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Best Of The SB Nation Network: June 6, 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

- Baseball Nation has full coverage of the 2011 MLB draft.

- Beyond The Boxscore opines on the absurdity of the hold statistic. They’ve also got this week’s power rankings.

- Camden Chat has the Orioles player performance meter from the past two weeks of play.

- DRaysBay has a stunning visual representation of the Rays’ draft picks since 2006 by geography.

Basketball

- The Pistons’ new owner is not giving incumbent GM Joe Dumars a free pass.

- Ricky Rubio’s arrival likely means the TWolves will deal Johnny Flynn. Should the Kings be interested?

- Four Sixers and Blazers played the newlywed game on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

- Which teams are looking to invest more in the DLeague?

Football

- Daily Norseman isn’t happy with some Vikings veterans who decided not to show at a player-led workout.

- Bucs Nation takes issue with some of the latest rule changes in the NFL.

- The NFL’s Top 100 players list has Cat Scratch Reader scratching their collective head.

- The Kevin Kolb trade story is keeping Bleeding Green Nation busy.

College Sports

- Team Speed Kills is all over the NCAA Baseball Tournament.

- In softball news, House of Sparky wonders if anyone can handle the Sun Devils, who’ve won all nine games they’ve played in the Championship so far. Perhaps the Florida Gators, who set a Women’s College World Series record for most runs in an inning with 11 in the first against Alabama yesterday?

- Black Heart Gold Pants is upset with the Big Ten, not just for putting the Big Ten conference championship game in Indiana, but for putting it in the wrong city in Indiana.

- Conquest Chronicles has a copy of former USC assistant coach Todd McNair’s lawsuit against the NCAA.

Hockey

- The Copper & Blue recaps another 30th place Edmonton Oilers season.

- Broad Street Hockey is concerned with the Flyers’ lack of a farm system.

- Defending Big D thinks Kirk Muller would be a good choice behind the Stars’ crease.

Combat Sports

- MMA Mania breaks down the uppercut that made UFC 131 headliner Junior dos Santos a star.

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