US sports leagues make a play for Mexico

Football is king in Mexico but the NBA's latest regular-season game here highlighted the growing interest of US professional sports leagues to woo fans in the potentially huge market. Not even smoke engulfing the arena two years ago could keep the National Basketball Association away from Mexico City. Despite a 2013 generator malfunction that forced a game to be cancelled right before tipoff, the NBA held a regular-season contest in the mega-city for the second year in a row on Thursday.

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