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Best Of The SB Nation Network: June 29, 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!

College Sports

- Garnet And Black Attack celebrates the battling Gamecocks hardball club who won its second consecutive College World Series and now owns the record for most consecutive games won in both the NCAA Tournament as a whole as well as the College World Series itself.

- Burnt Orange Nation wonders just how good a team has to be to win the NCAA Basketball Championship.

- Team Speed Kills reacts to SEC Commish Mike Slive’s proposal to make sweeping changes to college football recruiting rules. Sometimes the jokes write themselves.

- Off Tackle Empire reviews the Wisconsin Badgers and wonders if Bucky is ready to stake a claim to being part of the Big Ten conference’s elite.

- Bruins Nation is none-too-happy with UCLA Chancellor Gene Block’s assessment that the 2010/11 athletic year was “successful.”

- Conquest Chronicles still smarting from their own NCAA penalties puts on the tin foil hat and ponders the connection between Ohio State’s Gordon Gee and NCAA President Mark Emmert. I want to believe.

Baseball

- Viva El Birdos remembers the relief tenure of Ryan Franklin now that he has been released by the Cardinals.

- Bucs Dugout wonders if the Pirates should substantially raise payroll next year.

- Bless You Boys breaks down Rick Porcello’s terrible start against the Mets on Tuesday.

- Minor League Ball has some thoughts on the suspension of Padres prospect Donavan Tate.

Basketball

- Liberty Ballers explains how Khloe Kardashian killed a Lamar Odom trade (allegedly).

- David West and Carl Landry are two free agent forwards At The Hive is discussing.

- Raptors HQ looks at the offseason budget of the Toronto Raptors.

Football

- Acme Packing Company brings us Herm Edwards’s excellent speech to NFL rookies.

- How much will the Panthers use the 3-4 defense? Cat Scratch Reader examines.

- Bleeding Green Nation reports on the growing feud among Eagles and Giants players.

- The Jets and Giants to play in MetLife Stadium? Big Blue View says maybe.

Soccer

- The landscape is clearly changing when it comes to high-profile players in MLS. Hot Time In Old Town tries to imagine what kind of Designated Players may be showing up in the league during the summer transfer window.

- It’s been an up and down year for the New York Red Bulls. Once a Metro assigns letter grades to each of the players on the roster.

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