Pittsburgh

==Sports==
{{Main|Sports in Pittsburgh}}

Pittsburgh hosted the [[History of American football|first professional football game]] and the [[1903 World Series|first World Series]].  In 2009, Pittsburgh won the ''[[Sporting News]]'' title of "Best Sports City" in the United States<ref name="Hille 2010">{{Cite magazine |url=http://aol.sportingnews.com/mlb/story/2009-10-06/black-gold-mettle-pittsburgh-best-sports-city-0 |title=Black & Gold mettle: Pittsburgh Is Best Sports City |last=Hille |first=Bob |date=October 6, 2009 |magazine=[[Sporting News]] |access-date=July 12, 2010 |archive-date=December 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111220190930/http://aol.sportingnews.com/mlb/story/2009-10-06/black-gold-mettle-pittsburgh-best-sports-city-0 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and, in 2013, ''Sperling's Best Places'' "top 15 cities for baseball".<ref>[http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/life/zillow/pittsburgh-among-top-baseball-cities-676043/ "Pittsburgh Among Top Baseball Cities"]. ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', February 19, 2013. Retrieved on July 17, 2013.</ref> College sports also have large followings with the University of Pittsburgh in football and sharing Division I basketball fans with Robert Morris and Duquesne.

Pittsburgh has a long history with its major professional sports teams—the [[Pittsburgh Steelers|Steelers]] of the [[National Football League]], the [[Pittsburgh Penguins|Penguins]] of the [[National Hockey League]], and the [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pirates]] of [[Major League Baseball]]—which all share the same team colors, the [[Flag of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|official city colors of black and gold]].{{Efn|The [[Pittsburgh Power]] of the [[Arena Football League (2010–)|Arena Football League]] and the [[Pittsburgh Passion]] of the [[Independent Women's Football League]] (IWFL) use these colors as well.}} Pittsburgh is the only city in the United States where this practice of sharing team colors in solidarity takes place.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Why Pittsburgh's teams wear black and gold |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/why-pittsburgh-s-teams-all-wear-black-and-gold |access-date=December 13, 2022 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref> The black-and-gold color scheme has since become widely associated with the city and personified in its famous [[Terrible Towel]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/ravens/bal-ray-rice-said-he-wasnt-being-disrespectful-to-steelers-terrible-towel-20121121-story.html |title=Ray Rice said he wasn't being disrespectful to Steelers' Terrible Towel, apologizes |work=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |date=November 21, 2012|access-date=June 11, 2015 |first=Aaron |last=Wilson}}</ref>

The [[Pittsburgh Riverhounds]] are a professional soccer team who have been playing in Pittsburgh since they were established in 1999. They are a member of the [[USL Championship]] division, a second-tier league of US professional soccer and are in the league's Eastern Conference. The Riverhounds play their home matches at [[Highmark Stadium (Pennsylvania)]] a 5,000 seat [[soccer-specific stadium]] located in Pittsburgh's [[Station Square]]. In keeping with the uniformity of professional sports teams in Pittsburgh, the Riverhounds colors are black and gold.

"[[Rails to Trails]]", has converted miles of former [[rail tracks]] to recreational trails, including a [[Pittsburgh-Washington D.C. bike/walking trail]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gaptrail.org/trail-info/about-the-trail |title=TRAIL INFO - About the Trail |publisher=GREAT ALLEGHENY PASSAGE |access-date=July 16, 2019}}</ref> Several [[mountain biking]] trails are within the city and suburbs, [[Frick Park]] has biking trails and [[Hartwood Acres Park]] has many miles of [[Single track (mountain biking)|single track]] trails.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/top-lists/best-pittsburgh-mountain-biking-spots/ |title=Best Pittsburgh Mountain Biking Spots |date=August 20, 2016 |language=en|access-date=July 16, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.trailpittsburgh.org/parks/hartwood-acres/ |title=Hartwood Acres |publisher=Trail Pittsburgh |language=en-US|access-date=July 16, 2019}}</ref>

