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Filmmaker Bill McAdams Jr. will delve into the extraordinary journey of the Immaculate Reception football in a feature film.
The story of the Steelers' Immaculate Reception football and its owner, Jim Baker, is being made into a feature film.
From that moment forward, Sam’s life, the famous football and the most storied play in NFL history became forever intertwined. More than three decades after the Immaculate Reception and the ...
In a New York Times essay, he posed an only-in-America question: “Was Franco Harris' Immaculate Reception kosher?” It was indeed, he insisted, after studying the film. Religious and football ...
“The play especially made people aware of a spiritual dimension that exceeded a football game.” Cope did in fact use “Immaculate Reception” on his newscast, and the rest is histor ...
Fifty years later, the memory of the “Immaculate Reception” endures for a fan who took his father’s advice and stayed until the end of the game. By Tom Jolly Tom Jolly, The Times’s ...
A Football Life': Pittsburgh Steelers Pro Football Hall of Fame running back Franco Harris talks 'The Immaculate Reception' with Oakland Raiders linebacker Phil Villapiano. 'A Football Life ...
The Immaculate Reception. “I mean ... Stabler meekly flipped the football forward and onto the grass while being tackled — allowing running back Pete Banaszak to recover it.
“Was Franco Harris’ Immaculate Reception kosher?” It was indeed, he insisted, after studying the film. Religious and football iconography have merged long before praying coaches had their ...
NFL officials confer on the validity of the "Immaculate Reception" as Raiders and Steelers players huddle around them. Oakland coach John Madden is also present (center, back). (Pro Football Hall ...
Harris' scoop of a deflected pass and subsequent run for the winning touchdown — forever known as the "Immaculate Reception" — has been voted the greatest play in NFL history. On the 50th ...
“Was Franco Harris’ Immaculate Reception kosher?” It was indeed, he insisted, after studying the film. Religious and football iconography have merged long before praying coaches had their ...