Count me among the millions who watched JOE THEISMANN's leg snap on "MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL" in 1985. One of the most awful sports moments many of us have ever watched. It has become a strange cultural touchstone -- not always to the NFL's liking. In LUKE MULLINS' "ORAL HISTORY OF JOE THEISMANN'S BROKEN LEG," the makers of the movie "THE BLIND SIDE" recall how THEISMANN was fine with them opening the film with footage of the play, but the league, not so much. "The first thing the NFL lawyers said was, 'We would prefer you didn't use the footage -- it portrays football as a violent sport," says writer/director JOHN LEE HANCOCK. (Where would anyone get THAT idea?) (Wait, more parentheses: I believe that to "portray" football as a violent sport, you would have to, like, make up a portrayal. This was an actual clip of an actual game, which I believe is more accurately described as football portraying itself as exactly what it is.) (But don't worry, football: Baseball can be violent, too.) Anyway, the league tried to get the filmmakers to replace the clip with a scene of a coach at a chalkboard. The filmmakers won, but only after long negotiations that included agreeing not to show the play in slow motion. The whole oral history, which starts with LAWRENCE TAYLOR crashing into THEISMANN (no backstory, no build-up, just boom!) and ends with a scene in "BROOKLYN NINE-NINE," is very much worth your time... Football can be balletic, too: The greatest catch in Division III football history.