NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- As Ran Carthon was being introduced as Tennessee Titans general manager in January, his mind flashed back to 2003.
The thought brought a smile to his face. Carthon was a senior at Florida when his then-girlfriend, Heaven, asked him what he wanted to do for a living.
"I told her, 'One day I want to be a GM of an NFL football team,'" Carthon said. "She later told me that she almost stopped dating me because she never met somebody that lived in la-la land."
Carthon thanked myriad people during his speech before he smiled at Heaven, who's now his wife, and said "Honey, today that dream comes true.