===Professional===
'''Major league'''
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! scope="col" | Team
! scope="col" | Founded
! scope="col" | League
! scope="col" | Sport
! scope="col" | Venue
! scope="col" | Championships
|-
| [[Pittsburgh Pirates]]
| 1882
| [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB)
| [[Baseball]]
| [[PNC Park]]
| 7{{refn|group=o|The Pirates won championships in [[1901 Pittsburgh Pirates season|1901]], [[1901 Pittsburgh Pirates season|1902]], [[1909 World Series|1909]], [[1925 World Series|1925]], [[1960 World Series|1960]], [[1971 World Series|1971]], and [[1979 World Series|1979]]. 1901 and 1902 were Pre World-Series Era Champions.}}
|-
| [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]
| 1933
| [[National Football League]] (NFL)
| [[American football|Football]]
| [[Acrisure Stadium]]
| 6{{refn|group=o|The Steelers won championships in [[Super Bowl IX|1974]], [[Super Bowl X|1975]], [[Super Bowl XIII|1978]], [[Super Bowl XIV|1979]], [[Super Bowl XL|2005]], and [[Super Bowl XLIII|2008]].}}
|-
| [[Pittsburgh Penguins]]
| 1967
| [[National Hockey League]] (NHL)
| [[Ice hockey|Hockey]]
| [[PPG Paints Arena]]
| 5{{refn|group=o|The Penguins won championships in [[1991 Stanley Cup Finals|1991]], [[1992 Stanley Cup Finals|1992]], [[2009 Stanley Cup Finals|2009]], [[2016 Stanley Cup Finals|2016]], and [[2017 Stanley Cup Finals|2017]].}}
|}
'''Minor league/other'''
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! scope="col" | Team
! scope="col" | Founded
! scope="col" | League
! scope="col" | Sport
! scope="col" | Venue
! scope="col" | Championships
|-
| [[Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC|Pittsburgh Riverhounds]]
| 1999
| [[USL Championship]] (USLC)
| Soccer
| |[[Highmark Stadium (Pennsylvania)|Highmark Stadium]]
|
|-
| [[Steel City Yellow Jackets]]
| 2014
| [[ABA 2000|ABA]]
| [[Basketball]]
| [[Community College of Allegheny County|CCAC Allegheny Arena]]
| 1
|}

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<nowiki>**</nowiki><small>Pittsburgh's ABA franchise won the 1968 title, but the Steel City Yellow Jackets franchise is heir to it only in location.</small>

===College===
'''Power 5'''
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0 auto; text-align:center; width:100%;"
|-
!School
!Prominent sports
!Venues
!Conference
!National Championships
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[University of Pittsburgh]]
|[[Pittsburgh Panthers football|Pitt Football]] ([[NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision|FBS]])
|[[Acrisure Stadium]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
| 9{{refn|group=o|The Panthers won championships in [[1915 Pittsburgh Panthers football team|1915]], [[1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team|1916]], [[1918 Pittsburgh Panthers football team|1918]], [[1929 Pittsburgh Panthers football team|1929]], [[1931 Pittsburgh Panthers football team|1931]], [[1934 Pittsburgh Panthers football team|1934]], [[1936 Pittsburgh Panthers football team|1936]], [[1937 Pittsburgh Panthers football team|1937]], and [[1976 Pittsburgh Panthers football team|1976]].}}
|-
|[[Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball|Pitt Basketball]]
|[[Petersen Events Center]]
|[[Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball#2-Time National Champions|1927–28 1929–30]]
|-
|}

