By: Doug Fernandes
Herald-Tribune

SARASOTA – The images are jarring in their juxtaposition: a vibrant Kevin Turner, football tucked away, bulldozing opponents on the field; a post-40 Kevin Turner, struggling to insert pegs into a board, a therapist monitoring his progress.

At one time, he was a punishing back for the University of Alabama, New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles. The dream was his, but shared also by men for whom football serves as the ultimate barometer of all things machismo.

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