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Best Of The SB Nation Network: May 25, 2010

We have 253 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!

Hockey

- Broad Street Hockey gathers reaction from around Philadelphia, Montreal and everywhere in between as the Flyers win the Eastern Conference Championship.

- Meanwhile, Second City Hockey breaks down the Blackhawks next opponent.

- In Lou We Trust makes the case against signing Ilya Kovalchuk.

Basketball

- Raptors HQ has a fantastic breakdown on the enigmatic Andrea Bargnani.

- Liberty Ballers were on-site at the Chicago Combine when two first round prospects decided to have some fun with our man’s recorder. Candid hilarity ensued.

- Lakers fans at Silver Screen and Roll are “pointing out” the free-throw disparity suffered by the league’s favorite team.

Football

- The Supreme Court ruled against the NFL, the House looking into NFL steps of preventing head injuries, could the NFL be facing forces not even it can control?

- Niners Nation breaks down the American Needle case.

- The Dolphins trade of Justin Smiley is proof the regime in Miami will not tolerate “injury-prone” players, so says The Phinsider.

- Windy City Gridiron is already obsessing over how many possible sacks Julius Peppers could get this year.

Baseball

- Athletics Nation continues its stat primer series with one of the best all-around offensive rate stats: wOBA.

- Bless You Boys analyzes the Tigers’ offensive production and concludes that their outfield is carrying the load thus far.

- The All-Star Game is still seven weeks away, but it’s never too soon for Beyond The Boxscore to bust out an early AL ballot.

- Jeff Francoeur is struggling like nobody’s business (ed. note: is that a thing?), and Amazin’ Avenue has one possible solution to all of the outs he’s creating.

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