We have 304 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!
Best Of The SB Nation Network: April 14, 2011
Baseball
- Federal Baseball has all of the coverage of Bryce Harper’s first professional home run.
- Twinkie Town reviews the second week of the Twins’ season with rulings on the bullpen, the offense, and the defense.
- Lone Star Ball says that with the injury to Josh Hamilton, the offensive spotlight is on Julio Borbon.
- The Crawfish Boxes takes a different approach to pitcher evaluation and discusses the idea of “sneaky fast.”
Football
- The Raiders don’t have a first round pick, but Silver & Black Pride is searching for an offensive lineman in the second round.
- Gang Green Nation re-runs picks 1-10 of the 2008 draft and has some interesting results. Matt Ryan in Miami?
- Seems like every team wants to trade down in the draft, including the Dolphins and the fans at The Phinsider.
- Buffalo Rumblings has a big board of the top 34 prospects in the 2011 draft.
College Sports
- Coug Center seems generally positive about Washington State’s recent attempt to add sizzle to its steak. In related news, House of Sparky is digging the Sun Devils’ new uniforms.
- Team Speed Kills thinks the range of possible results of the newest challenge to the BCS is somewhere between a return to the old bowl system and an overhaul of the BCS selection methods.
- Anchor of Gold wonders if the Commodores’ new football coach can do for Vanderbilt football what Bruce Pearl did for Tennessee basketball.
- I Am the 12th Man takes a stab at an offensive line efficiency metric.
- The Only Colors draws TOTALLY PLAUSIBLE AND NOT AT ALL UNREALISTIC conclusions about Michigan State’s first spring scrimmage.
Soccer
- With the number of Ghanaian players based in Sunderland, Roker Report couldn’t pass up the chance to interview leading African soccer journalist Michael Oti Adjei.
- In honor of the Portland Timbers home-opener against the Chicago Fire, Hot Time In Old Town takes the opportunity remind everyone of the fateful 1984 NBA draft that resulted in Sam Bowie playing in Portland the Michael Jordan playing in Chicago.
- In the constant search for usable soccer statistics, Sounder at Heart tries evaluating players on touches and attempts to determine effectiveness based on positive, negative and neutral times on the ball.
Combat Sports
- MMA Mania spoke to Nevada State Athletic Commission Exec Keith Kizer on their Pro MMA Radio show and Brian Hemminger transcribed Kizers answers on the Chael Sonnen Situation.
See More:
