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The Watch That Proves Toughness Has Always Been a Kind of Elegance

G-SHOCK didn’t just evolve into refinement. It’s been quietly building toward it from the start.

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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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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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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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1999 Vector M-12

If you want to time travel back to the glorious automotive '90s, there's almost no better way than via this insane Vector M-12. With the monster V12 Lambo Diablo as the base car, the Vector M-12 was good for 492 horses from its 5.7-liter 12-cylinder engine. This specific one was…

By Amos Kwon
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Entertainment
LEGO NASA Space Shuttle Discovery Kit

When it comes to building models of your favorite National Aeronautics and Space Administration vehicles, you won't find better than the options from everyone's favorite brick-builder, LEGO. Joining the likes of the LEGO NASA Space Shuttle Concept, the LEGO x NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander, and the LEGO Ideas Airstream…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Ford Bronco “Big Oly” Baja 1000 Winner

Back in 1969, Parnelli Jones drove this very Ford Bronco for the podium in the brutal Baja 1000 desert race. The "Big Oly" legend (named after sponsor, Olympia Beer) is now up for auction as a piece of automotive racing history. While it might have a Bronco body shape, it…

By Amos Kwon
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Computers
Barnes & Noble Nook 10″ HD Tablet

Even if you forced us to write a list of our favorite tablets at gunpoint, we'd be hard-pressed to put the Barnes & Noble Nook on that list--even if you asked us to do it a few year's ago when bookstores were still relevant. Now, after the current pandemic and…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
“Not Fried Chicken” Ice Cream

Chef Cynthia Wong is a six-time finalist for the James Beard Awards' Outstanding Pastry Chef that has turned her attention to the wide world of ice cream desserts with Life Raft Treats, South Carolina's only chef-driven ice cream truck. Every one of Wong's delicious ice cream treats is made with…

By Cooper Fleishman
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