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The New York Knicks are taking over the Canyon of Heroes.
After clinching their first NBA championship in 53 years, the Knicks will be honored with a ticker-tape parade in Lower Manhattan on Thursday, June 18. The celebration is scheduled to kick off at 10 a.m. ET near Battery Park before traveling north along Broadway through the famed Canyon of Heroes and ending at City Hall, where the team will be honored in a ceremony. Alicia Keys is set to close out the ceremony with a performance of “Empire State of Mind,” around 1 p.m. ET.
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