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Best Of The SB Nation Network: May 10, 2011

We have 305 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

- Interview with Raptors Assistant Coach Eric Hughes: Part 1 and Part 2.

- Will extra time off help or hurt the Mavs?

- Interview with Bullets legend Elvin Hayes on the day the Wizards went back to a Bullets-era color scheme (lots of stuff on this site today, actually).

- Greg Oden is worth the gamble.

Football

- Bucs Nation reports on the health of draft pick Da’Quan Bowers, and how the rumors keep flowing.

- No contact between players and coaches during the lockout? Not really say the reports, via the Falcoholic.

- Will Cam Newton start from game one of the 2011 season? Cat Scratch Reader investigates.

- Reggie Bush vs. Skip Bayless, Canal Street Chronicles has the details.

College Sports

- Dawg Sports is neither happy nor sad about Washaun Ealey’s departure from the Georgia Bulldogs squad.

- Now that Mark Turgeon has become Maryland’s next head basketball coach, Testudo Times wonders who will join him at courtside. Meanwhile, Arizona coach Sean Miller and AD Greg Byrne clear the air about Miller’s flirtation with the Terrapins this weekend.

- And just for fun, Corn Nation is on the 2011 Manure Expo like a fly on . . . well, you know.

Hockey

- Broad Street Hockey with a deep look at defensive breakdowns in the Flyers’ series against Buffalo.

- Japers’ Rink reviews Jason Arnott’s time in D.C.

- Raw Charge has a preview of the upcoming Eastern Conference Finals.

Baseball

- Over The Monster tries to figure out what to do with a slumping Dustin Pedroia.

- Beyond The Boxscore is back with their catcher defensive ratings.

- Talking Chop looks at the bullpen in the Braves Graph of the Week .

- Athletics Nation says that Gio Gonzalez’s emotions have nothing to do with his on-field performance.

Soccer

- Coming Home Newcastle ponders possible strategies for the club’s anticipated summer spending spree.

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