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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | March 2005 
US Sports In Mexico
 Cammy Clark - The Miami Herald
| Annika Sorenstam
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NASCAR is not the first U.S. professional sports company to venture south of the border. Some sporting events with connections to Mexico City: Golf, Major League Baseball, NBA, and NFL.Golf- The LPGA, including Annika Sorenstam, right, will play the MasterCard Classic next weekend (March 4-6) at Bosque Real Country Club in Mexico City. It will be the first LPGA event in Mexico.
Major League Baseball- In March 2004, the Houston Astros and Florida Marlins faced off in a two-game series in Mexico City, and in 2003, the Los Angeles Dodgers played the New York Mets.
- Baseball games have also been played in Monterrey, Mexico, where Estadio Monterrey has met Major League Baseball's standards, even hosting the first regular-season series outside of Canada and the United States in August 1996 when the Mets played the Padres.
NBA- The Dallas Mavericks played the Utah Jazz in a 2003 preseason game at the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City. Since 1992, the NBA has staged 15 games in Mexico at the site.
NFL- The most recent American Bowl was held at Azteca Stadium in August 2001 between the Dallas Cowboys and Oakland Raiders. It was the sixth American Bowl in Mexico, fifth in Mexico City. The previous four games at Azteca Stadium averaged 102,000 fans. The 1994 game there between the Cowboys and then-Houston Oilers set an NFL attendance record of 112,376.
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