The theme of this edition of the Sunday links is how bad the sports media is becoming. Most of them can be taken as seriously as the “broadcast journalists” of the WWE. And I forced that analogy in there so I could run this photo of WWE “Diva” Kelly Kelly.

The greatest fictional detective of all-time is making a comeback between TV and movies. Along the way, he’s gained legions of fans and here’s the history of Holmes and his fans. (The Awl)

Keeping with writing, social media isn’t killing hockey journalism but hockey media trying to make everything more like Twitter is killing it. (Globe and Mail)

True story: The last time I tried to order an Old Fashioned, the bartender didn’t know what it was so he couldn’t serve it. He should read this history to the Old Fashioned which is one of my favourite cocktails. (Slate)

After the jump, more awful sports media, the life of a potato chip chef, and a cool Goodfellas homage.

And back to sports commentary. Media woes aren’t limited to hockey. Football “experts” aren’t interested in actually being insightful as getting people to talk about them. (New York Times)

Speaking of football, Occupy Tebow kinda swept the internet this week. Some of the media got it wrong about Occupy though. It wasn’t about Tebow’s religion so much as an indictment of ESPN. (Deadspin)

As a Lions fan, I hate this news but I’m obligated to run it. The Thanksgiving Day game halftime show will be Nickelback. (YardBarker) They’re also doing the Grey Cup. Doesn’t anyone realize that they suck?

Here’s a pretty good hypothetical: How well would the Montreal Expos done if the 1994 strike wasn’t cancelled by the strike and would they still be there now? (COED)

Remember the woman who got World Series tickets instead of an engagement ring? She’s now a minor enough celebrity to get interviewed. (Sports Illustrated)

Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao’s promoter are taking shots at each other again. I don’t think this fight will ever happen. (Off The Bench)

Leave it to the Beliebers. They definitely have strong opinions about Bieber being a baby daddy. And they all scare me in different ways. (BuzzFeed)

Today’s really cool food article: It’s a week in the life of Frito-Lay’s executive chef. (Huffington Post)

Coming soon to a PS3 near you is a biometric measuring controller. Get too nervous and your game will reflect it. (Siliconera)

It looks like the Assassin’s Creed movie will be happening after all. Ubisoft has negotiated a deal to retain more creative control than they did with the Prince of Persia movie. The question is whether or not this will make it better than PoP. (Vulture)

Here’s the answer to a question no one asked: How many times has humanity farted throughout history? (Deadspin)

Every once in a while, ESPN does something cool… Well, in this case, it’s Washington’s ESPN bureau so it almost doesn’t count. Anyway, here’s a tour of the Around The Horn and PTI studio done in classic Goodfellas fashion.

What happens when a sports anchor wins the lottery while on air? Luongo jokes.

The Petit Le Mans race was almost a month ago but here’s a pretty cool video of the event from the perspective of ALMS championship contenders TRG.