Last Night's Winner: Rich Guys  In sports, everyone is a
winner—some people just win better than others. Like the under-
appreciated billionaires who brought America's Cup back where it
belongs: A snooty American yacht club.  This post actually
should have been written yesterday, but we were still reeling
from Sunday's dramatic victory by the BMW-Oracle's trimaran
(fixed wing sails, baby!), the U.S.'s first triumph in the event
since 1995. (The viewing party I went to got a little out of
hand, obviously.) American pride is swelling, even though nine
of the 11 people in the boat were not from the U.S. The skipper,
Russell Coutts, is actually the New Zealander who took the Cup
away from America in 1995 before joining the Swiss team that
took it away from the Kiwis, before the Swiss fired him and he
won it back for America. It's the circle of guys who are good
with boats.  The one American sort of responsible for this is
Oracle chairman Larry Ellison, once the second-richest man in
the world, who successfully pla