It’s the end of the week. It’s been a busy one at Lowdown HQ too with all the work we did for Canadian Gaming Week. Maybe we’ll do that again in the future but for now we’ll resume normal programming. So let’s start today’s links with Nina Agdal.

The week before last was about two things: Terrorism and gun control. At first, those were two separate issues. Now, you can actually link the two as bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev was on an FBI watch list but was still able to buy high-powered firearms. (Bloomberg)

Midterm elections in the US Congress is still a ways away but gun control could be the biggest issue in 2014. (The New Republic)

Australia banned all semi-automatic and automatic firearms despite concerns over the effect it might have over people’s safety. Almost 20 years later, Australia is one of the safest places in the world to live. To be honest, I felt safer in Australia than I did in Toronto or Ottawa. (Uproxx)

Remember that Hulk Hogan sex tape that Gawker wrote about? A judge ordered a clip about the video and an article about it removed from the internet. Gawker complied with the first but not the second claiming that it infringed on freedom of the press. I’d suggest that they’re right. (Gawker)

There’s an internal rift at The New York Times over the direction of news coverage. Apparently, the blame lays at the feet of the paper’s executive editor. (Politico)

Does the final meal of a death row prisoner give any insight into his might? One photographer undertook a project to find out. (Vice)

The San Diego Chargers’ team doctor has faced malpractice lawsuits, DUI charges and might even lose his licence to practice medicine. But working in the NFL? No problem there. (Deadspin)

Are you an elite college football prospect who wants to get into the NFL? Go to a slightly lower calibre school like Kentucky or Oregon State. (Emory Sports Marketing Science Initiative)

There hasn’t been an NHL team in Quebec City in almost twenty years. That doesn’t mean that love for the Nordiques has lessened any in that time. (Wall Street Journal)

Could Parks and Rec’s low ratings be a result of it being too consistently good for anyone to talk about or cover it? (Hollywood Prospectus)

Vanilla Ice is getting a new show. It’s called “Vanilla Ice Goes Amish.” I’m not sure whether to laugh or cry or laugh until I cry. (Warming Glow)

Friday Night Lights boss Peter Berg is going to be making a movie based on the life of former NHL enforcer Derek Boogaard. (Deadline)

Help me out here. I’m not sure if this Friends-style Game of Thrones intro is awesome or not.

Let’s face it. Madden 25 would be better if it mashed up Street Fighter with the NFL.