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Your First Overnight Backpacking Trip and What to Leave Home

Pick a camp four miles from the car, carry under 30 pounds, and know where the water is. Everything else is negotiable.

GuideSportsSam Ortiz23 Sept 20266 min

Your Kid Just Made a Travel Soccer Team. Now What

The gear, the money, the offside rule, and the twelve-minute car ride that matters more than any of it.

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GuideFishingWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Five Fishing Knots Worth Learning and How to Tie Them

Most lost fish are knot failures wearing a disguise. Learn these five, practice them cold and wet, and quit leaving hardware in fish.

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Your Truck Is Already an Overland Rig

Skip the $3,000 rooftop tent. The gear that actually keeps you out of trouble on a forest road fits in a milk crate.

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GuideSportsNina Castellan23 Sept 20265 min

Women's College Sports Are Booming and Easy to Get Into

Ninety-two thousand people showed up for a volleyball match in Lincoln. Here's the season-by-season map for anyone who wants in.

GuideFishingWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

How to Catch Small Stream Trout Without Spooking Them

Wild trout in a creek you can jump across will see you before you see them. Fix your approach first, then worry about the fly.

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GuideOutdoorsDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

National Parks Worth the Long Drive and How to Beat the Crowds

Seven parks that reward a real drive, plus the timing tricks that get you a parking spot and a trail to yourself.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

StorySportsMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

Olympic Moments That Still Get Grown Men Every Time

A cartwheel in Sydney, a father climbing out of the stands in Barcelona, and a 29-foot jump nobody saw coming. The list that never gets old.

GuideFishingDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

How to Buy Your First Spinning Setup Without Wasting Money

One rod, one reel, one spool of line, and about a dozen pieces of terminal tackle will cover ninety percent of the fishing you'll actually do.

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GuideOutdoorsWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Six Knots You Should Be Able to Tie in the Dark

A canoe that shifts at 65 mph, a tarp that sags at 2 a.m., a line you can't untie with cold hands. All knot problems. All fixable.

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GuideSportsDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

How to Watch a NASCAR Race and Actually Know What's Happening

Four hundred miles isn't one long race. It's a dozen short ones, and the guy who understands the pit call wins the room.

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GuideAutosDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

What Actually Kills a Truck Before 300,000 Miles

The engine is rarely the problem. Frames, fluids and the parts nobody thinks about twice are what decide whether your truck sees 300k.

GuideOutdoorsWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

The Weather That Kills Hikers and How to Read It in Time

Lightning above treeline, brown water in a slot canyon, 45 degrees and rain. The three that actually kill people, and the calls that keep you out of them.

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GuideSportsCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

What the Research Actually Says About One-Sport Kids

Before you sign the year-round travel contract, know what the pediatricians, the orthopedic surgeons and the NFL draft data all point to.

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Headlights, Wipers and the Cabin Filter in One Afternoon

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Bear Country Rules That Actually Keep You Out of Trouble

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GuideSportsMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

Icing, Offside and the Penalty Box, Explained in Ten Minutes

Three whistles account for almost every stoppage in a hockey game. Learn them and the sport stops looking like chaos on ice.

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Read the School Budget Before You Speak at the Meeting

Three numbers, twenty minutes, and one well-aimed question will do more than an angry speech ever has.

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