COVER STORY
One groggy morning, a Starbucks counter goddess hopped us up with a double espresso and a side of sex appeal. These 10 ladies of lattes put the foam on the macchiatos of men across the world. Warning: Our photos by Senior Contributing Photographer Arny Freytag will leave you totally wired. Our tuckered-out Rabbit rests his head on his favorite spot.
FEATURES
66 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. BY Michael PARRISH
78 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. BY ALLEN ST. JOHN
84 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.
BY COREY LEVITAN
90 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. BY JAMES R.
PETERSEN
108 KEEPING THE FAITH
So you thought there was a separation 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. BY MATT TAIBBI
123 CENTERFOLDS ON SEX: Shanna Moakler
When her lover couldn't perform, Shanna gently coaxed him back into action.
We have no problem raising our flags to her.
124 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. BY ROBERT CRANE
FICTION
126 TUBA CITY
A baseball scout sees stars when he finds a Navajo kid who has a perfect pitch.
BY JOSEPH KIERLAND
INTERVIEW
57 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. BY KEVIN COOK
PICTORIALS
72 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.
94 PLAYMATE: Luci Victoria
Saddle up! This British equestrienne sure likes to ride.
130 THE WOMEN OF STARBUCKS
Who are you calling slackers? These caffeinated cuties will perk up more than
your coffee.
NOTES AND NEWS
13 BUNNY HOP
Fred Durst and Joe Millionaire's Sarah celebrate Easter with Hef
49 THE PLAYBOY FORUM
Thailand's killing fields, tiplines for snitches and a senator gets down on
sodomy.
155 PLAYMATE NEWS Dalene Kurtis gets fast and furious with street racers, Teri Harrison's hot
sex dreams.
DEPARTMENTS 5 PLAYBILL
15 DEAR PLAYBOY
19 AFTER HOURS
38 PLAYBOY TV
40 PLAYBOY.COM
43 MANTRACK
47 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR
106 PARTY JOKES
148 WHERE AND HOW TO BUY
159 ON THE SCENE
160 GRAPEVINE
162 POTPOURRI
FASHION
114 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. BY JOSEPH DE ACETIS
REVIEWS
29 MOVIES
S.W.A.T. makes us sweat, Gigli makes us gag.
32 MUSIC
Crank up Dashboard Confessional, get high with Busta Rhymes.
33 GAMES
Create a virtual dream team with Madden NFL 2004, kick spandex ass in WWE Raw
2.
34 DVD
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers offers a feast of visual effects, lap up the
flavor of spaghetti Westerns.
36 BOOKS Chuck Palahniuk's husband-andwife fight club, Helmut Newton's obsession with
nude women.
