{
  "id": 10490820,
  "title": "LSU athlete beats cancer, gets surprise that leads to a night she'll never forget",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/lsu-athlete-beats-cancer-gets-surprise-that-leads-to-a-night-shell",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-28T16:47:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBS News",
    "slug": "cbs-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lsu-soccer-player-beat-cancer-surprise-night-never-forget/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A young college athlete diagnosed with cancer was given a night she'll never forget after an anonymous donor offered to give away her ticket to see Bruno Mars in New Orleans. The 20-year-old LSU goalkeeper, Rylie Kuyper, was diagnosed with stage 2 Hodgkin's lymphoma last spring. Following her treatment, her friends were unable to attend the concert, prompting her to seek help from CBS News. The network connected her with the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, which introduced her to Rylie Kuyper. Kuyper had publicly shared her cancer journey through a widely-viewed TikTok, documenting seven months of radiation and chemotherapy. After finishing her chemo, she was told about the surprise trip, expressing her gratitude for the kindness of a stranger facing her own battle with cancer.",
  "summary": "A woman facing a cancer diagnosis reached out to CBS News recently with an unusual request: help her give away a night she could no longer have.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}