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Bowl Season Gear by Nike

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

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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)

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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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Leaf Is an FDA-Registered, Sterilizing, Clear Smart Mask

Wearing masks in public is a fact of life, but all masks are not created equal. If you want the best, you want a Leaf Mask. Unlike other options, the Leaf Mask is clear, FDA-registered, HEPA filtering and has UV-C sterilization. What makes that possible? U-Series N99+ HEPA or carbon…

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Hinoki Is Back with a New Line of Essential Kitchen Knives

A few years ago, Hinoki bust onto the scene with the stylish, well-built and effective slicer-and-dicer we'd learn to love as the S1 Gyuto Chef's Knife. The brand has grown a lot in the three years since we covered their first Kickstarter, but their core tenets of high-quality, Japanese-crafted knifes…

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Audio
We Are Rewind Re-invented the Modern Cassette Player

As they say, everything that's old is new again. This is particularly true when it comes to the world of music and, specifically, portable listening experiences. The vinyl record led to the cassette tape, led to the CD, led to Mini-Disc, led to modern streaming services and ultimately, back to…

By Cooper Fleishman
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BIC 4-Color 3+1 Ballpoint Pen and Pencil

Only the truly VIP-ish students had the iconic BIC 4-color pen, at least from what we recall. Black, blue, red, and green ink pen cartridges housed in a single body was just nuts back in the '70s and '80s, and the pen could just about do it all except help…

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Filson Is Having a Summer Sale Where Prices Start at 50% Off

Filson has long been one of our favorite outfitters--and heritage brands in general--because they make products that not only look great, they stand up to the test of time. If you've spent any amount of time walking the streets of a city during commuting hours, you've no doubt spotted more…

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