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Best Of The SB Nation Network: February 22, 2011
Baseball
- Amazin’ Avenue knows that Luis Castillo is bad, but isn’t sure why everyone hates him so much.
- Gaslamp Ball has the top five most polarizing topics for Padres fans.
- Twinkie Town has an exclusive interview with Twins GM Rob Antony.
- The Crawfish Boxes has some thoughts about Hunter Pence’s 2011 salary.
Soccer
- Once a Metro, SB Nation’s New York Red Bulls blog, takes a look at the tactical options coach Hans Backe has at his disposal heading into the 2011 season.
Hockey
- Die By The Blade talks about Terry Pegula’s press conference. In a word, it was awesome.
- Behind The Net examines draft pick value.
- What impact should the Stars expect from new addition Alex Goligoski? Defending Big D takes a look.
Basketball
- Posting and Toasting celebrates landing Carmelo Anthony with some therapy for Knicks fans who think they gave up too much.
- Denver Stiffs recaps the LONG list of players they received from New York and dubs their team the “Nuggbockers”.
- Nets Daily talks about how the Nets will deal with losing out on yet another big name player.
Football
- Interested in getting involved in fantasy football this season? Windy City Gridiron breaks down the basics.
- Canal Street Chronicles on the release of Jeremy Shockey.
- Bleeding Green Nation asks the question: How valid are franchise tags in this strange offseason?
- Is optimism on the rise that we’ll have labor peace? Niners Nation notes that one expert thinks so.
College Sports
- Nunes Magician says Scoop Jardine was “classic” Scoop in a 69-64 Syracuse win over Villanova last night, countering great plays with bone-headed mistakes, but is glad that he came up clutch when the Orange needed him most. A Villanova fan at The Nova Blog is so steamed about the “loss at home, on Senior Night, to Syracuse, with Jim Boeheim smirking and grinning throughout the last 30 seconds” that she almost couldn’t smack talk ‘Cuse fans. Almost.
- SBNation.com has the video and a Twitter insider’s account of paralyzed Rutgers defensive tackle Eric LeGrand’s appearance at a charity event.
Combat Sports
- Jonathan Snowden recaps the career of the mercurial two division former UFC champ B.J. Penn.
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