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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 Watch That Proves Toughness Has Always Been a Kind of Elegance
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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

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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

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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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The 500,000th Mercedes-Benz G-Class

Mercedes-Benz is celebrating half a million G-Wagen's built, and it's done so by building a retro version based on the classic 1986 280 GE. This singular vehicle shows off the Gelandewagen's unmistakable boxy shape without so much of the cladding and festooning you see on current versions. The paint is…

By Amos Kwon
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Vollebak’s Garbage Jacket Can Take the Heat

How does the saying go? One man's trash is another man's treasure? At least, that's the case with Vollebak's Garbage Jacket. Constructed from an array of recycled materials, from discarded firefighter suits to recycled brass, this jacket shows us what a truly sustainable garment can look like. With the simple…

By Brett Braley
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Why All Watch Lovers Should Go To a Watch Trade Show

There aren’t many trade shows I’d say I get excited about, but the energy at last week’s Windup Watch Fair, an event hosted by Worn & Wound, couldn’t be ignored. Held in San Francisco, the Windup featured more than 60 vendors selling everything from luxury British timepieces to leather boots.…

By Brett Braley
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Hamilton Jazzmaster Performer Auto Chrono

This new member of the Jazzmaster line is a handsome functional chronograph that makes use of the brand's H-31 automatic chronograph movement with a whopping 60 hours of power reserve. The 42mm stainless steel case with a dark blue dial, fixed tachymeter bezel, triple chrono registers, and streamlined chrono pushers.…

By Amos Kwon
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Alex Crane’s Overdye Collection Leaves Nothing to Waste

Alex Crane, the brand behind some of my favorite basics, recently launched their Overdye Collection -- and it's brilliant. Instead of trying to start from scratch, the design team behind Alex Crane utilized the existing (and extremely popular) Lines pattern in a new way. By overdying this existing fabric (as…

By Brett Braley
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