Playboy March 2001

COVER STORY NEW ZEALAND ZEAL: Supermodel Kylie Bax moves and shakes—and shakes up the runways. Hollywood, naturally, has taken notice. Kylie's personal life sizzles: "I like having sex marathons." Photographer Marco Glaviano captures a hint of all this on our cover. Our Rabbit has taken a shine to Kylie's outfit. FEATURES 72 DREAM ON Got the urge to explore some risky moves in bed? Want to give them a trial run first? Start when you're asleep. A rousing report from the frontier of sexual research. BY AMANDA GREEN 92 PLAYBOY PROFILE: THE TALENTED MR. RIDLEY Credit Ridley Scott and his pioneering video dazzle with half the stuff that followed on MTV. His films are inventively grim (Alien and Blade Runner), smart (Thelma and Louise) and gripping (Gladiator). For his latest project he bites off Hannibal (the cannibal, not the dude with the elephants). BY MICHAEL FLEMING 112 HARDCORE HATE The Texas inmate population has tripled over the past decade. At the same time, prisons have become flash points for racial violence that spills into the streets. A rare and scary look behind bars. BY JOHN DOE 119 CENTERFOLDS ON SEX: JENNIFER ROVERO Her precocious early fling, why kissing can make or break a date and her secret trick with a man when he's sleeping. 120 HEY, RICHARD! This is the stuff the survivors should have taken: two-week deodorant, biodegradable paint balls and a CD-radio alarm clock that re-creates a steam-engine train, car horns and street noise. BY DAVID STEVENS 124 20Q TRACI LORDS Infamous teen star Traci Lords has erected a great adult career. She has an album, hit films and TV roles—and she still knows how to make a guy happy without messing up her lipstick. BY ROBERT CRANE FICTION THE SPARRING PARTNER In the shady boxing world of Las Vegas, rescuing another soul can be a tough business. Particularly a rising female fighter whom you train—and date. BY LUCIUS SHEPARD INTERVIEW 59 BOB KNIGHT Genius or tyrant? Victim of persecution or jerk with a temper? His tenure finished at Indiana, the volatile coach has lost neither his bark nor his bite—as our interviewer discovered. BY LAWRENCE GROBEL PICTORIALS 76 TOPLESS GOLF These girls could give a clinic on fairway wood. 98 PLAYMATE: MIRIAM GONZALEZ Our Playmate 2000 search beauty claims she is shy and reserved. Hard to believe, Miriam. 115 X-TREME TEAM Playmates work up a sweat at the Eco-Challenge in Borneo. 130 KYLIE BAX A marquee supermodel explores her Marquis fantasies. NOTES AND NEWS 13 MONSTER BASH! The Backstreet Boys and Tobey Maguire said boo. 14 WET PAINT PRE-PARTY Naked Playmates in Halloween costumes. 49 THE PLAYBOY FORUM Ten more commandments. 167 PLAYMATE NEWS X-Treme Team on TV LA Glamourcon, Cosmo gal's favorite. DEPARTMENTS 3 PLAYBILL 19 DEAR PLAYBOY 23 AFTER HOURS 32 WIRED 39 LIVING ONLINE 41 MEN 43 MANTRACK 47 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR 110 PARTY JOKES 154 WHERE AND HOW TO BUY 171 ON THE SCENE 172 GRAPEVINE 174 POTPOURRI LIFESTYLE 84 STYLIN' AMERICA A nod to California and matinee idols—spring styles by homegrown designers. BY JOSEPH DE ACETIS 94 STREET FIGHTERS Don't get distracted by mountain bike hype. These road warriors kick asphalt. BY VERNON FELTON 126 WATCH THIS! New watches do more than tick—they even snap and click. REVIEWS 30 MUSIC Outkast smells the roses, Neil Young live, Tom Petty. 33 MOVIES Ed Harris as Jackson Pollock, Marley Shelton as Tricia Nixon. 38 VIDEO Mouthwatering fare for Hannibal, Oliver Stone on DVD, Candy. 40 BOOKS Fifties movie posters, Birth of the Cool and mysteries on tape.