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 the ...

(Editor’s note: Franco Harris died at the age of 72, his family announced on Wednesday, two days before the 50th anniversary of the Immaculate Reception.) Out of breath but not yet out of harm’s way, ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — And it came to pass — actually, quarterback Terry Bradshaw came to pass, but bear with us. This is a story about football, culture and religion, so it seems right to begin with some ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The ball fluttered in the air and all but one of the 22 players on the Three Rivers Stadium turf on that cold December day 50 years ago essentially stopped. Franco Harris never did.

Moments before Franco Harris made the most improbable play in NFL history, maybe in pro sports history, his mom sensed something was wrong, even from nearly 300 miles away. The Pittsburgh Steelers’ ...

'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': Members ...

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 NFL ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Collin Levy, Allysia Finley and Dan Henninger. Image: Agence France-Presse/Getty Images It’s been half a century since ...

A community came together on Tuesday to remember a man shot and killed in Pittsburgh's Carrick neighborhood last week.

Franco Harris, the Hall of Fame running back who made “the Immaculate Reception” — voted the NFL’s greatest play of all time — and won four Super Bowls with the Pittsburgh Steelers, died early ...

Fifty years ago today, the Steelers trailed the Raiders 7-6 at Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers Stadium with 22 seconds left. Quarterback Terry Bradshaw dropped back to pass on fourth down from his 40-yard ...