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Bowl Season Gear by Nike

If you’re gearing up for the most wonderful, chaotic stretch of the college football calendar, start here.

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How to Give the Gift of Pappy This Year (Even If You Can’t Get Your Hands on a Bottle)

You don’t need a rare hookup to gift a piece of bourbon history.

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Review: Nike x Hyperice HyperBoot – A Game-Changer for Foot Pain and Recovery
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The Best Gear for Life on the Trail, According to the Couple Who Wrote the Book on It
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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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How to Give the Gift of Pappy This Year (Even If You Can’t Get Your Hands on a Bottle)

You don’t need a rare hookup to gift a piece of bourbon history.

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Review: Nike x Hyperice HyperBoot – A Game-Changer for Foot Pain and Recovery

Check out our CM product review of the hottest product in wellness right now: the Nike x Hyperice HyperBoot. Spoiler alert -- it’s a gamechanger!

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The Best Gear for Life on the Trail, According to the Couple Who Wrote the Book on It

They've explored 10,000 miles together. Here are their essentials.

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The Handsome Fan’s Style Guide to the NBA Finals

The Best Wheated Bourbons That Aren’t Pappy Van Winkle
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The Best Wheated Bourbons That Aren’t Pappy Van Winkle

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Hypershell X Review: The Future of Hiking Has Legs

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The Story You’ll Tell When Someone Compliments Your Shirt

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G-SHOCK’s 10-Year Pursuit of Perfection: The Fine Metallic Series Delivers Unseen Innovation

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50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50

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GREATS Foster Slippers

It's slipper season, alright. Just in time, Brooklyn-based footwear brand GREATS has a pair for your chilly dogs that look like a combination sleeping bag/puffer jacket made for feet. The Foster Slippers use padded nylon quilted uppers constructed from recycled fishing nets and carpet. The uppers sit on a 100%…

By Amos Kwon
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Wooden Sleepers x Todd Snyder L.L. Bean Capsule

Todd Snyder and L.L. Bean are working with NY-based Wooden Sleepers vintage menswear shop to deliver a special, one-time-only capsule. Wooden Sleepers owner Brian M. Davis, curated vintage L.L. Bean pieces that are true classics and have stood the test of time. Pieces include apparel, boots, outwear, and accessories from…

By Amos Kwon
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The Perfect Engagement Ring Exists and You’ll Find It at Siroo

Finding the perfect person that you want to spend the rest of your life with is one of the hardest things you'll ever do. Then it's time to find, design and buy the perfect engagement ring--one of the most personal experiences and significant investments you'll ever make. You owe it…

By Cooper Fleishman
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McQueen’s ‘Le Mans’ Heuer Monaco Headed to Auction

Aside from Sean Connery's Rolex Submariner Reference 6538 worn in Dr. No, there is perhaps no other movie watch more iconic than Steve McQueen's own Heuer Moncao worn in the 1971 film Le Mans. That same watch will head to auction in December, and expect it to command a serious…

By Amos Kwon
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1961 Volkswagen Beetle Deluxe Roadster

Designer Danni Koldal has turned a vintage Beetle into a stealthy roadster clad in matte black and chopped windshield. The ornate chrome bumpers and hood handle have been removed, along with the fender-mounted turn signals. The roof has been removed, and the windscreen is chopped down to half height, giving…

By Amos Kwon
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