It was bad enough when they tried to weave the plot lines of Game 4 into a hackneyed story about blue rastafied cat aliens, but the most egregious example of fake enthusiasm for this sure-to-be-terrible movie was the actual fake enthusiasm by the fans watching it on the big screen at Cowboys Stadium. Look, if News Corp. wants to show their three-minute infomercial on the jumbotron that's fine. But don't make people pretend that it was it so exciting it brought them to their feet. I haven't seen acting that forced since the last episode of Joe Buck Live. Were they paid to do that or did those poor saps spend all their dignity just to earn tickets to a Cowboys game?

By the way, funny how the trailer listed James Cameron's previous sci-fi triumphs, but forgot to mention "The Abyss." What an odd oversight!

He said, "Going from two Super Bowls in Pittsburgh to the winless Detroit team — that's like going from dating Beyonce to Whoopi Goldberg."

I imagine either Fox Sports or Myers are cobbling together an insincere apology that will probably be shuffled around to the various media outlets offended by his comment, lest Myers wants to become a piñata on The Viewfor the rest of the week.

I don't think it's a comment that will get him fired, but a statement containing the words "regret," "insensitive," and "poor taste" should be forthcoming before the day is over. I know they're the Detroit Lions, but they still have feelings.

NFL Announcer Rips Whoopi Goldberg [TMZ]

These photos were sent to us by numerous people who are still under the impression that Deadspin is upset with AmeriKKKas' most cantankerous wordsmith, but that's simply not true. How can I judge a man for posing with questionably-attired women if I'm guilty of the same practice? It would just be hypocritical and wrong. So I won't.

This photo (and more!) can be seen at the LOTD public gallery.

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In case they've fixed this by the time you read it, or have taken down the page entirely, what we had here was the headline of a Whitlock column with no body type underneath. Online sports journalism for the busy reader on the go! Although the whole thing generated enough reader comments to make up for it.

Of course, it's possible that Whitlock couldn't back up his premise and simply gave up.

Other totally blank Fox Sports articles you may have missed:

• Clemens Wins America's Heart With Whimsical, Self-Deprecating Testimony

• Mangino Diet Enters Sixth Week

• Bob Knight Charms ESPN Viewers With Photos Of His Cat

• Berman's Solemn Vow: Lose The Combover, And Just Remember To Smile

Whitlock: Tom Brady May Soon Have A Huge Headache [Fox Sports]

Seriously, we never thought we would see the day when an "analyst" of a major sporting event was jumping up and down on the sidelines and yelling at a player to "run!" ... but that's exactly what you saw Eddie George — who has a freaking restaurant on campus — doing in the first quarter last night. Across from him was Emmitt Smith, who ... well, at least he didn't dance, we'll give him that.

Still, we think there's something to this idea; easing on down the slippery slope, it's honestly just a matter of time until they just go ahead and have the mascots doing halftime analysis. Now, if only Stanford could make it into a title game ...

Despite Rookie Status, Fox Hits The Ground Running [USA Today]

But — and we don't mean to be cretins here — but we're not necessarily convinced this thing, you know, works. We know it's supposed to chart when the ball crosses the plate and not when it hits the catcher's glove, we get that. But, we dunno ... doesn't it look, like, way off to the rest of you? Like, balls obviously way off the plate show up as strikes — though they're not called as such — and vice versa? Is that just us? We had planned on bitching about this yesterday, but this is as much a news peg as we need.

If you don't like it, by the way, all you have to do is wait for Tim McCarver to say, "this FoxTrax is fantastic, it'll be around forever!" It won't make it to Game 4.

This Graphic Edifies Rather Than Clutters [NY Times]

• ESPN people think Yahoo relies too much on fantasy numbers and isn't really as close as the numbers say.
• Yahoo people say they beat ESPN more often than people think and that it drives ESPN people crazy when that happens. And that they're charging fast.
• Everybody thinks FoxSports.com sucks and barely warrants mentioning.
• Maybe WWE shouldn't be included in sports Web site visit rankings.

We've been forwarded some numbers, but honestly, we need some Baseball Prospectus or Football Outsiders people to help us figure them out. Is there, like, an expert in this kind of stuff? Or (gulp) does it have to be us?

ESPN Still The Leader, But Barely [Deadspin]