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Best Of The SB Nation Network: February 14, 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

- Niners Nation maps out the way towards progress for the 49ers offense.
- The Phinsider is taking note of the reasons for optimism in Miami.

- Canal Street Chronicles looks at the Saints options for the franchise tag, including Drew Brees.
- Pats Pulpit says it’s time for Patriots fans to move on.

Basketball

- Mikhail Prokhorov is running for Prime Minister of Russia but he’s not lost interest in the Nets.

- Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks have mysteriously played different in the first and second halves of games.

- Clips Nation shares in Blake Griffin’s free throw line misery.

Baseball

- Bleed Cubbie Blue doesn’t think the Cubs will have to play at US Cellular Field - home of the White Sox - in 2013, but concludes that the idea isn’t completely abhorrent.

- Baseball Nation presents the ten worst swings of the 2011 baseball season, with animated GIF evidence, of course.

- Fake Teams applies the principles of Moneyball to help you win your fantasy baseball league.

Hockey

- Blueshirt Banter lists three prospects the Rangers shouldn’t trade at the deadline.

- Matchsticks & Gasoline looks at Mikael Backlund and his comparables.

- Broad Street Hockey doesn't like the idea of Rick Nash coming to Philly.

Combat Sports

- Vancouver Athletic Commission member Jonathan Tweedale writes that, "No Disciplinary Sanction Warranted For Nick Diaz Under A Principled Interpretation Of NAC 467.850".

- Bloody Elbow features the complete transcript of the trial of the former Jon Koppenhaver now known as Warmachine.

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