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Best Of The SB Nation Network: February 27, 2012

We have 320 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

- Bloody Elbow and MMA Mania have compiled all of their UFC 144 coverage
into two handy posts: here and here.

- Misconceptions about Kid Yamamoto and Takanori Gomi by Jack Slack.

- Tim Boetsch and the Jack Johnson Uppercut by Jack Slack.
- John Nash asks, who is Zuffa’s best lightweight in the UFC?

Football

- Turf Show Times analyzes the NFL Combine reports.

- Bolts From The Blue on the imminent release of DE Luis Castillo.

- Mocking The Draft breaks down the defensive linemen at the combine.

- Hogs Haven rounds up their reports from the scouting combine.

College Sports

- Our Daily Bears is digging the news that Robert Griffin III will be the cover boy for this year’s edition of EA’s NCAA Football.

- The only conclusion that Bucky's 5th Quarter feels comfortable about drawing from Wisconsin's 63-60 win over Ohio State on Sunday is that although the team is flawed, they can beat anyone if their shots are falling.

- For Whom the Cowbell Tolls ticks off reason #4 of 5 to fire Rick Stansbury: If not now, when?

- Casual Hoya predicts a slow game and a four-point victory for Georgetown in their Top 25 contest against Notre Dame.

Baseball

- DRaysBay spent a few days in the Rays’ camp at Spring Training and has some early observations.
- Beyond The Boxscore has Step One in your quest to land a job in baseball.
- Baseball Nation checks in with the latest inconsequential Spring Training tweets.
- The Good Phight has a preview of the 2012 season for the once-awesome and recently injured Ryan Howard.

Basketball

- Should LeBron have taken the final shot in the All-Star Game?

- Mid-season grades have been handed out for the Detroit Pistons.

- The Spurs have been playing pretty well, now if they could only get Ginobili and Splitter back.

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