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How do you defy Father Time? The question dogs every athlete, but some of the very best manage to stave off the inevitable to achieve glory and that includes US snowboarder Nick Baumgartner. The Iron River, Michigan native became the oldest snowboarder to win gold in Olympic history in Beijing when, at age 40, he teamed up with 36-year-old Lindsey Jacobellis to win the inaugural mixed-team snowboard cross event. Now 44, Baumgartner is looking to defy the odds again and aim to defend the title. But just how does he do it? “At my age, I mean, if I stop,…
As authorities continue investigating the authenticity of purported ransom notes related to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie distributed to media outlets this week, a second deadline mentioned in the first message is approaching on Monday. With an amended warrant in hand, authorities conducted another search at Guthrie’s home and the surrounding area near Tucson, Arizona, on Friday, just hours after a second message was sent to local news outlet KOLD. Today marks the seventh day since the 84-year-old mother of “Today” host Savannah Guthrie was last seen. Here’s what we know so far about the apparent ransom notes: First message:…
Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy — At 12:09 p.m. on a spectacularly beautiful day amid the breathtaking Dolomites, a helicopter cut through the sky, its yellow-painted body in bold contrast with the perfectly blue sky. The chopper flew upwards, up beyond the treeline, stopping to idle between the small ragged peak of one mountain and the rocky face of another. At 12:11, a basket dropped from the helicopter and soon went back up with a medic holding onto an orange stretcher. Three minutes later, the helicopter circled back toward the city of Cortina d’Ampezzo, carting Lindsey Vonn just out of reach of…
This article was first published in 2020 and has been updated.Lionel Messi received a hero’s welcome when he touched down in India overnight to embark on a special, weekendlong tour of the country.As part of the so-called “GOAT Tour,” the 38-year-old is visiting Kolkata, Hyderabad, Mumbai and New Delhi over the course of three days, accompanied by two old friends in the shape of former Barcelona teammate Luis Suárez and Rodrigo De Paul, who played alongside Messi in Argentina’s World Cup winning side of 2022.The first stop was Kolkata, where Messi — who is fresh from captaining Inter Miami to…