What Happened in Sports: November 21, 2021

November 21st, 2021 was highlighted by Jonathan Taylor’s 5-TD game in Indy and Austin Ekeler making history with his 4 TD during a wild Chargers-Steelers SNF game. Davante Adams and Justin Jefferson set records as the Vikings-Packers exchanged late go-ahead TDs. Baltimore survived the Bears without Lamar, KC kept rolling with their fourth straight win, and Jalen Hurts became the first Eagles QB with 3 RUSH TD. The Cam Newton-Ron Rivera return game lived up to the hype while Joe Mixon entered the Bengals record books.

Jaylen Waddle is having an unprecedented rookie season for Miami, Russell Wilson finally lost three games in a row, and the 1-8 Houston Texans shocked the world by beating the AFC’s current No.1 seed Titans. Anthony Davis’ defense proved to be the dagger in a significant Lakers win where LeBron got ejected for elbowing Isaiah Stewart in the face and Paul George caught a body on the Mavericks. The Sacramento Kings also fired Luke Walton after another disappointing season. 

See what happened in sports on November 21st last year, headlined by another big day in NBA Free Agency as Gordon Hayward landed in Charlotte and other big names in the NBA being re-signed to their current teams as well as what happened in sports on November 21st, 2019 ft. Deshaun Watson dropping dimes on TNF against Houston’s division rival Indianapolis in an important victory. 

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