Playboy (USA) Magazine Back Issue, October 2000
Playboy October 2000 Magazine ISSN: 0032-1478
COVER STORY
Conference USA, a college newcomer, boasts serious strength in men's basketball, as well as nine other NCAA sports. Join cover model and cheerleader Lauren Michelle Hill (shot by Arny Freytag) as PLAYBOY salutes the league's other asset: its gorgeous women. Taken with Lauren's denim? The ad with ordering information is on page 74. Our Rabbit has his pen out.
FEATURES
78 CASUALTY IN THE WAR ON DRUGS
Billions are spent on border patrols and helicopters. City streets have become
war zones. In New York a man got ambushed by undercover cops. He was innocent.
Now he's dead. BY JIM DWYER
90 ELEVEN THINGS YOU DIDN'T WANT TO KNOW ABOUT SPINAL TAP
Brace yourself, fans, for "one of England's loudest bands." That's
right, the Tap is back—and this time they're for real. Or are they? BY
CHIP ROWE
104 IT'S ALL HYPE
Hip-hop's signature video director has created an axis between rappers and the
fashion world.
121 PLAYBOY'S PIGSKIN PREVIEW
If you attribute Nebraska's success solely to Tom Osborne, it's time to change
your fight song. The Huskers top a chart that reveals surprising parity between
the big conferences. BY GARY COLE
127 TOON IN!
Winners of PLAYBOY'S first ever multimedia Comix and Animation Contest amazed
and aroused our celebrity judges.
130 20Q Michael JOHNSON
At the age of 33, the king of the 200 and the 400 aims for Olympic gold. He
also wants to reform American track and field. A talk with a very fast man.
BY KEN STEPHENS
133 DAVE'S GARAGE: ROUND 2
Go topless in Toyota's new MR2 Spyder, then get behind the wheel of the Lexus
IS300, Chrysler PT Cruiser and a hangar full of other new speedsters. BY David
STEVENS
146 DIGGIN' THE BUDDHA
The Red Hot Chili Peppers' Anthony Kiedis strikes a chord with the Dalai Lama.
FICTION
94 THE COLLECTION TREATMENT
This flophouse makes the Heartbreak Hotel look like the Ritz. The winning entry
from our 15th annual College Fiction Contest. BY YAEL SCHONFELD
INTERVIEW
67 BOB COSTAS
The man who will bring us the Olympics may be a cross between Vin Scully and
Howard Cosell. Opinionated? Let's just say he lampoons sports talk radio and
the vaunted gymnastics coverage and explains why it's dumb to thank God for
a TD. BY DIANE K. SHAH
PICTORIALS
82 OF HEAT AND HEDONISM
At Jamaica's latest club, guests live out their steamiest fantasies.
106 PLAYMATE: ARTS AND CROFT
Athlete and church choir member Nichole Van Croft throws some heavenly curves.
136 GIRLS OF CONFERENCE USA
The college newcomer is top-rated with our photographers.
NOTES AND NEWS
15 WORLD OF PLAYBOY
ESPN scores a Mansion knockout; Bill Maher tapes.
18 HEF'S FIGHT CLUB
Heavyweights Mia-stjohn-porn-star">Mia St. John, Laila Butterbean and Darya.
20 ALOHA BRANDE
James Woods, Jon Lovitz and Stephen Doll"; American Beauty's Thora Birch
came up roses.
57 THE PLAYBOY FORUM
Weird marriage rights; indigents and their lousy lawyers; DNA tests.
179 PLAYMATE NEWS
Rebekka on E; Heidi at the altar; Rachel at sea.
DEPARTMENTS
5 PLAYBILL
25 DEAR PLAYBOY
29 AFTER HOURS
42 WIRED
44 LIVING ONLINE
47 ADRENALINE
48 MEN
51 MANTRACK
55 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR
118 PARTY JOKES
168 WHERE AND HOW TO BUY
183 ON THE SCENE
184 GRAPEVINE
186 POTPOURRI
LIFESTYLE
92 CRAZY HAND JIVE
Tiny digital assistants are big. Here's a roundup of the best. BY Beth TOMKIW
98 CAMPUS FASHION
The outdoors look is in, with new fabrics and urban versatility. BY JOSEPH DE
ACETIS
REVIEWS
36 MUSIC
Joe Ely's Tex-Mex stew; Chuck D's new enemy; King Crimson.
38 MOVIES
Felicity mad for mambo; Vanessa Paradis on the bridge.
41 VIDEO
Shakespeare goes to video; gonzo porn.
45 BOOKS
Candace Bushnell and four blondes; Slick Willy and Elvis; sluggers and muggers.
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