By Jim Wyatt, The Tennessean
Some NFL fans see Titans cornerback Cortland Finnegan as a kind of madman, a player with a short fuse and a bad temper.
[WKU volleyball manager] Kelsey Towns sees him as someone willing to do anything to make her smile, even if it means putting on a full-body turkey costume, or pushing her five miles in an oversized stroller to keep a childhood tradition alive.
That’s exactly what Finnegan did on Thanksgiving last year, when Towns was battling cancer. Today, they will again participate in the annual Boulevard Bolt, only this time running side by side. Towns even volunteered to push Finnegan’s 7-month-old daughter, named in her honor, to return the favor.
She hasn’t committed to wearing the turkey outfit Finnegan surprised her with last year at the hospital, however.
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