Playboy June 2002

COVER STORY
With wholesome Doris Day looks—and a bright personality—Playmate of the Year Dalene Kurtis is on American classic. Her red, white and blue cover is a natural. "What the troops are doing for our country is amazing, and I want to show my patriotism," says the PMOY, who's a proud member of Operation Playmate. Here's to the flag from Dalene and our Rabbit.

FEATURES
76 AIR SICK
Four recent deadly plane crashes can be connected to laxity at the Federal Aviation Administration. That's not the worst of it. The FAA gets to implement Congress' post–September 11 safety measures. BY BRIAN KAREM
94 SHRED THE EARTH
The aerial insanity of dirt boarding is the devil spawn of skateboarding and extreme mountain biking. BY JOHN D. THOMAS
110 HAVANA HEARTBREAK
Cuban women have enthralled Hemingway and Fidel. Pity then the love-starved gringo who goes down to the island for some fun. BY A.J. BENZA
117 CENTERFOLDS ON SEX: LISA DERGAN
Lisa's motto is Help Him Help You. We like her attitude.
118 BUILDING A BETTER BATTLE
Popcorn munchers and guys who wage real war are benefiting from the new realism in war movies and video games. BY OWEN WEST
122 SHAKIRA
If Britney wrote her own songs and belly danced, she might rival Colombia's Shakira. BY PATTY LAMBERT!
124 20Q OSCAR DE LA HOYA
The great WBC champ kayos a myth: De La Hoya's best fight was after a night of sex. And when he sees blood, he isn't jacked—he just wants to knock the other guy out to avoid deadly diseases. BY ROBERT CRANE
126 ALL NIGHT LONG
The mile high club is so Eighties. These days, you need to swing it in a tree house, an ice hotel or a subterranean bed and breakfast. Here's our secret sex atlas.
BY JAMES OLIVER CURY

FICTION
86 THE POSSIBILITY OF LOVE
So many exes, so many fabulous tricks and treats. How can a new woman, even the romance of a lifetime, compete with such a catalog of lust? BY ETHAN HAUSER

INTERVIEW
65 CURT SCHILLING
The Diamondbacks' World Series co-MVP has recorded thousands of pitches on CD-ROM. He also has plenty to say about sex before games, playing hurt, tricking hitters, minor league groupies and his hefty salary. It's one of the most intelligent sports interviews you'll ever read. BY KEVIN COOK

PICTORIALS
80 PLAYMATES IN PRIME TIME
The Centerfolds on Fear Factor and Weakest Link boosted more than ratings.
96 PLAYMATE: MICHELE ROGERS
This Hawaiian beach bunny loves men with style and tattoos. Before you ink up, double-check her spelling.
130 PLAYMATE OF THE YEAR
Cheers to Dalene Kurtis, an all-American girl who makes us stand up and salute.

NOTES AND NEWS
11 WORLD OF PLAYBOY
Hef gets a big magazine award, Bond girls at the Mansion.
12 GETTIN' DOWN WITH HEF
Moby, James Gandolfini and Ice-T shake it with the Man.
55 THE PLAYBOY FORUM
Porn documentaries, drugs and terrorism.
169 PLAYMATE NEWS
Victoria Fuller's pop art, red-carpet Rabbits, the irrepressible Anna Nicole Smith and Kiss.

DEPARTMENTS
3 PLAYBILL
15 DEAR PLAYBOY
19 AFTER HOURS
39 WIRED
40 LIVING ONLINE
44 PLAYBOY TV
46 PLAYBOY.COM
47 MEN
49 MANTRACK
53 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR
108 PARTY JOKES
160 WHERE AND HOW TO BUY
173 ON THE SCENE
174 GRAPEVINE
176 POTPOURRI

LIFESTYLE
90 FASHION: CALL OF THE WILD
Never mind the rock concert. These clothes make you the headline act. BY JOSEPH DE ACETIS
112 DADS AND GRADS
A tablet PC, a Nike driver, the coolest camcorder, 25-year-old scotch, an atomic clock radio.

REVIEWS
32 MOVIES
Hugh Grant and Rachel Weisz, sequel season.
36 VIDEO
Porno classics, the Coen brothers.
38 MUSIC
Cornershop, Mystikal, and Dead Man Walking as an opera.
42 BOOKS
Insider accounts of the CIA and Delta Force and The Sexual Life of Catherine M.