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Best Of The SB Nation Network: September 20, 2011

We have 313 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

- SLC Dunk thinks the only way not to have losers is not to have a lockout. Too late.

- News of talks is all the news that’s fit to print in the NBA (via Nets Daily).

- Peach Tree Hoops will be participating in an Atlanta Hawks media 4-on-4 tournament.

College Sports

- Burnt Orange Nation reports on the meetings of the the board of regents of both Oklahoma and Texas yesterday to discuss realignment, and assesses where the Longhorns stand in this latest round of musical chairs. At the mothership, Bill Connelly takes a look at the situation from the Oklahoma perspective.

- Meanwhile, following the defections of Pitt and Syracuse to the ACC, Big East Coast Bias contemplates the future for the Big East Conference.

- And finally on the realignment front, while Dawg Sports makes the case for Clemson as the 14th member of the SEC, Team Speed Kills rejects the Tigers and eyes NC State.

- Roll Bama Roll takes a look at running back success rates in the SEC, where unsurprisingly Trent Richardson and Marcus Lattimore lead the way.

Baseball

- DRaysBay says that Wade Davis has found some mojo.

- Beyond The Boxscore examines this coming offseason’s market for second basemen.

- Camden Chat checks in with the latest Orioles player performance chart.

- Amazin’ Avenue introduces Amazin’ Avenue Audio, a New York Mets podcast.

Hockey

- In Minnesota, Hockey Wilderness says that the second line center position is still a question mark.

- Part two of Fear The Fin’s fantastic interview with Sharks GM Doug Wilson.

- The top 10 wingers in the Southeast Division, as selected by Japers’ Rink.

Soccer

- The Philadelphia Union finally won a game they needed to win on Saturday. The most surprising part? 16-year-old Zach Pfeffer was in the starting lineup. The Brotherly Game has the details.

- There are plenty of ideas circulating around about how best to “fix” the MLS playoff system. RSL Soapbox shares their plan.

Combat Sports

- Head Kick Legend’s David Castillo looks at “Rampage Jackson, Larry Merchant, and the Science of Laughter.“

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