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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
By Lola Méndez
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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

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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Add Grovemade’s Floating Wall Shelves to Your WFH Wishlist

Grovemade's impeccably designed home and office products are always a delight and the floating wall shelves that have just been released are going immediately on my WFH wishlist. Made from 15-ply premium maple or walnut plywood, and an aluminum-reinforced natural cork brackets, these shelves blend form and function seamlessly. With…

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Brandblack Sansin Hiker Hybrid

Brandblack has introduced a stylish pair of trail shoes with the Sansin. Built with purpose, the Sansin sneaker is a hybrid between a hiking boot and a trail runner with performance in mind. The hightop construction allows for ankle stability while the ultralight materials will keep you moving in your…

By John A. Paradiso
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Baltic x A Collected Man MR01 Blue Roulette

Baltic is on a roll. The watch microbrand has recently partnered with watch retailer A Collected Man to create a distinctive limited-edition watch known as the MR01 Blue Roulette. The textured an multi-hued blue dial with small seconds gets its own custom typeface, and the results are stunning to behold.…

By Amos Kwon
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The Best Everyday Backpacks to Fit Your Lifestyle, From Minimalist to Traditional

Let’s face it: The modern man has a lot of everyday carry items, including a laptop, tablet, smartphone, headphones, portable battery charger, Wi-Fi hotspot, keys, water bottle, camera, pocket knife, multi-tool, flashlight, lighter -- the list goes on. You definitely don’t have enough hands and pockets to handle all of…

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What We’re Buying: Todd Snyder Shorts, Persol Sunglasses, and More

Every week there are dozens of new and exciting pieces of gear. But are they actually worth buying? Trust the team at Cool Material to help you find the latest and greatest releases in a recurring column: What We’re Buying.

By John A. Paradiso
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