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Best Of The SB Nation Network: June 9, 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

- Could the Magic be a fit for the shopped Monta Ellis?

- The Clippers have a hole at small forward, and Andre Iguodala could be the answer.

- Liberty Ballers has some fun with the never-ending Iguodala trade rumors.

- What the Players Union will be looking for in the next labor negotiation.

Hockey

- Second City Hockey celebrates the one year anniversary of the Blackhawks 2010 Stanley Cup.

- Silver Seven asks: could the Senators acquire Jeff Carter?

- Western College Hockey Blog on the United States’ World Junior camp roster.

Football

- Mile High Report pulls out some of the best quotes from a recent Tim Tebow interview.

- Pats Pulpit sees the 2011 season as the season the Patriots bring back their fire.

- Gang Green Nation has a wish list of players the Jets should pursue once the lockout is over.

- The Phinsider asks Dolphins fans: Who is your favorite player on the roster?

College Sports

- Pay college athletes? House of Sparky thinks that’s malarkey.

- Rock M Nation sponsors a brilliant and amusing M-i-z...e-r-y tournament. You have five downs to win.

- Off Tackle Empire reckons that the best analogy for Terrelle Pryor’s legacy all gets back to Animal House. Doesn’t everything?

- Track Em Tigers is damn proud of War Eagle in DC.

- Maize N Brew offers that new headman Brady Hoke isn’t a grinning rube. The man has a plan. A grinning, lovable, cuddly plan.

Baseball

- Athletics Nation has the real reason A’s manager Bob Geren was fired.

- Talking Chop says it’s okay that Derek Lowe throws the fewest strikes in baseball.

- Royals Review is fed up and declares that the legend of Jeff Francoeur’s leadership needs to die.

- Amazin’ Avenue wonders what Jose Reyes might return in a trade.

Combat Sports

- Bloody Elbow previews the UFC 131 fights that will be on Spike TV saturday before the pay per view.

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