Olympic Star sailors John Dane (Gulfport, Miss.) and Austin Sperry (Gulfport, Miss.) are slated to appear on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams on Saturday, August 16 pending schedule changes and breaking news. Please check your local listings for air times of NBC Nightly News, which airs in most East Coast states at 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time. State-by-state air times are also available here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23726631/
John Dane III and his son-in-law Austin Sperry sail the two-man Star boat and are competing in their first Olympic Sailing Regatta at the 2008 Games in Qingdao, China. Fifty-eight-year-old Dane is the oldest member of the whole U.S. Olympic delegation, and has tried to get to the Olympics since his first campaign in 1968. He and his son-in-law, Austin Sperry, have been sailing together since 2005. Sperry is married to Dane's daughter, Sally, and was a training partner for the 2004 Olympic Star sailing representative.
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