While 25 other states had heat-related deaths of football players over a 29-year period, Georgia admitted it had a problem and found a solution.
Author: Stephanie Kuzydym
Most Kentucky public schools don’t follow emergency planning law, leaving athletes at risk
Kentucky is one of 37 states requiring schools to have plans for what to do in a sports-related emergency. But are schools following through?
While lawmakers haggled over cost of safety, young athletes died across the US
The Courier Journal traced years of inaction on the part of legislators and school leaders when faced with the deaths of high school athletes.
Protections for high school athletes are being ignored. Kids are dying as a result.
An in-depth look at sudden death in youth sports and the struggle to assure every athlete has a fighting chance when the worst happens.