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Best Of The SB Nation Network: November 18, 2010

We have 290 fantastic sports blogs in SB Nation, so in case you didn’t have a chance to read them all today we’ve collected the best stuff right here. Get sports smart in no time fast!

Basketball

- Blazers number 1 pick Greg Oden is out for the season (again) with micro-fracture surgery (again). Blazers Edge reacts to the sad news.

- The Dream Shake starts looking for people to blame for the Rockets slow start.

- Rufus on Fire explores the improvement made by point guard DJ Augustin.

Hockey

- Established blogger Chris Botta wrote some things about the Islanders. He had his credentials revoked. Hockey Wilderness looks at the situation.

- An early appraisal of Sergei Kostitsyn’s time in Nashville from On the Forecheck.

- From The Rink examines the job of an NHL captain.

College Sports

- For Whom the Cowbell Tolls has transitioned from frustration at Mississippi State losing Cam Newton to a “greedy, self-absorbed father,” to feeling more and more sorry for the son.

- Blogger So Dear pits a predictive bracketology using Ken Pomeroy data against Joe Lunardi’s approach.

- The Nova Blog says Villanova’s defense was stifling in its 82-66 win over Boston University last night.

Baseball

- Lookout Landing celebrates AL Cy Young Award winner Felix Hernandez.

- Beyond The Boxscore contributes a PITCHf/x analysis of Hernandez’s Cy-worthy season.

- Roto Hardball wonders if Brandon Webb will be relevant in 2011.

- Federal Baseball breaks down baseball’s draft pick compensation rules and how they correspond to free agent signings.

Football

- How do you stop Michael Vick and the Eagles? Big Blue View finds a surprising possible answer.

- Hogs Haven ponders the idea of Wade Phillips as the Redskins defensive coordinator - pronto!

- Niners Nation dishes out the cold, hard truth about new QB Troy Smith.

- With labor uncertainty in 2011, Behind The Steel Curtain details what the union de-certification votes that are passing among NFL teams really mean.

Combat Sports

- Bloody Elbow has a two part series on the career of Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, who will be headlining this weekend’s UFC 123. Part 1 and Part 2.

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