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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

A Riverhounds player’s jersey.

Pittsburgh introduces professional women’s soccer team set to play in 2025

By Camille de Jesus, Staff Writer May 30, 2024

In 1998, the Pittsburgh Riverhounds Soccer Club brought the professional soccer scene to the Steel City. The club plays in the Eastern Conference of the USL Championship, the second tier of the American...

The Pittsburgh Pipers were the ABA champions in 1968. Now, 50 years later, the players reflect on their time on the team — a footnote in steel city sports history. (Photo courtesy of Heinz History Center)

Pittsburgh Pipers: The forgotten champions

By Grant Burgman | Staff Writer November 8, 2017

Pittsburgh is often considered one of the premier sports cities in America — laden with a prosperous history of baseball, football and hockey championships. But the city was once home to a championship...

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