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Best Of The SB Nation Network: June 27, 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!

Baseball

- AZ SnakePit has found that the Diamondbacks’ hitters seem to excel on their third time through the lineup.

- Camden Chat wonders what would happen if the best player at each position made the All-Star team instead of the most popular player.

- South Side Sox has ten oblique thoughts about John Danks on the disabled list.

- Lone Star Ball tries to figure out if Carlos Beltran could be a good fit with the Rangers.

Basketball

- Nets Daily conducts an exclusive interview with the Nets’ newest board member, Sergei Kushchenko.

- A nice look at all the turnover on the Jazz roster via SLC Dunk.

- Welcome to Loud City explains how their fourth point guard, Reggie Jackson, actually does make sense.

Football

- Pride Of Detroit comments on the NFL expanding the Thursday Night games schedule, and efforts to already sell that package.

- As the stadium situation for the Vikings heats up, Daily Norseman takes issue with the local media coverage.

- Want to know who will make the playoffs in 2011? The Falcoholic has already decided.

- Are the Panthers ready to trade WR Steve Smith? Cat Scratch Reader takes a look at the possibilities.

College Sports

- Upon learning of the news that a Columbus AAU basketball team may have jeopardized the eligibility of two Georgia players, Dawg Sports delivers what may be the rant of the year.

- Addicted to Quack draws on A Few Good Men for a parody of the ages, starring Chip Kelly as Colonel Nathan Jessup.

- A Sea of Blue says that John Calipari’s two-year contract extension may make it more expensive for NBA teams to poach Kentucky’s coach, but doesn’t foreclose the possibility altogether.

- Burnt Orange Nation uses something called the “simple rating system” to identify that top basketball programs of the past decade.

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