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Best Of The SB Nation Network: February 21, 2012

We have 319 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!

Combat Sports

- MMA Mania's Adam Guillen Jr. interviews Greg Jackson, the super coach in the corner of UFC champs Jon Jones and Georges St. Pierre.

- Bad Left Hook has comprehensive coverage of this past weekend's heavyweight title fight between Klitschko and Chisora, including the brawl at the post-fight press conference.

- Bloody Elbow's T.P. Grant looks back at the Japanese origins of MMA.

- In honor of President’s Day, Headkick Legend’s John Nash looks back at the combat sports background of several Commanders-in-Chief.

Basketball

- Shaun Livingston’s had a career re-birth in Milwaukee.
- The state-of-Greg-Oden address, maybe for the last time.
- A comprehensive look at the logos/uniforms of the Detroit Pistons, starting with the early days.
Football

- Breaking down the combine drills, courtesy of Windy City Gridiron.
- Cat Scratch Reader looks to the Texans defensive turnaround in 2011 as a model for the Panthers.
- Production Ratio and drafting defensive Front 7 players, Mile High Report lays it all out.
- Peyton Manning to the Seahawks receives a thumbs-down from one writer at Field Gulls,

Hockey

- Do goaltenders “get in the rhythm?” Broad Street Hockey breaks down the numbers.

- When he returns, how should the Devils utliize Travis Zajac?

- Nucks Misconduct wonders if offensive zone starts help scorers or not.

Soccer

- The Philadelphia Union are just now entering their third year, but Brotherly Game exclusively reports they are poised to sign their third Homegrown Player.
- MLS has come a long way in its 17th year. LAG Confidential compares it to some other leagues when they turned 17.

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