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Best Of The SB Nation Network: August 2, 2010

We have 269 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!

Football

- Is Bears LB Brian Urlacher one of the all time greats? Windy City Gridiron makes the case.

- Former Bills DE Aaron Schobel to un-retire and join the Texans as a free agent? Battle Red Blog investigates.

- But Buffalo Rumblings says the Bills may not be ready to let Schobel go so easily and will seek a trade.

- Bolts From The Blue has the first day of Chargers camp covered with plenty of pictures.

Baseball

- DRaysBay takes a mechanical approach at analyzing Carlos Pena’s inconsistency at the plate.

- The Orioles just hired Buck Showalter to be their new manager. Who better to analyze the move than SB Nation Rangers site Lone Star Ball.

- Twinkie Town looks at who was hot and who was not in the month of July.

- Now that another month is in the books, Beyond The Boxscore takes a peek at the worst players in baseball.

Basketball

- Peachtree Hoops pays tribute to murdered NBA player Lorenzen Wright.

- Silver Screen and Roll with a hilarious review of the new EA Sports NBA Jam game.

- There’s a reason Jason Williams still doesn’t have an NBA job according to Orlando Pinstripe Post.

- Timberwolves fans are already comparing next year’s team to the worst ever via Canis Hoopus.

Hockey

- Ilya Kovalchuk’s contract arbitration hearing is set for this week. In Lou We Trust examines.

- Fear The Fin doesn’t think Antti Niemi will be heading to San Jose.

College Sports

- The Rivalry, Esq. has your Big Ten Media Days primer.

- A Sea of Blue doesn’t like the idea of the NCAA considering whether to reform its rule against agents.

Combat Sports

- Cage Side Seat analyzes Submission of the Night Winner Charles Oliveira’s BJJ Clinic.

- Head Kick Legend asks if Knock Out of the Night Winner Takanori Gomi is really “back”.

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