Moments before Franco Harris made the most improbable play in NFL history, maybe in pro sports history, his mom sensed something was wrong, even from nearly 300 miles away. The Pittsburgh Steelers’ ...

If the "Immaculate Reception" happened today, most of us wouldn’t remember it for more than a week. Sad but true. The most famous play in pro football history, as engineered by Franco Harris, unfolded ...

Game-winning catch defies all attempts to figure out what actually happened in 1972 playoff game. We are, if nothing else, exact. Our doctor’s appointment is at 2:15, not 2:14. The speed limit is 55, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fifty years ago this week, Harris was a rookie when he caught “The Immaculate Reception” in a playoff game against the Oakland ...

TribLIVE talked with former Pitsburgh Steelers running back Franco Harris on Oct. 13, 2022, about the 50th anniversary of The Immaculate Reception, one of the most famous plays in the history of ...

And it came to pass — actually, quarterback Terry Bradshaw came to pass, but bear with us. This is a story about football, culture and religion, so it seems right to begin with some biblical ...

This Friday marks the 50th anniversary of the “Immaculate Reception,” one of the most famous plays in NFL history. With the Steelers hosting the Las Vegas Raiders on Saturday, what was supposed to be ...

(Editor’s note: Franco Harris died at the age of 72, his family announced on Wednesday, two days before the 50th anniversary of the Immaculate Reception.) Out of breath but not yet out of harm’s way, ...

Hail Mary! Award-winning filmmaker Bill McAdams Jr. (“Jose Canseco: The Truth Hurts”) has secured the exclusive rights to the story of the Immaculate Reception football, one of the most iconic pieces ...

Franco Harris, the Hall of Fame running back who made “the Immaculate Reception” — voted the NFL’s greatest play of all time — and won four Super Bowls with the Pittsburgh Steelers, died early ...