Sports in Pittsburgh Sports in Pittsburgh Sports in Pittsburgh have been played dating back to the American Civil War. Baseball, hockey, and the first professional American football game had been played in the city by 1892. Pittsburgh was first known as the "City of Champions" when the Pittsburgh Pirates, Pittsburgh Panthers, and Pittsburgh Steelers won multiple championships in the 1970s. Today, the city has three major professional sports franchises, the Pirates, Steelers, and Penguins; while the University of Pittsburgh Panthers compete in a Division I BCS conference, the highest level of collegiate athletics in the United States, in both football and basketball. Local
BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year Award by Scottish teams; Celtic in 1967, after they became the first British football club to win the European Cup, and the 1990 Grand Slam winning Scotland rugby union squad. Football has had the highest representation among the winners, with 13 recipients. The most recent award was presented in 2017 to the England women's cricket team. This table lists the total number of awards won by nations that the teams have represented. This table lists the total number of awards won by the teams sporting discipline. BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year Award The BBC Sports Personality Team of the