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New York Knicks center Enes Kanter. left, forward Mario Hezonja,
center, and guard Damyean Dotson, right, watch the game
action from the bench during the first half of an NBA basketball
game against the Detroit Pistons, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019, at
Madison Square Garden in New York.
Associated Press
Forbes says Knicks

most valuable NBA

team, worth $4B

NEW YORK (AP) — The New The Knicks, who feature a
York Knicks are worth $4 bil- starting lineup with three
lion, making them the most new players acquired in
valuable NBA team for the the Kristaps Porzingis trade, Italy’s Dominik Paris speeds down the course during the men’s super-G at the alpine ski World
fourth straight year, ac- lost at home Tuesday night Championships in Are, Sweden, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019.
cording to Forbes . That’s for a franchise-record 15th Associated Press
despite having the worst re- straight game. They be-
cord among the league’s gan Wednesday with a Paris crowns stellar season
30 teams. 10-43 record. Forbes says
In its annual rankings, the Los Angeles Lakers re-
Forbes said the Knicks’ val- main in second place with with super-G title at worlds
ue increased 11 percent a value of $3.7 billion, up
from last year because of 12 percent. Rounding out
a $1 billion renovation of the top five are the Golden By ANDREW DAMPF it’s a fair and deserved win.”
Madison Square Garden, State Warriors ($3.5 billion), AP Sports Writer Paris was an early starter with the No. 3 bib
completed in 2013, that Chicago Bulls ($2.9 billion) ARE, Sweden (AP) — Dominik Paris crowned and was shaking his head after crossing
has produced a series of and Boston Celtics ($2.8 what was already a stellar season by win- the finish. But his time stood up.
new revenue streams. billion).q ning the super-G at the world champion- “I wasn’t sure if I had done enough,” Par-
ships on Wednesday. is said. “I went full gas but I had to make

Game Winner among 362 Despite a few wild turns on the lower sec- some corrections toward the end, where
tion of a technical course, the Italian fin-
I lost time and speed. Then it was a long
horses eligible for Triple Crown ished 0.09 seconds ahead of Johan Clarey wait to see if anyone was better than me.”
of France and Vincent Kriechmayr of Aus-
Clarey was faster than Paris through the
tria, who tied for silver. first two checkpoints but couldn’t match
Paris won the World Cup downhills in the Italian on the twisty lower section.
Bormio, Italy, and Kitzbuehel, Austria — Olympic super-G champion Matthias
considered the two toughest races on the Mayer was also faster through the second
circuit — over the last two months. He’s interval but then flew wide off a jump and
had six World Cup podium results overall missed a gate.
this season. Kriechmayr trailed Paris by nearly a half-
“It’s really a magical year,” Paris said. second midway down but nearly clawed
Norwegian great Aksel Lund Svindal, who it all back the rest of the way — drawing
is retiring after the worlds , shrugged his applause from Paris in the leader’s spot-
In this Nov. 2, 2018, file photo, Joel Rosario rides Game Winner arms after finishing 16th. A lot was expect- light. Clarey and Kriechmayr each earned
to victory in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile horse race at Churchill
Downs in Louisville, Ky. ed from the Norwegian team on a course their first major championship medals.
Associated Press set by one of its coaches but Kjetil Jansrud, Clarey has five World Cup podium results
who is recovering from a broken hand, — but no victories — while Kriechmayr has
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Un- able, Knicks Go, Mucho also struggled and placed 22nd. four wins, two of which came when he
beaten Game Winner, win- Gusto and Tax. “It turned out to be a much more difficult swept the speed events at last season’s
ner of the Breeders’ Cup Four fillies and 20 horses race than I expected,” Svindal said. “The finals in Are.
Juvenile and last year’s based outside North Amer- body feels good. I’m ready for another Kriechmayr also won the famed Lauber-
2-year-old champion, is ica, including 11 from Eu- week and good for the downhill.” horn downhill in Wengen, Switzerland, last
among 362 3-year-old thor- rope, five from Dubai and Paris’ only previous medal at a worlds or month.
oughbreds made eligible four from Japan, also are Olympics was a silver in the downhill at the Christof Innerhofer of Italy finished fourth
during the early nomina- among the early nominees 2013 worlds in Schladming, Austria. and Adrien Theaux of France came fifth.
tion period to compete in for the Triple Crown series “He is the best guy in the world balancing The top American was Steven Nyman in
the Kentucky Derby, Preak- that opens with the Ken- the tactical side with the speed and the eighth.
ness and Belmont Stakes. tucky Derby on May 4. The risk,” Jansrud said of Paris. “This is a course The race was run in partly cloudy condi-
Other top horses include Preakness is May 18 and where you need to have that ability to do tions at minus-16 degrees C (3 degrees
Gunmetal Gray, Improb- the Belmont is June 8. q that. He does that the best in the world, so F).q