NEW YORK -- The Dallas Cowboys are the first American sports franchise worth more than $2 billion, according to Forbes magazine. The NFLs most valuable team for the sixth consecutive year, the Cowboys saw their overall worth increase 14 per cent to $2.1 billion. Thats about $1 billion higher than the average NFL team value, $1.11 billion, up 7 per cent. Only Manchester United of the English Premier League, at $2.24 billion, is more valuable than the Cowboys, according to Forbes surveys. And Man Us owners, the Glazer family, also own the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who are $1.033 billion, 18th in the NFL. New TV contracts, the collective bargaining agreement signed last year that will last a decade, and higher premium seating revenue contributed to the increases. Every franchise except the Cincinnati Bengals increased in value; the Bengals stayed the same at $871 million, which ranks 26th overall. With new stadiums in the works for the Vikings and 49ers, their values skyrocketed. Minnesota had a 22 per cent increase to $975 million, while San Francisco moved up 19 per cent to $1.175 billion. Jimmy Haslam III bought the Cleveland Browns this summer for $1 billion, $13 million more than the value Forbes placed on the team, which ranks 21st. Shahid Khan purchased the Jacksonville Jaguars for $770 million in January. Forbes values them at exactly that -- the least valuable franchise in the league, $10 million less than the St. Louis Rams. Rounding out the top five are New England ($1.635 billion), Washington ($1.6 billion), the New York Giants ($1.468 billion) and Houston ($1.305 billion). cheap nfl jerseys . The team said Gee will have surgery Friday in St. Louis to replace a portion of damaged artery. The right-hander was released from a New York hospital Wednesday after undergoing a procedure to break up a blood clot in his pitching shoulder. wholesale jerseys .J. 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Coach Mike Woodson repeated Wednesday that Lin will "absolutely" be back next season and will enter training camp as the starter at his position, even with the Knicks agreeing to a deal with veteran Jason Kidd. Lin has agreed to sign an offer sheet with the Houston Rockets for about $28 million over four years. The Knicks have said all along they planned to match any offer for their restricted free agent, and Woodson said the Knicks "never once" blinked at knowing they would have to pay that figure. The offer sheet still hasnt been signed and sent to the Knicks, who would then have three days to match, so Woodson said he couldnt comment much about it, but added that "Jeremy Lin has always been a big part of what we were trying to do as we move forward with our franchise." Lin took to his Twitter page Wednesday to deny a report that he was unhappy with the Knicks for not signing him right away and forcing him to get another offer first. He earned the starting spot in February and emerged as a breakout star before his season was cut short by surgery to repair torn knee cartilage. Woodson said Lin would go into training camp as the starter because he doesnt believe players should lose their spots because of injury, and that he would benefit from playing with Kidd.dddddddddddd "Jasons a veteran guy that brings leadership and I thought it would be a perfect fit for Jeremy Lin in terms of being able to tutor him as he grows as a point guard for our franchise, and Jason can still play and run a ballclub," Woodson said before the Knicks summer league team practiced. "So thats important I think as we move forward." The deal that will pay Kidd about $3 million annually hasnt been completed, but the Knicks did get a couple finished Wednesday on the first day players could sign. They acquired centre Marcus Camby from Houston in a sign-and trade deal and re-signed guard JR Smith. Steve Novak also has agreed to come back with a four-year, $15 million deal, but that also wasnt completed Wednesday. The Knicks signed forward James White from Europe, but Woodson said he wasnt sure if Landry Fields would be back. The starter at shooting guard most of the last two seasons has signed an offer sheet in Toronto worth about $20 million over three years. New York sent Toney Douglas, Josh Harrellson and Jerome Jordan and two second-round draft picks to the Rockets for Camby. ' ' '