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This year’s Forbes list of the world's most valuable teams is heavy with two kinds of football and features a new top squad. Can you guess which team, and which sport, nabbed the number one spot?
New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz (80) draws in the crowd after a short gain during the second half of an NFL football game against the New Orleans Saints in East Rutherford, N.J. in December 2012. (Bill Kostroun/AP/File)
9. New York Giants
Sport: Football
City: East Rutherford, N.J.
Owners: John Mara, Steven Tisch
Value: $1.468 billion
Of the five teams that joined the NFL in 1925, the Giants franchise is the only one still in existence. Back then, they were worth about $500 (before inflation). The Giants share their home field MetLife Stadium with the New York Jets – the two teams privately funded its construction, and the surrounding land is on lease from the state of New Jersey.
Sports-wise, the Giants are among the most recently successful NFL teams in the top 10, having won two Super Bowl titles in the past six seasons.
