Throughout the twists and turns of the 2009 Notre Dame football season, quarterback Jimmy Clausen had an impressive ear to hear his concerns. Full Article at Chicago Tribune

NBC announced today that Joe Theismann, the excessive wordsmith among NFL analysts, will join former Washington Redskins coach Joe Gibbs on the network’s early wild-card playoff game on Saturday, Jan. 9. Full Article at Albany Times-Union

Follow Mark Yuasa this weekend as he hits Puget Sound in search of king salmon. Find out where the fish are biting and what the folks are using to catch them as he updates his blog each afternoon when he's back on land. Full Article at The Seattle Times

Interesting. I look forward to it. First step toward coming back for Gibbs? in association with Join SB Nation and dive into communities focused on all your favorite teams. Certain photos copyright © 2009 by Associated Press or Getty Images. Full Article at Hogs Haven

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NEW YORK -- Joe Gibbs and Joe Theismann will reunite to call a wild-card game for NBC during the playoffs. Theismann was the quarterback when Gibbs coached the Washington Redskins to their first Super Bowl win in 1983. Full Article at Sporting News

Usually, networks just stick with their top on-air teams on playoff action. NBC, with only one pair of NFL announcers, has some latitude. Full Article at USA Today

HTTR This one hurts….. I know, but remember how the Saints plowed the Pats on MNF. Bad Luck…Bad Timing. Full Article at Hogs Haven

W hat's the view around the NFL on Chad Henne after eight starts? We solicited input from two football executives whose teams played Miami since Henne took over, ex-quarterbacks Phil Simms (CBS) and Joe Theismann (NFL Network), and four others. Full Article at Miami Herald

Sure, the offense seemed better Sunday, but Joe Theismann still assassinated the playcalling system on his ESPN 980 show Monday morning. "You know what we ought to do?" he said at one point. Full Article at The Washington Post

This was 1968, and the Heisman was a trophy for which Notre Dame's starting quarterback could be reasonably expected to compete. Full Article at FOX Sports

Michael’s gift is his ability to forget. —Sean (Tim McGraw) , the movie, opens much like , the book—with that excruciating and infamous moment when Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann’s leg snapped on TV. Full Article at PopMatters

Washington Redskins fans still remember the moment with startling clarity, as evidenced by the gasps that went up as the film began at the Mazza Gallerie earlier this week. Full Article at FOX Sports

Joe Theismann rolls to his right as well as his left in our interview at FedEx Field. Full Article at Hogs Haven

<em>The Blind Side </em>begins with a gripping lesson in modern sports history, taken directly from Michael Lewis&rsquo; 2006 book <em>The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game</em>. Full Article at DFW.com

The Blind Side Directed by John Lee Hancock Review by Malcolm Maclachlan The excellent 2006 book “The Blind Side” opens with a chapter-long description of a single football play— the 1985 Monday Night Football game where New York Giants... Full Article at Capitol Weekly

. . . Joe Theismann was on Craig Ferguson last night and talked about the Lawrence Taylor hit that snapped his leg in half, exactly 24 years ago today. Full Article at USA Today

The prologue to the warm-n-fuzzy sports story The Blind Side plays so well, it’s like seeing a team return an opening kickoff to score a touchdown. Full Article at Atlanta Creative Loafing

Joe Theismann has a reputation as an incurable optimist, and, sure enough, he was finding great hope in the offensive line Monday morning. Full Article at The Washington Post