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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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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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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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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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Elevate Your Whiskey Game With This Bottle and Serving Tray

While I love admiring an eclectic collection of spirits on a bar cart, there's a touch of class in a dedicated whiskey decanter or storage vessel. It signals that something is special about this spirit. If you've gone to the trouble of filling a carafe with whiskey, I have to…

By John A. Paradiso
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Home
Industrial Design Studio Mike & Maaike’s New Furniture Line Is All about Collaboration

The modern workplace has been an ever-evolving enigma for quite a few years, but it changed even more rapidly after COVID. Industrial Design Studio Mike & Maaike and their Haven line of furniture is focused on rounded edges and flexible everything so everyone you work with can focus on what needs…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Fashion
Hermès X Hodinkee H08

You don't often think of Hermès watches as tactical grade, but their second collab with wristwatch site Hodinkee has resulted in the tough but sophisticated H08. The 39mm titanium case has been coated with a matte black Diamond-Like Carbon (DLC) to make it more resilient to life's imperfections than the…

By Amos Kwon
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Entertainment
Starting a Record Collection? Here’s Everything You Need

At this point, it's not exactly a secret that vinyl is having a moment. You've likely seen figures tossed around that record sales are their highest since the advent of the MP3 age. Vinyl has been outpacing all other physical media as well. There's already plenty of speculation around why…

By John A. Paradiso
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In the Weeds: Around the World and Behind the Scenes with Anthony Bourdain

There are few figures in modern pop culture that have had such a profound impact on people like Anthony Bourdain. He transcended the "celebrity chef" figure and inspired fans to embrace authenticity in cooking, traveling, and conversation. Whether you have a profound interest in the hospitality scene or just rely…

By John A. Paradiso
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