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Best Of The SB Nation Network: July 21, 2011

We have 307 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

- Derek Fisher is well past his prime, who should the Lakers look to next at PG?

- When it comes to off-the-court, the Bobcats have a lot of work to do to gain fan support.

- Which NBA Teams have been the most injury-prone?

Football

- An update from Silver And Black Pride on the 49ers and the Raiders working together to get a new stadium built.

- How have special teams changed over the years in the NFL? Mile High Report fills us in.

- Pats Pulpit advocates for the Patriots to sign free agent WR Sidney Rice">sign free agent WR Sidney Rice once the lockout is over.

- A new twist in the NFL’s salary cap? Buffalo Rumblings points us to the news.

College Sports

- Rocky Top Talk has the ultimate primer to SEC Media Days.

- Did the NCAA just find Cam Newton’s bag man? Lose your innocence at Team Speed Kills.

- Spencer Hall IS ON A BOAT. With Mike Leach. For eight hours. Swing your browser!

- Hammer And Rails drops the rhetorical sledge on Rick Reilly’s lazy writing.

- Cowboys Ride For Free perfectly captures the Big 12’s internecine reality.

Baseball

- Amazin’ Avenue checks out Mets player performance over the past week.

- AZ SnakePit wonders why the Diamondbacks are better in 2011 than they were in 2010.

- Roto Hardball has some fantasy replacement advice now that Stephen Drew is out for the season.

Soccer

- Soccer has never been on the cutting of edge of statistics, but slowly that’s starting to change. Sounder at Heart takes a look at passing completion inside the offensive third and finds an unsurprising correlation with scoring.

- One of the few MLS teams not to participate in the bevy of summer friendlies was Chivas USA. The Goat Parade weighs the pros and cons of not going through the whole rigamarole.

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