Peter Smith and Jessie Wardarski

Peter Smith and Jessie Wardarski are journalists with the Associated Press.

At 50, ‘Immaculate Reception’ Still Lifts a Region’s Spirits

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 ethnic Catholic parishes.

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