... added much more to the city than a pleasurable pastime for the local sports fans; it has caused an increase in charitable works, a strong, amiable sense of community and union, as well as a source of role models for young, aspiring athletes. The professional sports teams in Pittsburgh contribute thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours to charitable works annually. The players of all three ... major professional sports in the city, football, baseball and hockey, feel the responsibility to return their good fortune to the community that embraced them, and they fully realize that their ...

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