PITTSBURGH - Franco Harris, the Hall of Fame running back whose heads-up thinking authored "The Immaculate Reception," considered the most iconic play in NFL history, has died. He was 72. Harris' son ...

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’ ...

From a 2009 post by Tom Schaad, with light editing. Franco Harris died Wednesday, just two days before the 50th anniversary of the Immaculate Reception. “Hang onto your hats. Here come the Steelers ...

PHIL VILLAPIANO WALKS through the Pittsburgh airport. It is late Wednesday evening, three days before Christmas. Even at 73, he still looks like a linebacker -- sturdy chest, stout shoulders, steel ...

That was the football advice Pittsburgh Steelers running back Franco Harris remembered Joe Paterno, his college coach at Penn State, preaching even if a play call wasn't directly meant for him. Go to ...

'A Football Life': Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Fame quarterback Terry Bradshaw relives Steelers Hall of Fame running back Franco Harris' heads-up play on 'The Immaculate Reception' against the Las ...

Hall of Fame running back Franco Harris, the Pittsburgh Steelers icon who will be remembered for one of the greatest plays in NFL history, has died. He was 72. The Pro Football Hall of Fame confirmed ...