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Best Of The SB Nation Network: January 6, 2011

We have 297 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

- The Copper & Blue wonders if five years is long enough to recover from Mike Milbury.

- Anaheim Calling looks at the year Cam Fowler has had with the Ducks.

- Western College Hockey Blog takes an early glimpse at the 2012 US World Junior team.

College Sports

- Maize n Brew is not happy with Michigan AD David Brandon’s plan to replace Rich Rodriguez.

- Roll Bama Roll says that although reports of Mark Ingram entering the NFL Draft aren’t yet official, they might as well be.

- With everyone focused on Oregon’s and Auburn’s offenses, Track Em Tigers notes that the national championship game will be decided by the teams’ defenses.

- Rocky Top Talk is happy to report that the Tennessee team that beat both Villanova and Pitt showed up against Memphis and breathes a sigh of relief as Bruce Pearl embarks on his eight-game SEC suspension.

- Duke Basketball Report acknowledges Kyle Singler reaching 2,000 points against UAB but reserves most of its praise for tireless Nolan Smith, who had 33 in the game.

Soccer

- We Ain’t Got No History suggests damage limitation for what now looks like a transitional season for Chelsea.

- Struggling Aston Villa manager Gerard Houllier will remain at the club, for now. 7500 to Holte thinks that’s a good thing.

Basketball

- lazers Edge introduces “Shake Charts” to analyze scoring consistency.

- The Dream Shake wonders why Kevin Martin and Louis Scola aren’t playing more minutes.

- Pounding the Rock reacts to the Spurs first losing streak of the season.

Football

- The Carolina Panthers got the bad news for their first pick, Andrew Luck is staying at Stanford.

- The latest on the Dolphins coaching search from The Phinsider.

- Niners Nation discusses their coaching search, and are not confident they’ll get Jim Harbaugh.

- What’s going on in the Raiders coaching search? Silver And Black Pride speculates.

Baseball

Viva El Birdos has a form you can use to predict Albert Pujols’s next contract. It’s going to be massive.

- Red Reporter analyzes the Edgar Renteria contract.

- Bless You Boys looks at hitters with good eyes and little power.

- Camden Chat gets to know the newest Oriole: Derrek Lee.

Combat Sports

- Bloody Elbow looks at one of the most unusual submissions ever pulled off in MMA -- the Pace choke.

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