Phil McConkey

FUHR AND KANEAs an avid Edmonton Oiler fan, I want to thank Ralph Wiley for his fine article on Grant Fuhr (The Puck Stops Here, Jan. 11). Rarely is credit given to Fuhr; he has always been in the background behind...

Perhaps it's the eye-black smeared across his unshaven face, or the fact that he spits out the words "pretty-boy wide-outs" as if he's speaking of maggots, but it's difficult to imagine Phil McConkey in the dress...

"People think I'm a sissy," says Lieut. Phil McConkey, a 27-year-old former Navy helicopter pilot who's the Giants' free-agent rookie kick and punt returner and occasional wide receiver. "Whoever heard of a Naval...