Links of the Week: Manning vs. Brady, The 100 Best Movies of the 2000s, and an Incredible Week for t

I've got to say, Internet, you did me well this week.

Some weeks when I'm putting together these Links of the Week's, it seems like there is a struggle to get 7-10, good, non-profane, positive, interesting, etc. articles. This week? We're flush. Bookmark. Come back. Enjoy.

I mean, normally, I'd be putting something like Jurrasic Park 4 rumors, links to the Air Jordan High Heel, or some other crazy link as a stretch for your interest and then dedicate a solid line or two to them. Not this week. This week, we're bursting at the seems with all of the great stuff that makes the internet so awesome. Like teammates tackling each other on a punt return or the trailer for the new Steve Carrell-Tina Fey movie.

So on the note that you will likely need to get a new mouse after all the clicking you'll be doing, here are the Links of the Week.

Did you see the Season Three finale for Mad Men? I did...twice. So good. Here is Time Magazine's review, The New Yorker's, and here is the best TV critic (Alan Sepin)'s take on the episode, titled "Shut the Door. Have a seat".

A perfect example of how far along the technology in movies has come: check out the difference in between the old Clash of the Titans (1981) and the new Clash of the Titans (2010).

Since we all love lists (and don't pretend you don't), here are what Time Magazine deemed as the Top 50 Inventions for 2009. My own personal favorites: The $10 million light-bulb, YouTube Funk, and the blade-less fan. And for all interest in balance, here are the five worst.

Sunday night's game of the week (one that I was originally going to Live Blog, but decided I'd rather watch it with a Sam Adams in hand) features the two quarterbacks of the decade: Manning and Brady. Indystar (a totally, 100% un-biased source) offers everything you could possibly want to know about the Manning vs. Brady rivalry. For the record, I am an unabashed Brady fan, and thought Manning was overrated until these past two seasons. Manning is playing better than he's ever played before, and the Pats are looking as good as they have all year. It should be an excellent game. So pumped.

Because you didn't already know, here is breakdown from Time Magazine of why you look at some online advertisements, and why you don't look at others.

Over the past year or so, Twitter and Google has become one of the fastest growing mediums for news, while physical newspapers have become less and less a part of everyone's everyday lives. So what did Rupert Murdoch decide? He and his media empire will stop using Twitter and block Google! No way this ends badly, right? And in case you were wondering (and I'm sure you weren't), Mark Cuban has an opinion on the matter.

This news, unfortunately, means my high school band's website no longer exists. The Dangers no longer live on.

When you see magazine headlines like "Teen Obesity: Lack of Exercise May Not Be to Blame" do you slap your forehead and scream "YES IT IS! OF COURSE IT IS!"? Because I do.

In a couple of weeks, baseball's free agency period begins. If there is a more complicated system in the world than figuring out all of the complications of baseball's free agency system, then go ahead and let me know. Why make something so complicated, especially if it is so outdated and inaccurate? But since you like lists so much here is your definitive guide to baseball's top 50 free agents.

The Wall Street Journal breaks down the merits and problems (and mostly problems) associated with public funding of sports stadia and arenas. The article breaks down (albeit simplistically), for every win the Bears receive, it costs taxpayers $47.4 million. Yikes.

Here is a great breakdown of NBC's current state and how the network plans to survive in the digital age. NY Mag seems to agree with just about everyone I've read or talked to about NBC: the Jay Leno move was a bad one. Now, the network may be bought by Comcast (which is the best run company on the planet, right?). Again, no way this ends badly.

In the Bad Parents News Department: Parents Want Kids to Have Tommy John Surgery for Stronger Arms.

TimesOnline, a UK magazine, releases what they think were the Top 100 films released in 2000s. Worst. List. Ever. Really? No Country for Old Men is #3? The Last King of Scotland is #7? Team America: World Police (though I loved it), is #5? Yikes. The list's most egregious error: The Dark Knight is #43... just so wrong.

And on your way out, check out the best song from the best music DVD: Van Morrison's Caravan on The Last Waltz: