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Scenes From The Liberty Championship Ticker-Tape Parade

New York City celebrated its WNBA champions on Thursday with a major parade on Broadway.

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New York Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu holds up the WNBA basketball championship trophy while riding down Broadway during a parade celebrating the team's season championship, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
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New York Liberty forward Jonquel Jones, center, waves as she rides on a float holding the MVP trophy to celebrate the team's WNBA basketball championship over the Minnesota Lynx, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
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New York Liberty fans react while watching players parade down the Canyon of Heroes on Broadway celebrating the team's WNBA basketball championship, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
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New York Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu, right, reacts while riding down the Canyon of Heroes on Broadway during a parade celebrating the team's WNBA basketball championship, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
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New York Liberty owner Joe Tsai, left, and coach Teresa Weatherspoon embrace before the WNBA basketball championship parade Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
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Spectators react as a float with members of the New York Liberty make its way up Broadway during the WNBA basketball championship parade Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
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Members of the New York Liberty, including Betnijah Laney-Hamilton, are seen on a float before the WNBA basketball championship parade Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

NEW YORK CITY — Tens of thousands of New York City residents skipped work and school to celebrate New York Liberty's WNBA championship at a good, old-fashioned ticker-tape parade on Broadway in Manhattan on Thursday.

The Brooklyn-based team beat the Minnesota Lynx 67-62 in overtime in front of a sold-out crowd at Barclays Center on Sunday night, marking the team's first-ever championship in their 28-year franchise history.

The parade kicked off at 10 a.m. and went up Broadway's "Canyon of Heroes" from Battery Park to City Hall, where there was a special ceremony.

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The parade featured all of the players and coaches on several different floats, along with New York City dignitaries, the team's owners, Clara and Joe Tsai, and, of course, the team mascot, Big Ellie.

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