"I can't say," he said with a shrug. "Dec. 23 will henceforth be celebrated in Pittsburgh as the Feast of the Immaculate Reception," legendary local sportscaster Myron Cope proclaimed. According ...

Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Fame running back Franco Harris died Wednesday, just days before the 50th anniversary of the "Immaculate Reception," what many have called one of the greatest plays in ...

And the debate goes on about the Immaculate Reception. Had it occurred in this age of instant replay officiating with all the extra cameras, high-definition and super-slow motion, maybe we'd know ...

“My brothers and sisters swear that when the Immaculate Reception happened, ‘Ave Maria’ was playing.” Harris’ lightning-fast thinking led to the ‘Immaculate Reception,’ considered ...

“Dec. 23 will henceforth be celebrated in Pittsburgh as the Feast of the Immaculate Reception,” legendary local sportscaster Myron Cope proclaimed. He got the idea from a caller whose ...

Fifty years after the “Immaculate Reception” and just hours before his death, Franco Harris said it “blows my mind” how he pulled off arguably the most memorable play in NFL history.

One of the most iconic plays in NFL history, ‘The Immaculate Reception” is remembered as the beginning of the transformation of the Pittsburgh Steelers from gridiron minnows to one of the ...

The “Immaculate Reception,” the nickname forever associated with one of the NFL's most famous plays, didn't come about overnight. It required much less time than that. Franco Harris played for ...

Yet few fans fully understand the religious undertones behind what is now known as the “Immaculate Reception.” On Dec. 23, 1972, the Pittsburgh Steelers were trailing the Oakland Raiders 7-6 ...