Stephanie Kuzydym
@stephkuzy
Sports Enterprise & Investigative Reporter for @courierjournal | alis volat propriis | #SaferSidelines | [email protected]
What if I told you the scene of @HamlinIsland collapsing has happened on high school fields across America again and again, but unlike in Damar's case, there was no emergency response or equipment to save an athlete's life? #SaferSidelines courier-journal.com/in-depth/news/…
Maybe you think the coolest thing about my job is meeting famous people, like the governor or an all-star athlete. But it's meeting the everyday person who has a story that sticks with you. Thank you for sharing yours with me, Michael King. F cancer. courier-journal.com/story/news/loc…
A death in Tennessee☀️ A Memphis-area high school athlete collapsed in the heat during football practice on July 7. The Bolton football player died from organ failure caused by a severe heat stroke on July 26. Joshua Henderson was 16. #SaferSidelines actionnews5.com/2025/07/27/16-…
Not one. Not two. Not three, four or five or even eight or nine … but 11 high school band members in Tupelo collapsed during practice in the extreme heat. Mississippi’s heat and cold-water immersion policies for football do not extend to band. fox13memphis.com/news/eleven-ba…
Why does it keep happening at the high school level? Because we are still watching it happen in the pros. #SaferSidelines This thread re: lightning at an MLB game is wild. Check it ⬇️
160+ lightning events within 8 miles of Camden Yards in the last 35 minutes. If the @Orioles and @MLB cared about the safety of their players, umpires, and fans, they'd require that all teams have #LightningSafety plans in place. Just because it's dry doesn't mean it's safe!
Covering four different coaches in court on child sex abuse related charges (including some related to their former athletes) in four days? Not a week I want to repeat. #SilenceandSecrets courier-journal.com/story/news/cri…
I was not ready to walk about to D. Wayne Lukas' historic Barn 44 and see most of the stall gates down and the stalls empty. courier-journal.com/story/sports/h…
About 10 representatives from each JCPS high school took part in Take 10 Training this weekend. It’s a 10-minute hands-only CPR training that the @OneShotFndtn has been leading across Kentucky. Now, they’re going to train their fellow teammates. #SaferSidelines
A Ohio high school girls wrestling coach has resigned after an investigation into inappropriate text messages with a former athlete. One text sent by the Olentangy Berlin High coach allegedly said, “Am I on your naughty list?” #SilenceandSecrets nbc4i.com/news/local-new…
An Arabia Mountain High (DeKalb, GA) rising sophomore football player had a “medical emergency” on Tuesday during football practice after he became “ill.” He is listed on Hudl as a guard, center and defensive tackle. Mikah King was 15. #SaferSidelines atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/07/23/15-…
👀 Just in time for school sports to return #SaferSidelines
Heat advisory: It will feel like 100-plus degrees for 100 million of us usatoday.com/story/news/nat…
Kentucky/Ohio parents & administrators: Want to see Take 10 Training in action and then learn more about how #SaferSidelines are possible in Ohio and Kentucky?⬇️ oneshot.life/lifesavers-lua…
Two former JCPS football coaches, Donnie and Ronnie Stoner, pleaded not guilty on more than 50 child sex abuse-related charges regarding four minors spanning two decades. #SilenceandSecrets courier-journal.com/story/news/loc…
Y’all, I talk a lot with parents about signs. Signs they get sent from Matthew or Jake or Zach or Jordan or Grant or… And today as the ride-share driver pulled into DFW, I think all of #SaferSidelines sent me a sign. I’m not crying, I’m speak-rap crying.
I got to come back to where the Deadly Games database first started as a line in a spreadsheet, back when I told an editor “I think athlete collapses are a problem” & one high school athletic trainer said: “Keep going.” Thanks @SWATAD6 for continuing to push for #SaferSidelines.
Always love listening to @stephkuzy talk on #SaferSidelines. 💯 agree with Doug Casa.. the best media piece about sports safety to ever come out!
🚨📜 Congressman Kweisi Mfume from Maryland reintroduced legislation to require emergency action plans at the college and high school levels to prevent “heat related illnesses & fatalities,” per the @JMFoundation_. #SaferSidelines
Why this former University of Kentucky football captain is focused on a skill they don't teach at football camp: hands-only CPR. #SaferSidelines courier-journal.com/story/news/loc…
A Memphis-area football player "passed out" on his Tennessee high school field during practice. 16-year-old Joshua Henderson is now in the ICU on a breathing machine and being treated for heat exhaustion, per @action5news #SaferSidelines actionnews5.com/2025/07/11/hig…
An athlete suffered severe heat stroke in Cypress, TX 👇 #SaferSidelines
One of our own, Jarvis Spires, recently suffered a severe heat stroke and is currently in ICU. He is more than an athlete he is a brother, a leader, and a light. Keep him and his family in your prayers. Every donation, share, and prayer helps. 📌 gofund.me/ff48430b
A save in Hornell, NY 💛 ⬇️⬇️⬇️
The video has been removed, but it was shocking to see an umpire collapse live during a baseball game Tuesday night. Athletic trainers from @AlfredU and @GoBonnies were at the game and saved a life: wellsvillesun.com/blog/2025/07/0…
So, #ATTwitter, you already know what's next ... What are the gold standards of a lightning policy? Are they required by your state law or state association? And do your state associations require golf courses to have storm-weather readiness policies?