'''Other'''
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0 auto; text-align:center; width:100%;"
|-
!School
!Prominent sports
!Venues
!Conference
!National Championships
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Duquesne University]]
|[[Duquesne Dukes football|Dukes Football]] ([[Division I-Football Championship Subdivision|FCS]])
|[[Arthur J. Rooney Athletic Field|Art Rooney Field]]
|[[Northeast Conference|NEC]]
|1941, 1973, [[Duquesne Dukes#Yearly football results|2003]]
|-
|[[Duquesne Dukes men's basketball|Dukes Basketball]]
|[[UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse]]
|[[Atlantic 10 Conference|A10]]
|[[1955 National Invitation Tournament|1954–55]] (NIT)
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Robert Morris University]]
| [[Robert Morris Colonials men's basketball|Colonials Basketball]]
|[[UPMC Events Center]]
|[[Northeast Conference|NEC]]
|
|-
|[[Robert Morris Colonials#Ice hockey|Colonials Hockey]]
|[[Island Sports Center]]
|[[Atlantic Hockey|AHA]]
|
|}
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===Baseball===
[[File:Pedro goes to Pittsburgh.jpg|thumb|[[PNC Park]], home stadium of the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]]]]
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The [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] baseball team, often referred to as the Bucs or the Buccos (derived from [[buccaneer]]), is the city's oldest professional sports franchise, having been founded in 1881, and plays in the [[National League Central|Central Division]] of the [[National League (baseball)|National League]]. The Pirates are nine-time Pennant winners and five-time [[World Series]] Champions, were in the first [[1903 World Series|World Series (1903)]] and claim two pre-World Series titles in 1901 and 1902. The Pirates play in [[PNC Park]].

Pittsburgh also has a rich [[Negro league]] history, with the former [[Pittsburgh Crawfords]] and the [[Homestead Grays]] credited with as many as 14 league titles and 11 Hall of Famers between them in the 1930s and 1940s, while the [[Pittsburgh Keystones (baseball)|Keystones]] fielded teams in the 1920s. In addition, in 1971 the Pirates were the first Major League team to field an all-minority lineup. One sportswriter claimed, "No city is more synonymous with black baseball than Pittsburgh."<ref>{{cite news |work=[[Beaver County Times]] |title=Baseball Plog |url=http://www.timesonline.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17047895&BRD=2305&PAG=461&dept_id=478568&rfi=6 |date=August 14, 2006 |first=John |last=Perrotto|author-link=John Perrotto|access-date=August 14, 2006|archive-date=November 12, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112120043/http://www.timesonline.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17047895&BRD=2305&PAG=461&dept_id=478568&rfi=6|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Since the late 20th century, the Pirates had three consecutive [[National League Championship Series]] appearances (1990–92) (going 6, 7 and 7 games each), followed by setting the MLB record for most consecutive losing seasons, with 20 from 1993 until 2012. This era was followed by three consecutive postseason appearances: the 2013 [[National League Division Series]] and the 2014–2015 Wild Card games. Their [[1997 Pittsburgh Pirates season|September pennant race]] in 1997 featured the franchises' last no-hitter and last award for [[The Sporting News Executive of the Year Award|Sporting News' Executive of the Year]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.alexreisner.com/baseball/history/race?y=1997|title=1997 Pennant Races|access-date=June 11, 2015|archive-date=February 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211020347/http://archive.alexreisner.com/baseball/history/race?y=1997|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Football===
{{further|American football in Western Pennsylvania}}
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[[File:Pittsburgh Steeler fans 15 Oct 2006.jpg|thumb|[[Pittsburgh Steelers]]' fans waving the [[Terrible Towel]], a tradition that dates back to [[1975 Pittsburgh Steelers season|1975]]]]
The city's professional team, [[National Football League|NFL's]] [[Pittsburgh Steelers]], is named after the distribution company the Pittsburgh Steeling company established in 1927. News of the team has preempted news of elections and other events and are important to the region and its [[diaspora]]. The Steelers have been owned by the [[Rooney family]] since the team's founding in 1933, show consistency in coaching (only three coaches since the 1960s all with the same basic philosophy) and are noted as one of sports' most respectable franchises.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pittsburgh Steelers Owner: Art Rooney net worth, political donations - Sports Illustrated |url=https://www.si.com/nfl/2018/07/17/pittsburgh-steelers-owner-art-rooney|access-date=October 9, 2020 |website=www.si.com|date=July 17, 2018 }}</ref> The Steelers have a long waiting list for season tickets, and have sold out every home game since 1972.<ref>{{cite news |title=ESPN ranks Steelers fans No. 1 |url=http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/steelers/s_585606.html?source=rss&feed=3 |website=Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |date=August 30, 2008 |access-date=August 30, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081008134730/http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/steelers/s_585606.html?source=rss&feed=3 |archive-date=October 8, 2008}}</ref> The team won four [[Super Bowl]]s in a six-year span in the 1970s, a [[Super Bowl XL|fifth Super Bowl]] in 2006, and a league record [[Super Bowl XLIII|sixth Super Bowl]] in 2009. Since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970 they have qualified for the most NFL playoff berths (28) and have played in (15) and hosted (11) the most NFL conference championship games.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}

[[High school football]] routinely attract 10,000 fans per game and extensive press coverage.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}} The [[Tom Cruise]] film [[All the Right Moves (film)|All the Right Moves]] and ESPN's [[Bound for Glory (ESPN)|Bound for Glory]] with [[Dick Butkus]] both filmed in the area to capture the tradition and passion of local high school football.

