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Astros Players Make "SNL" Appearance During "Weekend Update"

Astros CF George Springer, 2B Jose Altuve and 3B Alex Bregman appeared on NBC's "SNL" last night during the "Weekend Update" segment. Cast member Leslie Jones, posing as a Yankees fan, said, “That little Altuve hit all those home runs against us. The bat is bigger than him. George Springer is Panamanian and Puerto Rico. His name is George Springer. That's the name of a goofy mattress salesman.” After she finished her sentence, Springer, Altuve and Bregman walked up behind her to an applause before presenting a jersey and cased baseball to Jones, who said, “These men are fine as hell. Oh, I take it all back.” Jones said it was "so sweet" that SS Carlos Correa proposed to his girlfriend after the game. Jones then looked at Altuve and said, “It looks like this dude is on one knee right now" (“SNL,” NBC, 11/4).

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: March 25, 2024

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On this week’s pod, our Big Get is CBS Sports college basketball analyst Jay Wright. The NCAA Championship-winning coach shares his insight with SBJ’s Austin Karp on key hoops issues and why being well dressed is an important part of his success. Also on the show, Poynter Institute senior writer Tom Jones shares who he has up and who is down in sports media. Later, SBJ’s Ben Portnoy talks the latest on ESPN’s CFP extension and who CBS, TNT Sports and ESPN need to make deep runs in the men’s and women's NCAA basketball tournaments.

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SBJ I Factor features an interview with AMB Sports and Entertainment Chief Commercial Office Nana-Yaw Asamoah. Asamoah, who moved over to AMBSE last year after 14 years at the NFL, talks with SBJ’s Ben Fischer about how his role model parents and older sisters pushed him to shrive, how the power of lifelong learning fuels successful people, and why AMBSE was an opportunity he could not pass up. Asamoah is 2021 SBJ Forty Under 40 honoree. SBJ I Factor is a monthly podcast offering interviews with sports executives who have been recipients of one of the magazine’s awards.

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