November 30, 2004 (Tuesday) College football: Notre Dame fires head coach Tyrone Willingham in the third year of a five-year contract. He becomes the first Notre Dame coach to be fired before the end of his contract. The leading candidate to succeed Willingham is reportedly Utah head coach Urban Meyer, a former Notre Dame assistant. (ESPN) NFL: Cleveland Browns head coach Butch Davis resigns after his team loses their fifth straight game. Offensive coordinator Terry Robiskie has been named interim coach. (AP) Rowing: Four-times Olympic gold medallist, Matthew Pinsent, announces his retirement. (BBC) Cricket: Australia beat New Zealand by 213 runs to win their 2 test series 2–0. (Cricinfo) November 29, 2004 (Monday) Baseball: Toronto Blue Jays parent company, Rogers Communications, agrees to purchase SkyDome, the Blue Jays' home stadium, from investment group Sportsco International, LP, for $25 million CAD (about $21.24 million USD). (TSN) (ESPN) NBA: Army sergeant James R. Jordan, Jr., brother of Michael Jordan, announces he plans to stay in the military beyond the mandatory retirement after 30 years of service. (AOL news) Boxing: Former four-time world heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield announces that he will join ESPN2's broadcast group for at least one fight. (Boxing Central) College football: The Atlantic Coast Conference suspends six Clemson University football players and the Southeastern Conference the same number of players from the University of South Carolina for their part in the November 20 brawl during their game at Clemson. The suspensions will take effect on the first game of the 2005 season. (SportsTicker) NFL Week 12, Monday Night Football: In his 200th consecutive regular-season start, Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre throws for three touchdowns and 215 yards passing in a 45–17 win over the St. Louis Rams. (ESPN) November 28, 2004 (Sunday) Sports television: NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol survived a charter plane crash in Montrose County, Colorado. The pilot and co-pilot of the chartered jet died and Ebersol's son, Teddy Ebersol, was declared missing at the time of the crash. (ESPN) Snooker: Stephen Maguire beats David Gray in the UK Championship 10 frames to 1 (BBC) Cricket: England beat Zimbabwe by 5 wickets in Harare, Zimbabwe in the first One Day International to lead the 4 match series 1–0. (Cricinfo) Baseball: The entire Boston Red Sox team is named Sports Illustrated's Sportsmen of the Year for their 2004 World Series victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. It is