Manchester City were still waiting for a confirmed diagnosis on Jack Grealish's muscle injury on the eve of their clash with Chelsea - because a machine was broken in the medical department.
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“Without football, what are we going to talk about?” asked the NFL Today’s Nate Burleson in the pro-football thick cold open to Saturday Night Live. “I mean, does anyone have anything remotely insightful to say?” the Devon Walker-portrayed satirical version of the former Detroit Lion added.
“I wished, instead of salt, the ocean was full of sugar,” responded James Brown (Kenan Thompson).
Yep. To answer that last question from Burleson/Walker in the specific: Nothing remotely insightful in tonight’s cold open for sure.
Lamenting the near end of the NFL season after this weekend, the cold open literally threw everyone and everything against the wall. In a land speed record even for SNL, they name-dropped Taylor Swift, the final season of “dentist office” fav Blue Bloods, the Pro Bowl, the Fast & Furious franchise, those troubled Boeing 737s, CBS viewership and the decline of linear TV, America’s cultural and political divides, Yellowstone and more with a tongue-distinctly-in-cheek dollop of existential angst. Sad to say, even with virtually every male SNL cast member except Bowen Yang in the opener plus Heidi Gardner, it still didn’t add up to much — as you can see:
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“This isn’t just about us, America needs football,” lamented Mikey Day’s Bill Cowher as the men-children of CBS’ NFL show wept for the coming conclusion of their Sunday ritual. “It’s the only thing everyone still watches.”
In fairness, constant MVP Thompson almost saved the skit when, with an unseen wink, he quipped: “Especially live. There’s no other live TV even remotely watchable.”
Coming off a week that saw the nominations for the 96th Academy Awards revealed, and Donald Trump score a big win in the
Manchester City were still waiting for a confirmed diagnosis on Jack Grealish's muscle injury on the eve of their clash with Chelsea - because a machine was broken in the medical department.
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Cynthia Littleton Business Editor The Kansas City Chiefs are headed to the Super Bowl again. The NFL’s dominant team of the past few years defeated the Baltimore Ravens 17-10 in Baltimore on Sunday, nabbing the AFC championship trophy and securing the team’s fourth Super Bowl berth since 2020. The Chiefs’ opponents in the Feb.
bungled its NFL-themed cold open after proclaiming that football is the “only thing everyone still watches.”Saturday’s start to the long-running sketch show featured cast member Andrew Dismukes as former Dallas Cowboys quarterback-turned-commentator Tony Romo and James Austin Johnson as broadcaster Jim Nantz. “Hello everyone, and welcome to the AFC championship between the Baltimore Ravens and the Kansas City Chiefs,” Johnson, 34, says as Nantz.
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