Barring a last-minute miracle, Phil Simms will return to the Giants this year as their backup quarterback.

It ends with yet another last-minute miracle, one that proves New York is full of good-hearted people after all.

I thought if I was lucky, some last-minute miracle would save me, but there was no miracle.

After pulling off a last-minute miracle to tie the game, Hamilton fans became overjoyed as it seemed the momentum had switched to their home team.

Michigan won the 1997 game 27 to 3, a margin that eliminated the possibility of another last-minute miracle.

The opera got worse clear down to the last curtain, which finally fell, like the hopes of the customers praying for a last-minute miracle.

The final word never came and tonight Mr. Harrelson said that "unless some last-minute miracle takes place, we are headed back to New York."

She knew from her husband's anguish, even before looking herself, that there would be no reprieve, no last-minute miracle.

We really wanted to believe that there would be a last-minute miracle.

I would not bet on a last-minute miracle.