Cunningham Edges Davis for Honor

Two years ago, Randall Cunningham was laying tile during a one-year hiatus from football. No one wanted him, and it looked as if he would never play in the NFL again.

On Wednesday, he was stunned to hear his name called as the league’s player of the year.

“I felt like Miss America sitting there,” said the Minnesota quarterback, who helped the Vikings set an NFL scoring record and come within one victory of the Super Bowl.

“This is one of the greatest achievements I’ve ever received. I was losing my breath just sitting there.”

Cunningham was the winner in the closest voting in the 10-year history of the award. He received 37% of the vote from a nationwide panel of 200 writers and broadcasters, 2% more than Denver running back Terrell Davis.

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Trustees for the estate of the late Jack Kent Cooke will appear before the finance committee here to explain how New York City banker Howard Milstein and businessman Daniel M. Snyder won an auction to purchase the Washington Redskins and Cooke Stadium for $800 million, over the son of the team’s late owner.