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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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The Cool Material 2025 Holiday Gift Guides
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The Watch That Proves Toughness Has Always Been a Kind of Elegance
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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
By Travis Haley
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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

Pack your bags...

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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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Feeling the Burn

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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

50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50
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50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50

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150 Years of Bulova: The Watch Documentary You Didn’t Know You Needed

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Stay Home: This Bluetooth Speaker Has 20k Positive Reviews and Is Only $32

Since we’re all stuck inside, we decided to do some digging to find useful products to help stay productive, occupied, entertained and fit while you Stay Home. We've written at length about the almost endless list of great Bluetooth speaker options on the market. While we have more than a…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Accessories
Converse Renew Chuck Taylor All-Star ’70

Shoes are totally wasteful, but everyone's gotta have 'em. So, sustainability has to be part of the game, and Converse just gave their classic Chucks a new interpretation using undyed factory scraps of upcycled raw cotton canvas for membership into their Renew line. The rather sophisticated "Egret" hued shoes also…

By Amos Kwon
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Own One of the 2015 Land Rover Defenders from ‘Spectre’

The 24th installment of the James Bond series, Spectre, is one of our favorite recent Bond films for all the reasons everyone loves the super spy flicks. During the filming of that particular movie, they reportedly wrecked $36 million worth of cars. Remember the Land Rover Defender Spectre Editions made…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Husbands Scanimation “Manhorse” Music Video

Oklahoma City indie / surf pop / bedroom band Husbands teamed up with the directing duo LAMAR+NIK for their latest music video for the track "Manhorse." The song has in incredibly catchy old school Strokes vibe, but it's the unique music video that will really make it stick in your…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Roam Overlanding Suzuki Jimny

We're a bunch of sad U.S. citizens because we can't get our hands on the capable little Suzuki Jimny 4x4 since the brand no longer sells on our shores. The tiny square Japanese Jeep looks like the bastardized offspring of a Merc G-Wagen and a Land Rover Defender 90, and…

By Amos Kwon
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