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Best Of The SB Nation Network: June 25, 2012

We have 321 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

-- Royals Review has a new blog chief, so please head on over there and give Craig Brown, formerly of Royals Authority, a big SB Nation welcome!

-- Lone Star Ball discusses Josh Hamilton and the hometown discount paradox.

-- Lookout Landing suggests that while we always preach patience, we ought to score one for aggressiveness.

-- Baseball Nation looks at the teams who have had the worst luck with injuries this season.

Basketball

-- How the Hawks hiring Danny Ferry as their new GM impacts key questions for the team.
-- Liberty Ballers already has their post-draft thoughts spelled out.
-- The “stretch four” has seen raised prominence in the league lately, but what makes a good one?

Soccer

-- The MLS All-Star voting highlights the level of tribalism in the league, writes The Bent Musket.
-- Coming off an appearance in the MLS Cup, Dynamo Theory tries to wrap its mind around the Houston Dynamo’s struggles.

Combat Sports

-- Bloody Elbow’s Mike Riordan previews the Olympic Freestyle Wrestling 55kg category.

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