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Best Of The SB Nation Network: December 28, 2011

We have 316 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!

Combat Sports

With the former WWE champ Brock Lesnar headlining the year’s biggest UFC pay-per-view on Friday, the combat sports world is revolving around pretend fighting this week. Here are some highlights:

- Brock’s MMA career Part 1.

- Breaking down Lesnar vs Overeem.

- Brock’s opponent, Alistair Overeem.

- And a look back at a lowlight from Brock’s WWE career.

Basketball

- Could Atlanta be a dark horse in the Dwight Howard sweepstakes?

- How DeMarcus Cousins has improved his shot selection in his sophomore season thus far.

- Ways to watch TWolves losses with optimism.

College Sports

- California Golden Blogs is out for Texas Longhorns blood! Or...Churros.

- Burnt Orange Nation also looks at the Holiday Bowl and says the Horns playmakers are healthyish.

- Vanquish The Foe has welcomed an all new crew of contributors serving BYU’s Cougar Nation.

- Team Speed Kills says Georgia wins the the newly released SEC conference schedule sweepstakes and wonders where Arkansas and A&M will play.

- Black Shoe Diaries rounds up their wishes and best guesses for the Penn State coaching search.

Baseball

- Over The Monster covers the Red Sox’s acquisition of Andrew Bailey from the A’s.

- Beyond The Boxscore says that we need some better arguments for keeping Edgar Martinez out of the Hall of Fame.

- Baseball Nation counts down the ten worst-hitting pitchers of all time.

- Viva El Birdos recalls the best games of the year for the 2011 World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals.

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