September 2005

Cover : Jessica Canseco

Playmate : Vanessa Hoelsher

Interview : Thomas L. Friedman

20 Questions : Kurt Busch

Pictorials : Swedish Blondes (Join the joyride with these Scandinavian sweethearts as they show how Stockholm stacks up); Playmate: Vanessa Hoelsher (Take a trip to wine country with this sun-ripened Georgia peach, easily the sexiest oenophile on the planet); The Slugger's Wife (Jessica Canseco bursts out of ex-husband Jose's shadow "and her clothes" to give us a major league flash dance).

Features : The Man in the Bomb Suit (patrolling Baghdad with the Army's ace bomb tech); Sport Stars (the five finest '50s and '60s two-seat roadsters ever built); Many Happy Returns (a Wall Street vet offers sound advice on how to plan your financial future); 2005 College Pigskin Preview (our picks for the top 25 college football teams and the Playboy All America Team).