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Charlie Russo describes how he shot home movie footage of Hank Aaron’s record-breaking home run in 1974 during an interview at his home March 26, 2024, in Savannah, Ga. AP PHOTO / JOHN BAZEMORE

LinkedIn Denver-based hybrid journalist Thomas Peipert captured the rip-roaring sport of skijoring that took readers into a place they may never visit in person. Peipert had wanted to do an all-formats story for years about the extreme sport in the Colorado mountain town of Leadville. The timing worked out this year. While the package highlight was a video featuring GoPro footage from a skier and a horse, Peipert also captured beautiful still photographs of the event and wrote a lively and fun text story. A skijoring team competes in Leadville, Colo., March 2, 2024. Skijoring draws its name from the Norwegian word skikjoring, meaning "ski driving." It started as a practical mode of transportation in Scandinavia and became popular in the Alps around 1900. Today's sport features horses at full gallop towing skiers by rope over jumps and around obstacles as they try to lance suspended hoops with a baton, typically a ski pole that's cut in half. AP PHOTO / THOMAS PEIPERT

A woman is taken to an ambulance after an incident following the Kansas City Chiefs NFL football Super Bowl celebration in Kansas City, Mo., Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. The Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers Sunday in the Super Bowl 58. AP PHOTO / REED HOFFMANN

A Liverpool fan and others show tickets at the gates of the Stade de France prior the Champions League final soccer match between Liverpool and Real Madrid, in Saint Denis near Paris, May 28, 2022. Police deployed tear gas on fans waiting in long lines to enter France’s flagship stadium for the final match, which was delayed by 37 minutes as security struggled to cope with the vast crowd and fans climbing fences. Officials blamed the overcrowding on people trying to access the stadium with fake tickets. (AP Photo / Christophe Ena)

FILE - Peng Shuai of China serves against Monica Niculescu of Romania during their women's singles match of the China Open tennis tournament at the Diamond Court in Beijing, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017. The head of the women’s professional tennis tour announced Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, that all WTA tournaments would be suspended in China because of concerns about the safety of Peng Shuai, a Grand Slam doubles champion who accused a former high-ranking government official in that country of sexual assault. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)