You probably didn’t notice but I was on vacation last week. Thanks to Jackie for covering for me and doing last week’s Wednesday links. I’m back in action today with the Sunday links. We’ve got a big week of programming coming this week. All that’s missing is the podcast. I am hoping to live blog today’s Edmonton Indy over on @LowdownLive but no guarantees. But first, here’s Canadian model Kim Cloutier. If you look up Canadian models on the interweb, she seems to be the consensus favourite.

When I first heard about the theatre shooting in Aurora, Colorado, I didn’t see it first in a newspaper or on TV. Twitter was the first to the story. Here’s a look at how Twitter and the rest of the social media is reshaping the modern newsroom. (GigaOM)

Reader Sarah tipped this next article to us. A while back, we linked to an article about former CNBC, now ESPN sports business reporter Darren Rovell getting duped by a fake tip. It turns out that this sort of thing goes beyond one guy. In fact, there’s a website called HelpAReporterOut which is full of people doing the same thing. (Forbes)

You’d think that being a member of the press during a political campaign would be pretty easy. Everything a candidate or his team says would be on the record. Except that campaign press offices for the two US Presidential candidates get to approve the final wording of quotes under penalty of being cut off from the campaign. (New York Times)

After the jump, the lessons the 2012 US basketball team can learn from the Mighty Ducks, Rush Limbaugh and rational thought are two things that don’t go together and call me Obi.

Here’s a behind the scenes look at how the Minnesota Wild signed Zach Parise and Ryan Suter to 13-year deals worth a total of $196 million. Kinda ridiculous when you put it that way. (StarTribune)

Any article invoking the lessons of the 1994 US Junior Goodwill Games hockey team is a mandatory link. Don’t remember them? Well, Coach Gordon Bombay would have something to say to you after he helps out the 2012 US Olympic men’s basketball team. (Grantland)

Something else we mentioned in a previous linkdump was that the Olympics are really one massive orgy inside the grounds of the Olympic Village. This year, there will be a record 150,000 condoms handed out. (Daily Mail)

And on that note, athletes sure do have some unique lucky rituals. (Lapham’s Quarterly)

If smart people keep writing about why you should ignore the critics and love The Newsroom, I’ll keep linking those articles. (Pajiba)

Remember Stephen Colbert’s Super PAC, Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow? If you do, it would seem as though you’re one of the few that do. (Politico)

The big news this week was the shooting in Aurora, Colorado. Apparently the only people who didn’t hear about it were the folks at Celeb Boutique. (Uproxx)

Did you know that the villain in The Dark Knight Rises is Bane? Did you know that Mitt Romney was the CEO of Bain Capital at one point? Rush Limbaugh thinks this movie is a massive liberal conspiracy. (The Hollywood Reporter)

Just to troll Rush, here’s Mitt as Bane and vice versa. (Uproxx)

Don’t troll Batman fans with a faux bad review of TDKR. It’ll get you banned from Rotten Tomatoes. (Film Drunk)

I should pay closer attention to The Clone Wars animated series. It’s brought Darth Maul back from the dead and he’s pissed. (io9)

Just for fun, here’s The Doctor wielding Commander Shepard’s omni-blade. (Kotaku)

It’s an F1 race day so let’s start the videos with the BBC’s intro for the Monaco Grand Prix. I just wish the video kept going through The Chain.

Not F1 but here’s a look back at the last ten years of the World Rally Championship. Including this video has absolutely nothing to do with us trying to get on the review list for WRC3.

Finally, the viral video of the week. It’s Call Me Maybe with Star Wars scenes.