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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
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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)

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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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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 Complete Guide to Pocket Knife Blade Shapes

We’ve featured tons of different knives over the years, as well as proper care for those knives. One thing that continues to impress us is the variation available in the blades. Each design has its advantages and disadvantages, which means something that suits those of you working out in the…

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Urban eVTOL’s LEO Coupe, a Futuristic Flying Car

For the past few years, a future filled with flying cars has seemed like a concept just beyond our reach. But modern technology is edging ever closer to the Jetsons. In the spring of 2020, Pete Bitar of Electric Jet Aircraft and Carlos Salaff, who's worked in the automotive industry,…

By John A. Paradiso
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Accessories
Rolls-Royce Black Badge Escapism Luggage Collection

There are few more iconic signs of a lavish lifestyle than a luxury car. Pair it with a set of custom, handsome luggage? You'll look like the star of some movie strolling up to your flight carting some extravagant valuables. Well, if you're in the market for some travel bags,…

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Clothing
Stussy x Tekla Loungewear Collection

Despite the fact we had no idea what typography was, nor did we care about it, at 10 years old, every single one of us and all of our friends knew how to draw the Stussy "S." That 14-line classic piece of iconography is very much an "if you know…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Balmuda’s The Speaker Delivers 360 Degrees of Sound

With so many top-quality Bluetooth speakers hitting the market, any new release needs to balance form and function. We're tired of seeing the same identical styles in audio tech. We want to see something new. Well, Balmuda delivered with their newly released The Speaker, a rechargeable Bluetooth speaker. The Speaker…

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