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The Nike Chapter of My Summer Story

The swim shorts, half-zip, and retro runners that became the 20% of my summer wardrobe doing 80% of the work.

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The Golf Round That Built a Bourbon Empire
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The Rise of Prediction Culture
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Your One-Bag Weekend Getaway Packing Guide

Cover all the bases with versatile selections for your EDC, your outdoor kit, and some R&R afterwards.

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Bring the Soundtrack With You This Summer

The best outdoor portable speakers for beach trips, lake weekends, backyard hangs, and every adventure that calls for a little music.

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The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music
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The Color Combos I’m Wearing a Lot Right Now
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Your One-Bag Weekend Getaway Packing Guide

Cover all the bases with versatile selections for your EDC, your outdoor kit, and some R&R afterwards.

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What We're Buying
Bring the Soundtrack With You This Summer

The best outdoor portable speakers for beach trips, lake weekends, backyard hangs, and every adventure that calls for a little music.

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Lifestyle
The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music

Streaming made music infinite. Which made discovery harder. Here’s how we’re finding our way back.

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The Color Combos I’m Wearing a Lot Right Now

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America’s Most Historic Golf Trip

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Summer’s Best Watches Under $1,500

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The Luxury Lover’s Guide to Puerto Vallarta

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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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How This Cryptic Vinegar Estate in Germany Sparked My Cocktail Shrub Era

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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide

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The American Watchmaker Rebuilding a Lost Craft

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A Pilgrimage to Italy’s Iconic Superbikes and Supercars in Emilia-Romagna

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The Italian Art of Dressing Well in the Heat

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Yuengling Introduces Its First New Year-Round Beer in Almost 20 Years

D.G. Yuengling & Son is the largest craft brewery in America, and it hasn't achieved that success by releasing a new beer every month. In fact, in a time of variants, double dry-hopped versions, and one-offs, Yuengling is decidedly set in its limited portfolio ways. For the first time in…

By Mike Newman
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The White Whiskey Bucket List: 12 Unaged Whiskeys You Need to Try At Least Once

White whiskey is the oldest kind of whiskey, but you wouldn’t know it from how new it feels to the whiskey industry. It’s only just starting to get wide releases from distilleries and the spread is exactly as you’d expect it to be. Craft distillers putting out new expressions of…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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This Coffee Maker Runs on Power Tool Batteries

A hard day's work starts with a strong cup of coffee. If you want a coffee maker that's at home with the tools required for that hard day, look no further than the new Makita CM501DZ. The rugged coffee maker runs on the lithium ion packs that your power tools…

By Mike Newman
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What to Wear This Spring: Activewear

Spring has evaded us long enough; it owes us a few warm days and a year’s worth of bottomless mimosas. The damn groundhog was right and we’ve had more than our fair share of sub-freezing mornings. But, there’s a break on the horizon; 60° is close. Now’s the time to…

By Evan Malachosky
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Best Made Field Chest

Robert Edison Fulton Jr. was an adventurer. The man traveled the world on the seat of a motorcycle and risked life and limb in the name of exploration. When it came to storing important items, he turned to a field chest he created. Best Made teamed up with Gerstner &…

By Mike Newman
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