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Best Of The SB Nation Network: March 9, 2011
Basketball
- Denver Stiffs posts a one-on-one interview with Nuggets coach George Karl.
- Canis Hoopus reports on their experience at the MIT Sloan Conference.
- Sloan Conference learnings make their way into Blazer’s Edge discussion of Gerald Wallace.
Football
- Tiki Barber un-retiring led to a slew of hilarious comments over at the Giants blog, Big Blue View.
- Hogs Haven makes the case the Redskins should trade for a veteran RB like Steve Slaton, but how much should they give up?
- Niners Nation is talking trades, too. As in what would it take for the 49ers to trade out of the #7 spot?
- What could the Panthers get in exchange for the #1 pick? Cat Scratch Reader investigates draft history to find out.
College Sports
- Buckeye blog Along the Olentangy has a helpful timeline of events leading up to Ohio State’s suspension of Jim Tressel for failing to disclose information he received in April, 2010 regarding potential NCAA violations of two of his players. The blog’s authors seem impressed with the coach’s demonstrated remorse but openly wonder about the short- and long-term impact of Tressel’s misdeeds. SBNation.com has thoughts on what the Tressel allegations say about the NCAA and the media outlets that cover it. Michigan blog Maize n Brew gets a little more personal and calls out Yahoo!, who broke the story, for giving Tressel only three hours to respond to such a serious matter, and Penn State blog Black Shoe Diaries calls out Ohio State for a responding with a laughably insufficient two-game suspension.
- The UConn Blog and Casual Hoya exchange Q&As in advance of the game between the Huskies and the Hoyas in the second round of the Big East Tournament today.
Baseball
- Beyond The Boxscore digs through the data and finds out which pitches by which pitchers generated the highest frequency of swings-and-misses.
- Twinkie Town says that the Twins are counting on a big season from outfielder Denard Span.
- Minor League Ball’s John Sickels profiles the career of Nick Johnson.
- The Crawfish Boxes plays stock market expert with Astros players vying for spots on the Opening Day roster.
Soccer
- Manchester United blog the Busby Babe examines the mechanics of United’s miserable 3-1 defeat against Liverpool.
- The Roker Report, SB Nation’s brand new Sunderland blog, makes a splash on the first day by providing a tactical dissection of SAFC’s draw at Arsenal.
Combat Sports
- Bloody Elbow’s Jonathan Snowden interviews the CEO of MMA’s biggest brand, TapouT.
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