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Best of SB Nation Network: December 29, 2009

Here is the best from the SB Nation network for Tuesday, December 29, 2009:

↵Hockey

↵- In advance of the upcoming Winter Classic, Broad Street Hockey says that Braydon Coburn has not been as bad as it appears.

↵- St. Louis Gametime deals with the home struggles of the Blues in, uh, interesting and really funny ways.

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College Football

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- Bruins Nation celebrates the UCLA bowl win today and being over .500 for the first time in a long time.

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- Double T Nation continues to cover the Mike Leach controversy better than anyone with support from all over.

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- Dawg Sports is trying to remember that 2009 was a disappointing season because they happened to win their bowl game on Monday.

↵↵Basketball

↵- Orlando Pinstriped Post dissects the anatomy of a Dwight Howard block and how it relates to his overall game.

↵- Who is really in charge of the Chicago Bulls? Can someone step forward?

↵Baseball

↵- Beyond the Boxscore examines the impact of Jason Bay joining the New York Mets.

↵- Federal Baseball seeks answers to the Nats ills in a fellow SBN blogger at Bucs Dugout, the Pirates community.

↵Football

↵- Does running the ball well equate to instant success in the NFL? It doesn’t appear so.

↵- Daily Norseman tries to find what went wrong with the Vikes and what’s next.

↵Soccer

↵- Daily Soccer Fix asks whether a rule in MLS is going to move the league away from parity and towards a big club versus small market model.

↵College Basketball

↵- New Seton Hall community Gonzo Ball thumbs through the wreckage of the loss to Syracuse.

↵- Searching for Billy Edelin features an outstanding piece looking at what teams might need heading into 2010.

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