The Oakland Raiders, while on the losing end of the Immaculate Reception, may have benefited from divine help another time, if nicknames are to be believed. They won a 1978 game on a “Holy Roller” ...

Dec. 23 will mark the 50th anniversary of the 'Immaculate Reception,' Franco Harris' famous catch in 1972 that changed the course of Steelers football.

The Immaculate Reception crystallized the rise of the Steelers — even as their namesake industry was on the decline, as was the Pittsburgh of compact immigrant neighborhoods with multiple ...

‘Immaculate Reception' Still Lifts a Region's Spirits 50 Years Later Franco Harris' miraculous play is approaching its 50th anniversary Published December 19, 2022 ...

The “Immaculate Reception” turns 50 this Friday, Dec. 23. Still, those who left and those who stayed had the memory of a play called immaculate — a story with a never-give-up moral.