THE TOP SPORTS OF 1997

WINNERS

1 GREEN BAY PACKERS The team is too good to be good--yet it won the Super Bowl. Owned by 1,915 locals who volunteer to shovel snow before games, the Pack has role models galore: all-handsome quarterback Brett Favre, who overcame an addiction to pain killers, and all-best defensive end Reggie White, a minister whose burned-down Kentucky church the folks of Green Bay chipped in to rebuild. This season Coach Mike Holmgren, with his Poppin Fresh face and Dad-knows-best style, led his team easily into the playoffs. The Pack seems set to face the 49ers for the NFC crown, with the...

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