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Best Of The SB Nation Network: August 2, 2011

We have 309 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!

Football

- Windy City Gridiron reports on the Matt Forte contract situation.

- Dawgs By Nature has a list of some of the best free agents still available.

- Bleeding Green Nation updates the Assante Samuel situation in Philly.

- Bucs Nation discusses why Tampa Bay isn’t spending all that money they have under the cap.

Baseball

- Talking Chop says that it’s good time to be a Braves fan.

- The Good Phight is already preparing for the playoffs, and has collected some possible storylines to watch over the last two months of the season.

- South Side Sox says that GM Kenny Williams is maybe not so great at finding value.

- DRaysBay is thinking about a B.J. Upton extension now that the enigmatic outfielder survived the trade deadline.

Hockey

- In which a simple FanPost about unique jerseys turns into a gallery of horror and spectacle at Stanley Cup of Chowder.

- Is Buffalo slowly becoming a Sabres-first town? Die By The Blade examines.

- Defending Big D previews Steve Ott’s season.

Basketball

- The joy and pain of the ‘99-‘00 TrailBlazers.

- With the NHL’s Islanders in limbo, could they be co-tenants with the Nets in Brooklyn?

- With the #1 overall pick and a former All-Star, the Cavs have a unique mix at PG.

Soccer

- Adrian Hanauer, the Seattle Sounders’ GM, reveals in an interview with Sounder at Heart that the team is still very much planning to add pieces either before the close of the summer transfer window or at least before the MLS trade deadline.

Combat Sports

- Bad Left Hook’s Scott Christ asks: Pacquiao vs Mayweather: Who has the better record?

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