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Best Of The SB Nation Network: May 1, 2012

We have 320 fantastic sports blogs in SB Nation, so in case you didn’t have a chance to read them all, we’ve collected the best stuff right here. Get sports smart in no time fast!

Baseball

-- Brew Crew Ball reports that Ryan Braun had 15 total bases on Monday night, and digs up some info on notable Brewers who didn’t even accrue that many total bases in their Milwaukee careers.

-- The Good Phight shakes its collective head at the absurd expectations of Phillies fans.

-- Pinstripe Alley has the Yankees month in review for April.

-- The Crawfish Boxes has three things about the Astros for Tuesday.

Basketball

-- Some optimism from James Johnson’s first full year with the Raptors.

-- Pounding the Rock debates whether Tony Parker is the MVP. Or not.

-- Things don’t look great for the Mavs now, but that’s happened before and they turned it around

Hockey

-- The Stars should sell high on Michael Ryder, writes Defending Big D.

-- Analysis of the shocking team-imposed suspensions handed out by the Predators from On the Forecheck.

-- Silver Seven wonders out loud about the Senators’ ability to spend with the big boys.

Football

-- The Bills are supposedly going to workout QB Vince Young, Buffalo Rumblings reacts.
-- Hogs Haven discusses the release of Redskins receiver Jabar Gaffney.
-- The latest on the stadium crisis for the Vikings from Daily Norseman.
-- Dawgs By Nature on the Browns and what they should do with Colt McCoy.

College Sports

-- BCI Interruption is shocked by news that the Eagles’ all-time leading rusher Montel Harris has been kicked off the team for repeated rules violations.

-- Black Heart Gold Pants puts Photoshop to optimal use and imagines what a new Pro Combat uniform for Indiana might look like.

-- Black Shoe Diaries provides a helpful round up of Big Ten recruiting as we head into May.

-- Virginia Tech finally has its new basketball coach in James Johnson, which Gobbler Country says was at the very least a good move for the short term.

-- A Sea of Blue takes a look at what is needed to preserve the Kentucky-Indiana basketball series, arguing that after last year’s abusive atmosphere in Assembly Hall, the game should move to a neutral floor.

Soccer

-- Dynamo Theory takes a scientific look at one soccer’s beloved theories.

Combat Sports

-- Bloody Elbow's Steph Daniels gets an exclusive interview with the newest promoter on the MMA scene, Shannon Knapp of Invicta FC, a woman in the man's world of fighting.

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