Heavy (stylized as Heavy.com and heavy.) is a sports news website based in
New York City
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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
audiovisual pop culture phenomena like the ''
Kung Faux'' 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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The Wall Street Journal
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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". ''
Slate'' cited the website's story on the
Quebec City mosque shooting 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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Internet properties established in 1999
American sport websites
American companies established in 1999
1999 establishments in New York (state)
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