Savannah Guthrie‘s NBC colleagues gave her a heartfelt shout-out during the 2026 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony.
The Today anchor had to drop out of the Friday, February 6, event in the wake of her mother Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance in Arizona. Before the ceremony began, NBC Sports’ Terry Gannon took a moment to address Savannah’s unexpected Olympics absence.
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