer-beater for the win. 

This daily sports article includes real headlines only (no clickbait rumors), all of the best highlights, interesting facts from around the NFL, NBA, & MLB, the main games to watch, top performances of the day, significant birthdays, and a quick recap of notable events on this day in sports history.

Winfield Jr. saved the game

Dime from Danny could tie it up

Bucs force 2 INT in 2nd half

Mike Evans diving TD grab

Lewis slides into TD grab

Giants got a little tricky

Best blocks from the bubble

Jones last start against TB

Joey B continues to get it done

RoJo is a future star

Dalvin was cooking

Cubbies broke the curse

Cubbies won a classic

What a 4th Qtr battle

Happy bday Roddy White

Cubs Manager was clutch in G7

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NFL Week 8

*All game times listed are in Eastern Standard Time (EST)*

[Highlights] QB Tom Brady, TB (@NYG): 28-40 (70.0%), 279 YDS, 2 TD, 0 INT [Player of the Day]

[Highlights] S Jabril Peppers, NYG (v.TB): 10 TKL, 2 PD

[Highlights] LB Blake Martinez, NYG (v.TB): 9 TKL, 1 TFL, 1 FF

NFL: EDGE Takkarist McKinley, Atlanta Falcons (turns 25)

MLB: SP Jonathan Loasiga, New York Yankees (26)

NFL: RB Jordan Howard, Miami Dolphins (26)

NFL: QB Jimmy Garoppolo, San Francisco 49ers (29)

MLB: OF Brian Goodwin, Cincinnati Reds (30)

NFL: WR Danny Amendola, Detroit Lions (35)

NFL: WR Roddy White, Retired in 2016 (39)

2016: In a thrilling 8-7 Game 7 victory over the Cleveland Indians in 10 innings, the Chicago Cubs finally ended a century old drought and won their 1st World Series in 108 years

2005: Los Angeles Lakers C Andrew Bynum became the youngest to ever play in an NBA regular season game at 18 years, six days old to break Jermaine O’Neal’s former record

1999: NBA.com TV officially debuted with a seven-hour simulcast of the opening night’s games; Japanese audio was also offered for the very 1st time

1997: San Diego Chargers RB/WR Eric Metcalf became just the 2nd player in NFL history to return 2 punt returns for TDs in a single game

1996: Just 2 weeks before his 15th anniversary, Miami Heat HC Pat Riley became the quickest in NBA history to reach 800 career wins

1995: New York Yankees announced the hiring of Manager Joe Torre as the franchise’s 31st Manager. Torre would go on to win 4 World Series over his 1st 6 seasons in the Bronx

1990: The Golden State Warriors defeated the Denver Nuggets 162-158, setting the all-time points record for a non-overtime game

1990: The Phoenix Suns defeated the Utah Jazz in Tokyo, Japan in what was the very 1st regular season NBA game played outside of North America

1988: Oakland Athletics SS Walt Weiss became the 3rd consecutive A’s player to win the AL Rookie of the Year Award after Jose Canseco in 1986 and Mark McGwire in 1987

1974: The Atlanta Braves traded OF Hank Aaron, the all-time HR leader at the time, to the Milwaukee Brewers for OF Dave May

1969: New Orleans Saints QB Billy Kilmer and St. Louis Cardinals QB Charlie Johnson combined for an NFL-record 12 passing touchdowns in a single game (6 each); New Orleans won, 51-42

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