FEATURES 66 BASEBALL '98 PREVIEW
The best of the coming season, including players to watch, stadiums to storm,
and the final word on that tricky infield fly rule
80 COVER GIRL Natasha HENSTRIDGE
The breathtakingly beautiful, cold-blooded alien whose deadly sex games fogged
up the screen in Species is back for more man-meat.
86 ALIEN BABES
Think Earth girls are easy? You ain't seen nothin' yet. Hollywood's alien babes
come in for a landing in our stellar roundup.
92 NOISE IN THE HOOD
Bumps, rattles, and bangs: good for the bed frame, bad for the brake pads. A guide
to diagnosing your car's ailments
96 STAG-NIGHT MADNESS!
Maxim looks at the "new" bachelor party, where stripper appetizers lead
to outdoor-adventure entrées.
102 FASHION: JEAN THERAPY
Water your wheels, suds your duds, and check out a wet T-shirt or two at the car
wash, baby. Plus: Knock back a few of our great belts. DEPARTMENTS
24 WAY OUT THERE
Maxim flies do-it-yourself planes, pits Old Spice against Baby Spice, and debates
clear-cutting the earth.
38 HOW TO DO EVERYTHING BETTER
Expert tips to give you the edge. In this issue: Spot a speed trap, devise the
perfect password, and rip a phone book in half.
50 CHICK CHAT
Threesomes? Horses? Brad Pitt dipped in dark chocolate? Five real girls discuss
their mosf intimate sexual fantasies.
56 SPORTS
Tired of roller-biking and snowsurfing? Here are six new extreme sports ESPN2
hasn't discovered yet.
62 BUCKS
Here's how guys dumber than you beat the IRS at its own game.
116 STUFF
Paintball guns, breakfast cereals, and a lawnmower that flies.
124 WINE & DINE
Quick and easy one-pot soups. Plus: Flip an om et like a pro.
131 HANG TIME
Our cut-through-the-crap guide to movies, TV, videos, books, and music.
144 CAPTION CONTEST
Are you as funny as you smell? Write a cool caption for this photo and you could
win a Maxim T-shirt.
