Heavy (website)

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Heavy.com
Heavy.com Logo 2017.svg
Type of site
Sports news
Available inEnglish, Spanish
OwnerHeavy Inc.
Created by
  • Simon Assaad
  • David Carson
URL heavy.com
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional
LaunchedSeptember 23, 1998;25 years ago (1998-09-23)
Current statusActive

Heavy (stylized, heavy.) is a sports news website based in New York City. Heavy.com publishes sports news and information for an American audience, with a focus on the NFL, NBA and MLB. [1]

Contents

History

Heavy.com was founded by Simon Assaad and David Carson in 1999 as a video-focused entertainment site aimed primarily at young men, [2] debuting audiovisual pop culture phenomena like the Kung Faux series. [1] [3] Assaad and Carson said they modeled the highly interactive site on video games. [2]

Assaad continues to serve as CEO, and Aaron Nobel is the editor-in-chief. [1]

Content

Heavy.com primarily aggregates news on sports and trending topics. [1]

The Wall Street Journal 's editorial board cited Heavy.com in an August 2019 story on the mass shooter in Dayton, Ohio, as having "gained access to Connor Betts' Twitter account before it was taken down". [4] Slate cited the website's story on the Quebec City mosque shooting as one of the first to be published in English. [1]

Heavy.com uses information from original sources whenever possible. They recommend that when citing information from other sources, reporters must clearly cite them and hyperlink to the original source. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Oremus, Will (2017-03-15). "Five Fast Facts About Heavy.com, the Biggest News Site You've Never Heard Of". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  2. 1 2 Hansell, Saul (2006-03-27). "A Web Site So Hip It Gets Laddies to Watch the Ads". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2020-04-28.
  3. 'Kung Faux' a ninja sweet DVD by Staff Picks, The Oklahoma Daily, April 7, 2003.
  4. "Opinion | Politics and the Shooters". The Wall Street Journal . August 5, 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  5. "Editorial Guidelines". Heavy.com. 4 October 2018. Retrieved October 25, 2021.