Courier Journal's Safer Sidelines named top investigation by Associated Press Sports Editors

Safer Sidelines, a multipart Courier Journal series into sudden death in youth sports, has won one of the top sports-reporting awards in the nation. Associated Press Sports Editors named the investigative project from reporter Stephanie Kuzydym as the best investigative entry for 2023. Investigative projects from ESPN.com and USA TODAY Sports were the second- and third-highest-ranked finalists for the award, respectively. There were nine finalists in all, chosen from 35 entries from across the U.S. Safer Sidelines, which debuted in April 2023, uncovered the many ways high schools, athletic associations...