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In the history of North American major professional sports league championships (which include the NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL) a city//metropolitan area has been home to multiple championships in a season fourteen times, most recently in 2004 when Boston's Patriots and Red Sox won their respective league championships. A city/metropolitan area has never been host to more than two major league championship teams in a year, although in 2002 Los Angeles metropolitan area's Lakers and Angels won the NBA and MLB championships along with two other local teams of smaller leagues (the Sparks of the WNBA and the Galaxy of the MLS).
Super Bowls take place the January after the NFL's regular season. Therefore, Super Bowl I, which took place January 15, 1967 is officially the championship game for the 1966 season. In the calendar year 2009, Pittsburgh's Steelers and Penguins won their respective championships, but the Steelers' championship was for the NFL's 2008 regular season. However, before 1965, the NFL championship game was played in December of that calendar year.
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Multiple championships in a season
Year City Team League Team League Team League 1927 New York, New York Giants NFL Yankees MLB 1928 New York, New York Rangers NHL Yankees MLB 1933 New York, New York Rangers NHL Yankees MLB 1935 Detroit, Michigan Lions NFL Red Wings NHL Tigers MLB 1938 New York, New York Giants NFL Yankees MLB 1952 Detroit, Michigan Lions NFL Red Wings NHL 1956 New York, New York Giants NFL Yankees MLB 1970 Baltimore, Maryland Colts NFL Orioles MLB 1979 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Steelers NFL Pirates MLB 1986 New York, New York Giants NFL Mets MLB 1988 Los Angeles, California Lakers NBA Dodgers MLB 1989 San Francisco Bay Area Athletics MLB 49ers NFL 2002 Greater Los Angeles Lakers NBA Angels MLB 2004 Boston, Massachusetts Patriots NFL Red Sox MLB Multiple championships in a calendar year
Year City Team League Team League Team League 1927 New York, New York Giants NFL Yankees MLB 1935 Detroit, Michigan Lions NFL Red Wings NHL Tigers MLB 1938 New York, New York Giants NFL Yankees MLB 1952 Detroit, Michigan Lions NFL Red Wings NHL 1956 New York, New York Giants NFL Yankees MLB 1969 New York, New York Jets NFL Mets MLB 1979 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Steelers NFL Pirates MLB 1988 Los Angeles, California Dodgers MLB Lakers NBA 1989 San Francisco Bay Area 49ers NFL Athletics MLB 2002 Greater Los Angeles Lakers NBA Angels MLB 2004 Boston, Massachusetts Patriots NFL Red Sox MLB 2009 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Steelers NFL Penguins NHL Multiple championships involving other professional teams
Year City Team League Team League Team League Team League 1989 Detroit, Michigan Drive AFL Pistons NBA 1990 Detroit, Michigan Drive AFL Pistons NBA 1998 Chicago, Illinois Fire MLS Bulls NBA 2001 Los Angeles, California Sparks WNBA Lakers NBA 2002 Los Angeles, California
Greater Los AngelesSparks WNBA Lakers NBA Angels MLB Galaxy MLS 2008 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Soul AFL Phillies MLB 2008 Detroit, Michigan Shock WNBA Red Wings NHL See also
- U.S. cities with most sports champions
- U.S. cities with teams from four major sports
Categories:- Sports in the United States by city
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