Here is the best of the SB Nation network for Thursday, November 19, 2009:
Best of the SB Nation Network: November 19, 2009
↵Hockey
↵- Remember when the three-time Cup Champion New Jersey Devils were called a Mickey Mouse franchise by the greatest player to play in the NHL? That was 26 years ago today.
↵- Can the Thrashers’ Kovalchuk score 50 this season even with the injury he suffered earlier?
↵Basketball
↵- A dubious anniversary as it was five years ago yesterday that was the malice at the palace. Indy Cornrows remembers it well.
↵- Third Quarter Collapse delves into the Jameer Nelson injury with injury expert Will Carroll.
↵Baseball
↵- Pinstripe Alley demands that Yankees GM Brian Cashman make Roy Halladay a Yankee a reality.
↵- Amazin Avenue tells GMs how to exploit inefficiencies in the pitching market.
↵MMA
↵- MMA for Real introduces readers to Jose Aldo and suggests he could be the next big thing in the featherweight division.
↵- Bloody Elbow and USA Today have released their consensus rankings for MMA.
↵College Basketball
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- In advance of this week's Coaches vs. Cancer Tournament, Cal Golden Blogs, Nunes Magician, Carolina March, and We Will Always Have Tempe engage in a four-way hoops roundtable.
↵- Big 12 Hoops reports that Texas Tech has signed three players to letters of intent, strengthening their squad.
↵- Card Chronicle documents how Louisville smoked Arkansas in the opener.
↵College Football
↵- It’s hate Michigan week for We Will Always Have Tempe.
↵- It’s also SEC power poll time for Team Speed Kills and it finds Alabama on top.
↵- Bruins Nation breaks down the UCLA wildcat package perfectly.
↵Football
↵- Gang Green Nation digs deep to find out what’s wrong with the Jets.
↵- Ralph Wilson claims he’ll do whatever it takes to bring a championship to Buffalo. But what does that mean?
↵Soccer
↵New SB Nation World Cup soccer blog World Soccer Digest looks deep into the Thierry Henry handball.











