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"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 ...
If it weren't for Craig Hanneman, there is a good chance the Immaculate Reception never would have happened. And before you Google who is Craig Hanneman, just keep on reading. Hanneman was a rookie ...
He'd talk about anything and was usually fairly chill unless one topic came up: the Immaculate Reception. Harris was a fierce defender of the most stunning, wonderful and controversial play in the ...
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 ...
The 50-year anniversary of the "Immaculate Reception" is Friday, a day before the Raiders-Steelers Christmas Eve game in Pittsburgh. The celebration, which is to include the retirement of ...
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 ...
Editor's note: The Associated Press reported Franco Harris died two days before the 50th anniversary of the Immaculate Reception. The “Immaculate Reception,” the nickname forever associated ...
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 ...