It doesn't matter that the weird and controversial and historic "Immaculate Reception" happened right in front of him. Villapiano knows most who love the Raiders think of Franco Harris as a villain.

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 ...

In the days before he died this week at 72, Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Fame running back Franco Harris did interviews about his central role in the “Immaculate Reception,” which occurred 50 ...

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. In a ...

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 ...

The moment his shoe-top grab eternally known as the “Immaculate Reception” entered the lexicon, they rarely lost. Harris, whose heads-up thinking authored the most iconic play in NFL history ...

On the Dec. 23, 1972, play known as the Immaculate Reception, Harris plucked the football off the turf of Three Rivers Stadium in the closing seconds of the AFC Divisional playoffs and ran it 45 ...

The story of the Steelers' Immaculate Reception football and its owner, Jim Baker, is being made into a feature film.

One is of George Washington. The other portrays Mr. Harris, reaching down to make the “Immaculate Reception.” “To people who aren’t from here, they are like, ‘What?’” Bill Crawford ...

Franco Harris died earlier this week just days before his number will be retired as the Pittsburgh Steelers celebrate the 50th anniversary of the "Immaculate Reception." Hours before his death ...

with plans to attend ceremonies marking the 50th anniversary of the Immaculate Reception on Friday afternoon. Then, he planned to witness the retirement of Franco Harris’ No. 32 at the Steelers ...

The joy the “Immaculate Reception” sparked for him, his teammates and a generation of Steelers fans never faded. “Fifty years ago,” Harris said Tuesday on SiriusXM Radio, “and it still ...