The NBA sold out stadiums in London, Paris, Barcelona and Berlin for pre-season games in October. More than 80, 000 people filled Wembley later the same month to watch an NFL regular season fixture.

10月份在伦敦、巴黎、巴塞罗那和柏林举行的NBA季前赛场场爆满，同一个月的迟些时候，超过八万人在温布利球场观看了NFL的常规赛。

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I am desperate for volleyball, track and field, as well as tabletennis games. It is such a pity that the tickets have all been sold out.

我想看排球还有田径，当然还有乒乓球，但是很可惜票已经卖完了。

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Jerseys flew off the shelves, games sold out and baseball was so exciting that some have gone so far as to claim it ruined post-steroid baseball.

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The intent of the law was actually to prevent owners from blacking out games that were sold out.

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The Lions had four games blacked out on local television in 2009 and one last season because the games were not sold out 72 hours before kickoff.

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