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Best Of The SB Nation Network: March 30, 2011

We have 301 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

- Matchsticks & Gasoline on the “bizarre relationship” between Flames management and ownership.

- Another edition of Behind The Net’s “League of Extraordinary Statisticians.“

- More Brad Richards questions in Dallas? Yep, more Brad Richards questions in Dallas. Defending Big D takes a glance.

Football

- Daily Norseman reports on the progress of the Vikings getting a new stadium.

- Bucs Nation has plenty of coverage of the Aqib Talib legal problems, and decide on whether the team should keep or release the troubled corner.

- The Rams need a WR to pair-up with Sam Bradford. Turf Show Times discusses trading up and grabbing Julio Jones.

- We welcome a new writer to the SB Nation NFL family, Danny Kelly takes over the Seahawks blog, Field Gulls.

College Sports

- Track Em Tigers has the juicy bits from the HBO’s Real Sports program airing tonight that investigates allegations that four former Auburn players received money to play for the Tigers.

- With the Huskies prepping for the Final Four, the UConn Blog takes a moment to look back on the team’s first championship 12 years ago.

- Purdue blog Hammer and Rails posts an open letter to head coach Matt Painter, imploring him to stay rather than take the Missouri job. Tiger blog Rock M Nation identifies what factors favor the move and what factors don’t.

Baseball

- Federal Baseball previews the 2011 Washington Nationals.

- DRaysBay has some deep thoughts about Opening Day for the Rays.

- Purple Row previews the 2011 Rockies’ pitching staff.

- Talking Chop has some amazing graphs illustrating how Jayson Heyward works the count.

Basketball

- Indy Cornrows argues that Josh McRoberts’ value can, in fact, be measured by stats.

- Pounding the Rock interviews Spurs mega-fan, Gloria.

- Peachtree Hoops is not pleased to see how well Jordan Crawford is playing in Washington since the Hawks traded him.

Soccer

- Bet you didn’t know the longest continuously awarded national championship in U.S. history is soccer’s U.S. Open Cup did you. To commemorate the beginning of the tournament, Hot Time In Old Town takes a look at one of the Chicago Fire’s Open Cup heros, Calen Car.

- The world of the minor league soccer player is not exactly glamorous. They barely make enough to pay the bills, often share an apartment and now they blog about their experiences at the Brotherly Game.

Combat Sports

- Bloody Elbow’s Matt Bishop had Bellator light heavyweight Richard Hale on the BE podcast yesterday to talk about his inverted triangle submission win last Saturday.

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