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 ...

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’ ...

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 ...

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 ...

'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 ...

Franco Harris, a Pittsburgh Steelers running back whose shoestring grab of a deflected pass in 1972 became one of the most storied moments in National Football League history, a 42-yard run for a last ...

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 Hall of Fame running back, he died days before the 50th anniversary of one of the most memorable plays in N.F.L. history. By Richard Sandomir and Daniel Victor Franco Harris, the Hall of Fame ...

PITTSBURGH — 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 ...