NEW YORK — Jonquel Jones, Breanna Stewart, Sabrina Ionescu and their New York teammates have been showered in ticker-tape because the Liberty celebrated profitable the WNBA title within the Canyon of Heroes in downtown Manhattan.
New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams joined the 1000’s who lined the streets on Thursday.
The Liberty received the franchise’s first championship, beating the Minnesota Lynx in time beyond regulation in a decisive Sport 5 of the WNBA Finals on Sunday on the Barclays Middle in Brooklyn.
There have been over 200 ticker-tape parades in New York. The newest to honor a girls’s sports activities staff got here in 2019 when the U.S. soccer staff received the World Cup. Two years later, there was a parade to honor important employees and first responders for his or her service through the coronavirus pandemic.
Not all New York sports activities champions have gotten the honour of the ticker-tape parade. The New York Metropolis FC received their first Main League Soccer championship in 2021, however solely obtained a celebration at Metropolis Corridor. Final 12 months, NY/NJ Gotham FC received the championship of the NWSL girl’s professional soccer league, but in addition did not get a ticker-tape parade.
