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Contents: The Anatomy Of An Outbreak (An encounter among a handful of world travelers – all strangers – in a Hong Kong hotel led to the SARS epidemic. We went to ground zero to trace the path of the 21st century’s first killer virus and the attempts to control it); NFL Roulette: The Playboy 2003 Preview (Forget dynasties: In the new-school NFL, any team can win. Don’t blow your bonus on the office football pool until you can make sense of it all with our fearless forecast – our annual guide to the winners, the losers, the long shots. Plus, smack talk with top players, scouting reports on the hottest babes and Playboy‘s All-Overpaid Team); Looking For Love In All The Strange Places (A man walks into a lesbian bar and tries to pick up a girl. It’s no joke – our intrepid reporter really tried it, plus five more unlikely locales for getting lucky. Did he get lucky…or slapped with a restraining order? Read on); Personal Velocity (Nothing comes close to the rush you get topping out the fastest car, boat, jet or motorcycle on earth. How can we be sure? We took the controls); Keeping The Faith (So you thought there was a seperation between church and state? Think again. In a year undercover, our reporter attended some bizarre leisure time outings of the new religious right and discovered that politics and prayer make hilarious, and disturbing, bedfellows); Centerfolds On Sex: Shanna Moakler (When her lover couldn’t perform, Shanna gently coaxed him back into action. We have no problems raising our flags to her); 20Q: Nicolas Cage (Hollywood’s notoriously edgy star opens up about playing twins, why most of his films are set in Las Vegas and which son-in-law the King of Rock and Roll would have liked most) Fiction – Tuba City (A baseball scout sees stars when he finds a Navajo kid who has a perfect pitch) Interview – Jon Gruden (Tampa Bay’s freakishly intense Super Bowl-winning coach has staked out a place in the popular imagination. In a full-contact Playboy Interview, Chucky offers his picks, explains why he wakes up at 3:17 every morning and reveals which Buccaneers look scariest in jockstraps) Pictorials – The Intern Strikes Back (A few months ago, our intern Jenny was the first Employee of the Month (check out After Hours each month for others). Readers clamored for her to go full-time); Playmate: Luci Victoria (Saddle up! This British equestrienne sure likes to ride); The Women Of Starbucks (Who are you calling slackers? These caffeinated cuties will perk up more than your coffee) Notes And News – Bunny Hop (Fred Durst and Joe Millionaire’s Sarah celebrate Easter with Hef); The Playboy Forum (Thailand’s killing fields, tiplines for snitches and a senator gets down on sodomy); Playmate News (Dalene Kurtis gets fast and furious with street racers, Teri Harrison’s hot sex dreams) Departments – Playbill; Dear Playboy; After Hours; Playboy TV; Playboy.COM; Mantrack; The Playboy Advisor; Party Jokes; Where And How To Buy; On The Scene; Grapevine; Potpourri Fashion – The Debonair Billionaire (Howard Hughes flew planes, bedded starlets and became one of America’s first billionaires. No wonder he’s the latest style icon) Reviews – Movies (S.W.A.T. makes us sweat, Gigli makes us gag); Music (Crank Up Dashboard Confessional, get high with Busta Rhymes); Games (Create a virtual dream team with Madden NFL 2004, kick spandex ass in WWE Raw 2); DVD (Land of the Rings: The Two Towers offers a feast of visual effects, tap up the flavor of spaghetti Westerns); Books (Chuck Palahniuk’s husband-and-wife fight club, Helmet Newton’s obsession with nude women)
Issue: September 2003
Condition: Very Good