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Best Of The SB Nation Network: March 24, 2011
Baseball
- Pinstripe Alley wonders if Mariano Rivera’s “stuff” suffers from overexposure.
- Minor League Ball has an exclusive interview with Josh Boyd, the Texas Rangers’ director of professional scouting.
- Over The Monster has the 2011 edition of the annual Clay Buchholz speculation.
- Beyond the Boxscore ranks the #5 starters for every National League team.,/p>
Basketball
- Blazers Edge is seeing positive signs that their young team is finally growing up.
- The Grizzlies beat the Celtics in Boston, Celtics Blog isn’t pleased.
- The Cavs lost again, but at least this time it took an extra five minutes. Via Fear the Sword.
Soccer
- It’s been a rough ride this year for Aston Villa fans, and much of their ire has been aimed at manager Gerrard Houllier. 7500 to Holte shares those frustrations, although expresses a desire to see Houllier through to the end of the season.
- No one doubts that Tim Howard is the starter for the United States Men’s National Soccer Team for now and the foreseeable future. But the assumption has long been the Brad Guzan would be the next in line. As Daily Soccer Fix points out, Guzan is not in Bob Bradley’s immediate plans, putting his future with the USMNT in doubt.
Hockey
- SBNation.com with a video breakdown of the last minute of regulation from last night’s Ducks-Stars game.
- The Copper & Blue continues their March Madness tournament, pitting the NHL’s worst contracts against each other.
- Die By The Blade writes that Michael Grabner can learn from Thomas Vanek.
- Behind The Net with a lengthy, detailed analysis on the “Anatomy of a Dominated Team.“ Part one of a series.
Football
- Mocking The Draft has a mock for the second round of the NFL Draft.
- Do the Bills covet Cam Newton? Buffalo Rumblings reports.
- What does the lockout mean for draft picks in 2012? Big Cat Country tries to make sense of the situation.
- Everything you could want to know about the Steelers 2011 draft, courtesy of Behind The Steel Curtain.
College Sports
- Alligator Army suggests that the key to limiting Jimmer Fredette’s impact on a game is to really make him work on defense. The blog also notes that Florida has the best draw of the evening, not because the Gators play the Cougars, but because the game will be called by Gus Johnson. There’s a bonus Gus Johnson video mix at the second link that should not be missed.
- What will decide tonight’s Duke-Arizona game? Will it be guard play, as suggested by Arizona Wildcats blog AZ Desert Storm, or will it be experience, as Blue Devils site Duke Basketball Report believes?
- Wisconsin blog Bucky’s 5th Quarter says that the Badgers need a win against Butler to change their postseason reputation.
- Rock M Nation takes a positive look at the legacy Mike Anderson leaves behind at Missouri as he heads off to take the job at Arkansas.
Combat Sports
- Cage Side Seat warns fans, “Think twice if you expect Zombie-Garcia 2 to pick up where it left off”.
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