THE WINNERS & LOSERS OF 1997
[WINNERS]
ELLEN DEGENERES Some year: leaves the closet, raises her ratings, finds a girlfriend and is hugged by Al Gore. Too bad the show is still weak
MARS PATHFINDER Live pictures from Mars. Another amazing triumph for good old American nerd-how
DA BULLS Neither Alan Greenspan nor an October shudder halted momentum. And Michael Jordan's team also did well
TONY BLAIR The man led a Labour landslide, then helped humanize the royal family
HANK HILL From the creator of Beavis and Butt-head comes a middle-class hero. What in the hell?
GEORGE SOROS Speculation has its...