[[College football]] in the city dates to 1889<ref>{{Cite book |last=Starrett |first=Agnes Lynch |url=https://documenting.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3A00afj8718m/viewer#page/248/mode/2up |title=Through one hundred and fifty years: the University of Pittsburgh |publisher=University of Pittsburgh Press |year=1937 |page=198 |language=en}}</ref> with the [[Division I (NCAA)|Division I]] (FBS) [[Pittsburgh Panthers football|Panthers]] of the University of Pittsburgh posting nine [[NCAA Division I FBS National Football Championship|national championships]], qualifying 37 total bowl games, appearing in the [[2018 ACC Championship Game]], and winning the [[2020 ACC Championship Game]] which was the program's first conference title since leaving the [[Big East Conference (1979–2013)|Big East]] for the [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]] between the 2012 and 2013 seasons.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pitt Panthers College Football History, Stats, Records |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/pittsburgh/index.html |access-date=November 21, 2023 |website=College Football at Sports-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> Local universities Duquesne and Robert Morris have loyal fan bases that follow their lower [[NCAA Division I Football Championship|(FCS)]] teams. Duquesne, Carnegie Mellon University, and [[Washington & Jefferson College]] all posted major bowl games and AP Poll rankings from the 1920s to the 1940s as that era's equivalent of Top 25 FBS programs.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}

Acrisure Stadium serves as home for the Steelers, Panthers, and both the suburban and city high school championships. Playoff franchises [[Pittsburgh Power]] and Pittsburgh Gladiators competed in the [[Arena Football League]] in the 1980s and 2010s respectively. The Gladiators hosted [[ArenaBowl I]] in the city, competing in two, but losing both before moving to [[Tampa, Florida]] and becoming the [[Tampa Bay Storm|Storm]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/s_695755.html |title=Pittsburgh Power unveiled as arena football expansion team |first=Rob |last=Rossi |newspaper=Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |date=August 20, 2010 | access-date=August 20, 2010 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100823084558/http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/s_695755.html | archive-date=August 23, 2010 }}</ref> The [[Pittsburgh Passion]] has been the city's professional women's football team since 2002 and plays its home games at [[Highmark Stadium (Pennsylvania)|Highmark Stadium]]. The [[Edward J. DeBartolo, Sr.|Ed Debartolo]] owned [[Pittsburgh Maulers (1984)|Pittsburgh Maulers]] featured a [[Heisman Trophy]] winner in the mid-1980s, former superstar University of Nebraska running back [[Mike Rozier]].

===Hockey===
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The NHL's [[Pittsburgh Penguins]] have played in Pittsburgh since the team's founding in 1967. The team has won 6 [[Eastern Conference (NHL)|Eastern Conference]] titles (1991, 1992, 2008, 2009, 2016 and 2017) and 5 [[Stanley Cup]] championships (1991, 1992, 2009, 2016 and 2017). Since 1999, Hall of Famer and back-to-back playoff MVP [[Mario Lemieux]] has served as Penguins owner. Until moving into the [[PPG Paints Arena]] in 2010 (when it was known as Consol Energy Center), the team played their home games at the world's first retractable domed stadium, the [[Civic Arena (Pittsburgh)|Civic Arena]], or in local parlance "The Igloo".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2010/05/25/Mellon-Arena-roof-may-open-for-final-show/stories/201005250282|title=Mellon Arena roof may open for final show|website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette}}</ref>

