On March 4 and 5 the Toronto Raptors and the New Jersey Nets played the NBA's first regular season games staged in Europe.   While it was a monumental event, it's hardly the first time one of the four American professional sports leagues have ventured abroad during the regular season.  The following is a list of those international excursions.  Given that the NHL, NBA and MLB all have franchises in Canada, it has been excluded from the list.
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