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How Thick the Ice Needs to Be Before You Walk Out On It

Four inches of new clear ice will hold a man. Here's what that number leaves out, and the gear that gets you home if you're wrong.

GuideGolfDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Breaking Ninety Without Touching Your Swing

Eighty-nine is bogey golf with one par in it. You don't need a better move. You need to stop making sevens.

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GuideMovies & TVSam OrtizSep 23, 20265 min

The Classic Movies Your Kids Should See Before Thirteen

An age-by-age viewing ladder, with the content concerns named up front and the ones that will lose a kid in six minutes flagged.

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Fishing6 min read

How to Find Fish on a Lake You Have Never Seen

Ninety minutes of map work and a stubborn willingness to leave dead water will beat local knowledge more often than you'd think.

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GuideGolfDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Fix Your Slice by Starting With the Clubface, Not the Swing

The ball starts where the face points and curves away from the path. Fix those two things in that order and the slice has nowhere to live.

GuideMovies & TVMarcus ValeSep 23, 20265 min

Eight Documentaries Worth Canceling Your Evening For

Real footage, real people, no narrator telling you what to think. Content concerns named up front so you know what you're putting on.

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GuideFishingWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Fishing the Walleye Bite From Sunset to Full Dark

Walleye feed when your eyes quit working. Get on the spot early, throw the right jig, and learn the rig for nights when they won't chase.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next two weeks.

GuideGolfDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

The Chunk and the Skull Are the Same Bad Chip

One flaw causes both misses around the green. Fix your low point, pick a smarter club, and stop giving away four shots a round.

GuideMovies & TVSam OrtizSep 23, 20265 min

Vet a Movie in Eight Minutes Before Family Night

The rating letter tells you almost nothing. The one-line reason underneath it, plus four free tools, tells you everything.

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GuideFishingWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Night Catfishing Without Wasting the Whole Night

Set up before dark, match the bait to the species, and let the circle hook do the work. The rest is discipline.

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GuideGolfDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Buying Your First Set of Golf Clubs Without Wasting Money

You need eight clubs, not fourteen, and the used rack beats the new rack almost every time. What to buy, what to skip, what to check before you hand over cash.

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GuideMovies & TVMarcus ValeSep 23, 20265 min

Clean Comedies That Are Actually Funny

Seventy years of proof that a comedy doesn't need to be filthy to work, plus the content warnings the streaming apps never bother to give you.

GuideFishingWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

How to Catch Your First Fish From the Surf or a Pier

Buy less rod than you think, fish the moving water, and stop setting the hook. What a first saltwater trip actually takes.

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GuideGolfDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

One Hour a Week of Golf Practice, Spent Where It Pays

Forty of those sixty minutes belong inside 40 yards of the hole. Here's the schedule, the drills, and the part most weekend players skip.

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Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

Movies & TV5 min

The Westerns Every Man Should Watch At Least Once

Fishing6 min

Read a Fish Finder Right and Skip the Features You Won't Use

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GuideGolfDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Four Putting Drills That Take Five Strokes Off Your Card

Your wasted shots aren't off the tee. They're the three-putt on 4 and the 4-footer you lipped out on 11. Twenty minutes fixes most of it.

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Outdoors5 min read

The Cold Comes From Under You, Not Around You

Your sleeping bag isn't the problem. The four inches between your hip and the dirt is, and it's fixable in one shopping trip.

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