Sports Posts

  1. 5 Kentucky Derby Styles To Wear All Year

    Any day you can quench your thirst with mint juleps and dress yourself like a Fitzgerald character is a good day—so why not make Derby Day last all year long? Presenting: Five staples of Churchill Downs attire to inspire a winning spring wardrobe.

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  2. America’s Next Top NCAA Mascot: Crowning a Champion…on the Grounds of Good Grooming

    There are countless methodologies for filling out your bracket. Why not skip the stats and base your choices on which team’s mascot is most convincing with a martini in his, her, or its hand? We made our NCAA tournament picks this year on the grounds of each mascot’s style and grooming, and we couldn’t have scripted the Cinderella story that unfolded if we’d tried.

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  3. The 8 Best College Basketball Haircuts of All Time

    As a tribute to Nerlens Noel’s high-top fade, we present the best college basketball cuts of all-time. From military-style buzzes to shaggy mop-tops, these guys’ coiffures are the stuff of NCAA legend.

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  4. The Best Bracket Advice from Birchbox Man Subscribers

    We asked you how you planned to #gothedistance in your college basketball brackets. You responded. Here are some of the best—and funniest—pieces of advice we got.

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  5. Class-ketball: A Gentleman’s Guide to the NCAA Hoops Tournament

    Those keg-tapping, face-painting college days are (most likely) well behind you. While this doesn’t exclude you from getting in on the hoops action, it does mean enjoying it like an adult. Here’s our 5-step play for adding some sophistication to this year’s tournament.

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  6. 10 Tips for College Hoops Bracket Glory with David Diamante

    Bracketology is serious business. We asked Brooklyn Nets announcer and basketball fanatic David Diamante for tips on how to win your office pool.

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  7. The Birchbox Man Playlist: Morning Shave Sports Ballads

    Clean up like a champion with this all-star roster of our favorite sports songs.

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  8. Advice from a Bearded Coach: P.J. Carlesimo

    The list of history’s greatest NCAA basketball coaches are a largely clean-shaven bunch. Sure, there’s a smattering of mustaches in there—Clem Haskins, Fran Dunphy, Nolan Richardson—but there’s just one full-fledged beard: P.J. Carlesimo’s.

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  9. Man Up: How to Shoot the Perfect Free Throw

    Some recent epic free throw fails—the Appalachian State center’s shot that fell 10 feet short and the Georgia College guard who got a finger caught in her nose—have inspired us to return to the fundamentals. We believe the textbook free throw is a skill every guy should have. Here’s how it’s done.

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  10. David Diamante X Birchbox Man

    Known as “the man with the golden voice,” David Diamante is the official announcer for the Barclays Center and the Brooklyn Nets as well as a fixture in primetime boxing. Here the charismatic court man talks boxing, the benefits of custom suiting, and how a love of cigars led him to open a lounge in his native Brooklyn.

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  11. Join BB Man’s College Hoops Bracket

    Fill out your dance card with us and score some sweet goodies and gear.

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  12. Quarterback (Style) Controversy: Flacco vs. Kaepernick

    The sports pundits can talk passer ratings and completion percentages until they’re blue in the face. Here’s the real question come Super Bowl Sunday: Which QB’s style is superior? Birchbox Man investigates.

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