[[Ice hockey]] has had a regional fan base since the 1890s semi-pro [[Pittsburgh Keystones (ice hockey)|Keystones]]. The city's first ice rink dates back to 1889, when there was an ice rink at the Casino in [[Schenley Park]]. From 1896 to 1956, the Exposition Building on the Allegheny River near The Point and Duquesne Gardens in Oakland offered indoor skating.<ref name="ice_skating">{{cite news |last1=Grant |first1=Tim |title=Pittsburgh loves ice skating, but how many rinks might prove too many? |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/life/recreation/2015/11/30/More-ice-time-Pittsburgh-loves-ice-skating-but-how-many-rinks-might-prove-too-many/stories/201511290019|access-date=February 6, 2016 |website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=November 30, 2015}}</ref>

The NHL awarded one of its first franchises to the city in 1924 on the strength of the back-to-back USAHA championship winning [[Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets]] featuring future Hall of Famers and a Stanley Cup winning coach. The NHL's [[Pittsburgh Pirates (hockey)|Pittsburgh Pirates]] made several Stanley Cup playoff runs with a future Hall of Famer before folding from [[Great Depression]] financial pressures. Hockey survived with the [[Pittsburgh Hornets]] farm team (1936–1967) and their seven finals appearances and three championships in 18 playoff seasons.

[[Robert Morris Colonials men's ice hockey|Robert Morris University]] fields a Division I college hockey team at the [https://rmucolonials.com/sports/2013/9/9/athletics_0909134014.aspx?id=694 Island Sports Center]. Pittsburgh has semi-pro and amateur teams such as the Pittsburgh Penguins Elite.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Association Rankings - MYHockey |url=https://myhockeyrankings.com/association_rankings.php?y=2021&type=youth&country=US |access-date=June 14, 2022 |website=myhockeyrankings.com}}</ref> Pro-grade ice rinks such as the [[Rostraver Ice Garden]], Mt. Lebanon Recreation Center and [[Iceoplex at Southpointe]] have trained several native Pittsburgh players for NHL play. RMU hosted the city's first [[2013 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament|Frozen Four]] college championship in 2013 with the four PPG Paints Arena games televised by [[ESPN]].

===Basketball===
[[File:2009PittUConn2ndmin.jpg|thumb|A [[Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball|Pitt Panthers]] men's basketball game at the [[Petersen Events Center]] in 2009]]
[[Professional basketball]] in Pittsburgh dates to the 1910s with teams "Monticello" and "Loendi" winning [[Black Fives#Colored Basketball World's Champions|five national titles]], the [[Pittsburgh Pirates (NBL)|Pirates]] (1937–45 in the [[National Basketball League (United States)|NBL]]), the [[Pittsburgh Ironmen]] (1947–48 [[NBA]] inaugural season), the [[Pittsburgh Rens]] (1961–63), the [[Pittsburgh Pipers]] (first [[American Basketball Association]] championship in 1968) led by Connie Hawkins (team then moved); the Pittsburgh Condors (ABA returned in 1970–72), the [[Pittsburgh Piranhas]] (CBA Finals in 1995), the [[Pittsburgh Xplosion]] (2004–08) and [[Pittsburgh Phantoms (ABA)|Phantoms]] (2009–10) both of the [[American Basketball Association (2000–present)|ABA]]. The city has hosted dozens of pre-season and 15 regular season "neutral site" NBA games, including [[Wilt Chamberlain]]'s record setting performance in both consecutive field goals and field goal percentage on February 24, 1967, NBA records that still stand.<ref>[http://www.nba.com/history/records/regular_fieldgoals.html Regular Season Records: Field Goals] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724045308/http://www.nba.com/history/records/regular_fieldgoals.html |date=July 24, 2013 }}. NBA.com. Retrieved on July 17, 2013.</ref>

