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6 Breakfast Cocktails Every Gentleman Should Know How to Make

On the off chance you need a little help tomorrow morning.

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Bowl Season Gear by Nike
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Good, Better, Bezel: How G-SHOCK’s G-STEEL Keeps Toughening Up Beauty
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Sports
The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

It's a Jordan Christmas miracle!

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The Cool Material 2025 Holiday Gift Guides

From style and home goods to EDC and food and drink, we rounded up the coolest gifts of the year.

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

It's a Jordan Christmas miracle!

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Holiday
The Cool Material 2025 Holiday Gift Guides

From style and home goods to EDC and food and drink, we rounded up the coolest gifts of the year.

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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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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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

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I Went Down a Nixon Watch Rabbit Hole. Here Are the 4 Most Surprising Details I Found

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Whistlepig Rye Whiskey The Boss Hog: The Samurai Scientist

The Whistlepig lineup of whiskey is something to yee-haw about, and now their ultimate iteration bows with influence from Japanese koji fermentation, hence the name. The Samurai Scientist is the very first American Whiskey finished using Japanese Umeshu wood barrels from the Kitaya brewery on Japan's Kyushu island. The result…

By Amos Kwon
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Alaska Railroad “Hops on the Rail” Brewery Tour

The beauty of the Alaskan wilderness warrants experiencing at least once in your life, and what better way to do so than by rail car and with an ample supply of beer? Well, Alaska Railroad is doing just that with its 2019-2020 winter "Hops on the Rail" tour where passengers…

By Amos Kwon
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Accessories
Dango’s New R-Spec Wallets Add Automotive Luxury to Your EDC

At this point, we've all but run out of adjectives to describe the impressive, well-built and all around cool EDC wallets that Dango produces. Inspired by the fruits of the automobile industry, Dango has created a very special line of wallets called the R-Spec Edition; "R" representing all things sport…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Misc
Arcade Game Typography: The Art of Pixel Type

Hours standing up, both pockets filled with quarters, puffer vest, ball cap, no need for sustenance. Yep, that was our life at the arcade in the '80s. We never thought about the pixilated fonts everywhere in the name, the branding, on the low-res screens. This throwback book by typeface designer…

By Amos Kwon
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Transportation
1974 Gateway Bronco Modern Day Warrior

Gateway Bronco has built one of the finest Ford Bronco restomods we've come across, and at its heart supports a worthy cause for Alzheimer's education. Thanks to meticulous adherence to the Bronco ethos combined with modern rugged components, the Modern Day Warrior is ready to take on anything, including showing…

By Amos Kwon
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