Heavy (stylized as Heavy.com and heavy.) is a sports news website based in

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. It publishes sports news and information for an American audience, with a focus on the NFL, NBA and MLB.

History

Heavy was founded by Simon Assaad and David Carson in 1999 as a video-focused entertainment site aimed primarily at young men, debuting

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pop culture phenomena like the ''

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'' series. Assaad and Carson said they modeled the highly interactive site on video games. Assaad continues to serve as CEO, and Aaron Nobel is the editor-in-chief.

Content

Heavy primarily aggregates news on sports and trending topics. ''

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''s editorial board cited Heavy 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". ''

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'' cited the website's story on the

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as one of the first to be published in English. Heavy 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.

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