The Duquesne University [[Duquesne Dukes men's basketball|Dukes]] and the University of Pittsburgh [[Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball|Panthers]] have played [[college basketball]] in the city since 1914 and 1905 respectively. Pitt and Duquesne have played the annual [[City Game]] since 1932.
Duquesne was the city's first team to appear in a [[Final Four]] (1940), obtain a number one [[AP Poll]] ranking (1954),<ref>See page 67 of the [http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/2009/D1.pdf NCAA Men's College Basketball Records] (PDF file)</ref> and to win a post-season national title, the [[1955 National Invitation Tournament]] on its second straight trip to the NIT title game. Duquesne is the only college program to produce back-to-back NBA No. 1 overall draft picks with 1955's Dick Ricketts and 1956's Sihugo Green.<ref>{{cite web |title=NBA Number 1 Draft Picks Since 1947 |url=https://www.landofbasketball.com/draft/number_1_picks.htm|access-date=January 10, 2021 |website=www.landofbasketball.com}}</ref> Duquesne's [[Chuck Cooper (basketball)|Chuck Cooper]] was the first African American drafted by an NBA team.<ref>[http://www.nba.com/history/season/19501951.html NBA's Color Line Is Broken] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320095356/http://www.nba.com/history/season/19501951.html |date=March 20, 2015 }}. NBA.com. Retrieved on July 17, 2013.</ref>

The Panthers won two pre-tournament era [[Helms Athletic Foundation]] [[Mythical national championship|National Championships]] in 1928 and 1930, competed in a "national title game" against [[LSU Tigers basketball|LSU]] in 1935, and made a Final Four appearance in 1941. Pitt has won 13 conference titles, qualified for the NCAA tournament 26 times including a post season tournament every season between 1999-2000 and 2015-2016 during which time it regularly sold out the [[Petersen Events Center]]. The program has produced 27 NBA draft picks and 15 All Americans while ranking No. 1 in the nation as recently as 2009. The Petersen Events Center is home to the "[[Oakland Zoo (cheering section)|Oakland Zoo]]", a [[student section]] which is nationally recognized<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gentille |first=Sean |title=Inside 'the court flip' that fixed Pitt's bizarre problem |url=https://theathletic.com/1637308/2020/02/26/inside-the-court-flip-that-fixed-pitts-bizarre-problem/ |access-date=November 21, 2023 |website=The Athletic |language=en}}</ref> for its passionate members and perseverance through consecutive unsuccessful seasons from 2016 to 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pittsburgh Panthers Men's Basketball Index |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/pittsburgh/ |access-date=November 21, 2023 |website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>

The suburban [[Robert Morris Colonials men's basketball|Robert Morris University's Colonials]] have competed in NCAA Division I basketball since the 1970s, qualifying for the NCAA tournament in each of the last four decades (8). In the [[2013 National Invitation Tournament]] the Colonials notched an upset win over the defending national champions Kentucky Wildcats.

[[Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball]] has qualified for 14 post season tournaments (including 4 NCAA tournaments) and boasts of 5 All-Americans selected 6 times with 3 WNBA players. Pitt women began play in 1914 before being reintroduced in 1970. Both Duquesne and Robert Morris also have competitive Division I women's basketball programs.

Pittsburgh launched the nation's first high school all-star game in 1965.<ref>{{Cite book |title=The sport business handbook : insights from 100+ leaders who shaped 50 years of the industry |last1=Horrow |first1=Richard B. |last2=Burton |first2=Rick |date=2020 |publisher=Human Kinetics |isbn=978-1-4925-4310-7 |oclc=1102593197}}</ref> The [[Roundball Classic]] annually featured future NBA hall of famers at the Civic Arena with [[ESPN]] televising. The Civic Arena also hosted the [[Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament|championship tournament for the Eastern Eight Conference]] from 1978 until 1982.

===Soccer===
The [[Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC|Riverhounds]], an American professional [[soccer]] team, were founded in 1998.  Like the major league teams in the city, the Riverhounds wear black and gold kits.  The club plays in the [[Eastern Conference (USL Championship)|Eastern Conference]] of the [[USL Championship]], the second tier of the American soccer pyramid.  The Riverhounds play their home games at [[Highmark Stadium (Pennsylvania)|Highmark Stadium]], a [[soccer-specific stadium]] located in [[Station Square]].

===Golf===
{{see also|List of people from the Pittsburgh metropolitan area#Golf}}

[[Golf]] has deep roots in the area. The oldest U.S. course in continuous use, [[Foxburg Country Club]] dating from 1887 calls the region home. {{citation needed|date=January 2017}} Suburban [[Oakmont Country Club]] holds the record for most times as host for the [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] (8).{{citation needed|date=January 2017}} [[U.S. Women's Open]] (2), [[PGA Championship]]s (3), and [[U.S. Amateur]]s (8) have also called Oakmont home.

