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Best Of The SB Nation Network: July 11, 2011

We have 306 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

- Athletics Nation directs all of their anger at Major League Baseball for the lame duck situation the A’s are in these days.

- Lookout Landing hands out first-half grades for Mariners position players.

- Purple Row has their latest Coors Field Insider: adult beverages at the ballpark.

- McCovey Chronicles reviews the first half of the season for the World Champion Giants.

Basketball

- Elton Brand is using his locked out time to produce a movie about Tupac.

- JaVale McGee using his lockout time to “plank” in a freezer.

- Welcome to Loud City explains how TV is affecting the NBA lockout.

Football

- The latest DeSean Jackson interview courtesy of Bleeding Green Nation.

- Hogs Haven on the resignation of the Redskins’ COO Dave Donovan.

- Why exactly did Kurt Warner retire? Revenge Of The Birds investigates.

- The Seahawks and Charlie Whitehurst: Can they make it work? Field Gulls discusses.

College Sports

- Addicted to Quack has a handy and comprehensive Will Lyles Timeline. Rival Oregon State blog Building the Dam has a bit of fun at Oregon’s expense and publishes a fake Lache Seastrunk blog.

- Along the Olentangy breaks down Ohio State’s response to the NCAA”s Notice of Allegations and its self-imposition of penalties.

- Meanwhile, Dawg Sports wonders whether it’s time to learn how to cheat to get ahead.

Soccer

- We Ain’t Got No History looks at a world where soccer players are paid what they’re worth.

- The USA-Brazil Women’s World Cup game was a spectacular match and an emotional roller coaster. Robert Lintott at 7500 to Holte was far from immune.

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