Pittsburgh Passion
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The Pittsburgh Passion is a women's American football
team based in Pittsburgh
, Pennsylvania
. The franchise began play in 2003 and is currently owned by Teresa Conn and Franco Harris. It is a licensed team in the Women's Football Alliance.
The Pittsburgh Passion is the most widely recognized women's football franchise in the world. It was the first women's football franchise in history to broadcast games on a major television network, with Fox Sports Net. It was the first franchise to be featured in Sports Illustrated and the first franchise to be featured on ESPN. The team has won 1 Undefeated National Championship as well as 3 Divisional Championships. The Passion was awarded a permanent fixture in the Heinz History Center's Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum in association with the Smithsonian Institution.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
team based in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
. The franchise began play in 2003 and is currently owned by Teresa Conn and Franco Harris. It is a licensed team in the Women's Football Alliance.
The Pittsburgh Passion is the most widely recognized women's football franchise in the world. It was the first women's football franchise in history to broadcast games on a major television network, with Fox Sports Net. It was the first franchise to be featured in Sports Illustrated and the first franchise to be featured on ESPN. The team has won 1 Undefeated National Championship as well as 3 Divisional Championships. The Passion was awarded a permanent fixture in the Heinz History Center's Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum in association with the Smithsonian Institution.