NBC's Mike Tirico 'heartbroken' over disappearance of Savannah Guthrie mother

Longtime sportscaster Mike Tirico said Tuesday helium was "heartbroken" implicit the disappearance of Savannah Guthrie’s mother, Nancy, successful Arizona arsenic helium spoke to reporters up of Super Bowl LX.

Nancy Guthrie, 84, was past seen astatine her location astatine astir 9:30 p.m. Saturday, and was reported missing by her household astir noon Sunday, according to the Pima County Sheriff's Department. While officials did not instantly elaborate connected the circumstances of her disappearance, they said they judge Nancy Guthrie was either kidnapped oregon abducted, and noted humor was recovered extracurricular the home. An probe into her disappearance is ongoing.

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Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb connected Monday, Feb. 12, 2018, astatine the 2022 Winter Olympics. (Hagen Hopkins/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images)

Savannah Guthrie was acceptable to screen the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics for NBC.

"First and foremost, my bosom breaks and our hearts break. It’s been a pit successful the tummy for 36 hours since we recovered out," Tirico said, via TalkSport. "Can’t judge the situation. Lucky capable to enactment aggregate Olympics with Savannah and to get to cognize the ‘TODAY’ amusement squad and beryllium successful for Craig (Melvin) for a fewer days this past year. All those people, conscionable highest professionals but with highest idiosyncratic regard. What you spot connected the acceptable of the ‘TODAY’ show, those radical are real. Those radical are peculiar people. And we’re conscionable heartbroken and devastated and praying for Savannah and her full household done this hard time.

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Chris Collinsworth and Mike Tirico connected the tract earlier announcing a crippled betwixt the Buffalo Bills and the New England Patriots astatine Highmark Stadium connected Oct. 5, 2025 successful Orchard Park, New York. (Timothy T Ludwig/Getty Images)

"This is simply a clip for caring astir the radical successful your household and we’re holding Savannah adjacent and beloved to our bosom and we’re praying for each of them. If you bash pray, delight see them due to the fact that they’re peculiar radical and nary 1 should beryllium going done thing similar this."

NBC Sports announced earlier Tuesday Savannah Guthrie was dropping retired of Olympics coverage.

"Savannah volition not beryllium joining america astatine the Olympics arsenic she focuses connected being with her household during this hard time," a spokesperson for NBC Sports told Fox News Digital.

Savannah Guthrie from the 2014 Olympics successful Sochi, Russia. (Joe Scarnici/NBC/NBC Newswire/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)

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"Our hearts are with her and the full Guthrie household arsenic the hunt continues for their mother. We volition stock further accusation astir our Opening Ceremony sum plans soon," the spokesperson added.

Fox News’ Andrea Scott and Joseph A. Wulfsohn contributed to this report.

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