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Best Of The SB Nation Network: April 7, 2011

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!

Basketball

- Blog a Bull examine what went wrong for the Chicago Bulls over their last seven games (they won six). Oh, to have such problems.

- Ridiculous Upside with the best celebrity sighting in all sports, for all time.

- Joe Johnson and the motion offense might not be besties in Atlanta according to Peachtree Hoops.

College Sports

- Garnet and Black’s lead blogger wonders if the latest in a long line of suspensions for South Carolina quarterback Stephen Garcia is the final straw and notes that Steve Spurrier can’t both dole out yet another short suspension and claim a commitment to a high-character football program.

- Another author from the site comes right out and says that Garcia no longer deserves to wear the uniform.

- Burnt Orange Nation recaps all of the negative stories of the 2010 college football season and wonders when fans will reach their individual and collective breaking points.

Soccer

- Hot Time In Old Town catches up with Chicago Fire Director of Ticket Sales Mike Ernst and touches on such subjects as the growing supporters’ culture and why newer teams seem to be having an easier time selling tickets.

- While fans of MLS were nearly universal in their support of Real Salt Lake in their quest to become the first U.S. champion of the CONCACAF Champions League, Burgundy Wave offers a differing opinion about trying to root for a rival.

Baseball

- Twinkie Town reviews the first week of the season for the Twins.

- The Good Phight recaps Roy Halladay and the Phillies’ dismantling of the Mets after an 11-0 drubbing on Thursday afternoon.

- Fish Stripes says that the Marlins will have to figure out how to get catcher John Buck some days off.

- Royals Review thinks that bringing a third professional sports team to Kansas City would be bad news for the Royals.

Hockey

- Raw Charge on Steve Yzerman’s crusade in favor of visors.

- Blueshirt Banter says that with Ryan Callahan out of the lineup, Marian Gaborik and Chris Drury need to step up.

- Broad Street Hockey on some myths about this this year’s Flyers.

Football

- The top 5 return specialists in the 2011 NFL Draft, courtesy of Stampede Blue.

- What is the most important position on an NFL roster? Big Cat Country attempts to rank them.

- Battle Red Blog asks how long the Texans can expect superstar production out of Andre Johnson.

- Buffalo Rumblings turns four years old today.

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