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Best Of The SB Nation Network: January 31, 2012

We have 317 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

Pats Pulpit offers an opinion on the Eli Manning vs. Tom Brady debate. Big Blue View contemplates the task of stopping the Patriots’ tight end assault.

- Stampede Blue has the latest on the gloomy outlook for Peyton Manning.

- Behind The Steel Curtain on the possibility of Todd Haley landing in Pittsburgh.

Basketball

- Brew Hoop goes hi-tech to break down a Bucks play.

- Lots of NBA teams need a reliable shooter and yet Blake Ahearn still toils in the D-league.

- Recapping the Clippers’ big win over the Thunder that featured a vicious dunk from Blake Griffin.

Hockey

- Broad Street Hockey wonders if Zac Rinaldo is cutting down on his hitting.

- Canes Country learned five things from the Tim Gleason contract extension.

- The Devils should wait before making any trades, writes In Lou We Trust.

- Jeff Carter isn’t happy in Columbus, and The Cannon reports that his bitterness could be turning off potential trade partners.

Baseball

- Let’s Go Tribe misses Matt LaPorta.

- Fish Stripes says that the Marlins avoided the winner’s curse by failing to land Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder.

- Twinkie Town was at TwinsFest and has the top ten storylines thereof.

- Talking Chop passes along the news that Tim Hudson could start the season on the disabled list.

Soccer

- As preseason camps move into their more serious phases, Big D Soccer looks at a brewing battle to be FC Dallas’ starting centerback.

- After Kris Boyd spurned the Houston Dynamo, Dynamo Theory wonders aloud if the city is a hard sell for internationals.

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