WASHINGTON — Former NFL quarterback Joe Theismann saw Boston Celtics forward Gordon Hayward's broken left ankle and immediately felt a kind of empathy few could.
Theismann says he's available to chat with Hayward if the NBA player wants.
"It sickens me every time I see a young man get hurt. It's just such a shame," Theismann said in a telephone interview Wednesday, the day after Hayward was hurt in the first quarter of his first game with Boston.
"And I seem to be the guy they compare everything to when it comes to that sort of injury.