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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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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

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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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Reebok ‘Ghostbusters’ Ghost Smashers Sneakers

Reebok is continuing their recent trend of film-inspired collaboration sneakers this year. All it takes is one look to know these sneakers are straight out of Ghostbusters. In order to create the Reebok Ghostbusters Ghost Smashers Sneakers they started with the only silhouette that would work--the popular Alien Stomper Sneaker from that…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
Jim Beam Lineage Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

Standard Jim Beam Bourbon Whiskey is ubiquitous, although it's not top-shelf, by any means. Offerings such as Blanton's, Booker's, and Basil Hayden's, however, are part of the more premium stable from the Jim Beam Brand. Yet their first true luxury bourbon whiskey called Lineage marks a real milestone. The deep…

By Amos Kwon
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Inside Information: Sneakerheads

Ever since it was first released more than three decades ago, the Nike Air Max has been one of the most popular sneakers to ever wear the swoosh badge. Even though we've seen all the various iterations over the years--check out the documentary The Story of Air Max: 90 to…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The Incipio Duo Is the Best Case Option for Your New iPhone 12 or iPhone 12 Pro

We could debate essential EDC pieces, but there's no denying the Apple or Android smartphone is the cornerstone. Whether it's calls, messages, research, emails or flashlight duty, it's essential--but it can't protect itself. That's where this Incipio Duo Case comes in. Purpose built for the latest iPhone 12 with minimalistic…

By Cooper Fleishman
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2022 GMC Hummer Electric Vehicle

For almost as long as we can remember, the Hummer has always been one of our favorite SUVs because of its combination of utility, durability and style. While there have been plenty of electric versions of the gas-guzzling classic that have popped up over the years, we've been waiting patiently…

By Cooper Fleishman
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