The world's most valuable sports teams: Meet Forbes' top 10

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? 

4. New York Yankees

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Mariano Rivera, of the New York Yankees, pitches during the eighth inning of the MLB All-Star baseball game, on Tuesday, July 16, 2013, in New York.

Sport: Baseball

City: The Bronx, New York

Owner: Steinbrenner family

Value: $2.3 billion

The Yankees are on the good end of a yawning inequality gap in Major League Baseball, raking in more revenue ($300 million) than the league’s bottom seven teams combined. The team relocated to a new stadium in 2009, and premium seating drive a considerable amount of revenue. The city of New York has two teams in Forbes’ top 10 and five teams in the top 50 – two more than any other city.

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