Golf legends [[Arnold Palmer]], [[Jim Furyk]], and [[Rocco Mediate]] learned the game and began their careers on Pittsburgh area courses.<ref name="Jacob Gilson">{{cite web |last1=Shedloski |first1=Dave |title=What He Means To Me |url=https://www.golfdigest.com/story/golf_palmer_80_shedloski_0914 |website=Golf Digest |publisher=ZergNet|access-date=March 8, 2018}}</ref> Suburban courses such as [[Laurel Valley Golf Club]] and the Fox Chapel Golf Club have hosted PGA Championships (1937, 1965), the [[Ryder Cup]] (1975), [[LPGA Championship]]s (1957–58), [[Senior Players Championship]]s (2012–14), and the [[Senior PGA Championship]] (2005).

Local courses have sponsored annual major tournaments for 40 years: 
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* [[Pennsylvania Open Championship]] 1920–1940 (even years) 
* [[Dapper Dan Open]] 1939–1949 
* [[Pittsburgh Open (LPGA Tour)]] 1956 
* [[Pittsburgh Senior Classic]] 1993–1998 
* [[84 Lumber Classic]] 2001–2006 
* [[Mylan Classic]] 2010–2013 
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===Professional wrestling===
Many notable [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestlers]] and promoters have hailed from the city or started their careers in Pittsburgh, including [[Bruno Sammartino]], [[Kurt Angle]], [[Shane Douglas]], [[Corey Graves]], [[Dominic DeNucci]], [[Elias Samson|Elias]], [[Britt Baker]] and many more.

The [[Fineview (Pittsburgh)|Fineview]] section of Pittsburgh served as the base of the televised show [[Studio Wrestling]] during the 1960s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Madden |first=Mark |date=February 27, 2021 |title=Mark Madden's Hot Take: Stars like 'Jumping Johnny' DeFazio made 'Studio Wrestling' must-see TV |url=https://triblive.com/sports/mark-maddens-hot-take-stars-like-jumping-johnny-defazio-made-studio-wrestling-must-see-tv/ |access-date=March 21, 2024 |website=TribLIVE.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Madden |first=Mark |date=July 12, 1990 |title=Studio wrestling: Pittsburgh area wrestlers recall TV show's glory days |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette}}</ref> The [[Keystone State Wrestling Alliance]] (KSWA) is a [[professional wrestling promotion]] which was founded in Pittsburgh in 2000. It is the only promotion based in Pittsburgh. It operates in the city's [[Lawrenceville (Pittsburgh)|Lawrenceville neighborhood]]. The KSWA performs Monthly on Saturdays at its main venue on 51st Street.

===Annual sporting events===
[[File:PVGP 2008.jpg|thumb|[[Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix]]]] 
Pittsburgh hosts several annual major sporting events initiated in the late 20th century, including the: 
* [[Three Rivers Regatta]] (since 1977) 
* [[Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix]] (since 1983) 
* [[Dirty Dozen (bicycle competition)|Dirty Dozen Cycle Race]] (since 1983) 
* [[Pittsburgh Marathon]] (since 1985) 
* [[Richard S. Caliguiri City of Pittsburgh Great Race|Great Race 10K]] (since 1985) 
* [[Head of the Ohio]] Regatta (since 1987)

The city's vibrant rivers have attracted annual world-title fishing competitions of the [[FLW Outdoors|Forrest Wood Cup]] in 2009 and the [[Bassmaster Classic]] in 2005.

Annual events continue during the winter months at area ski resorts such as [[Boyce Park]], [[Seven Springs Mountain Resort|Seven Springs]], [[Hidden Valley Resort (Pennsylvania)|Hidden Valley Resort]], [[Laurel Mountain Ski Resort|Laurel Mountain]], and [[Wisp Ski Resort|Wisp]]. Ice skating rinks are enjoyed at [[PPG Place#Sites|PPG Place]] and [[North Park (Pittsburgh)|North Park]].