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The Rollneck Sweater Is a Style Icon, Here Are 5 To Buy Now

It's time to embrace the romantic, rugged rollneck sweater.

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The Cool Material 2025 Holiday Gift Guides
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Bowl Season Gear by Nike
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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

It's a Jordan Christmas miracle!

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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
By Lola Méndez
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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

It's a Jordan Christmas miracle!

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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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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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Brabus 900 Rocket R

Take the iconic Porsche 911, supercharge it, and drip it in black paint and you've got the the Brabus 900 Rocket R. This badass, carbon fiber whip is the result of Brabus tinkering with the 911 Turbo S and turning into a blend of high class luxury and exhilarating power.…

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Level up Your Tactical and Self-Defense Training From Anywhere With Make Ready TV

Want to upgrade your worst-case scenario skillset? Check out Make Ready TV. Make Ready TV is the one top source for professionally produced, exclusive content that covers everything from empty hands, knives and vehicle tactics, to basic firearms skills, hunting and survival prepping. The instructional videos are taught by over…

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The Nixon Time Teller Solar Is the Perfect Everyday Watch With DYI Band Adjustments

There’s a certain type of watch lover who has a case of timepieces that they love and have gathered over time, but that sit languishing in a watch box in the closet. Maybe it’s a battery that went dead that still hasn’t been replaced after years of saying “next time…

By Nickolaus Hines
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Murse, Tote, Handbag: Whatever You Call It, You Need One

Close your eyes and go back to the early 2000s. Bush was president. Facebook was a quaint idea. Digital cameras and Four Lokos were all the rage. It was also the height of cringey menswear portmanteaus. There were “mandals” for men’s sandals. And “meggings” for the compression tights cross-country runners…

By Brett Braley
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Alef Model A Flying Car

The future is here! The Alef Model A is the first electric flying car in history to receive the Special Airworthiness Certification from the FAA. That means the Alef is cleared to begin testing its sci-fi flying car with some restrictions. Designed to defy gravity, the Alef Model A is…

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