Billy Heyen

Expertise:
MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL
Education:
Syracuse University
Location:
Rochester, NY

Experience

Billy Heyen is a Heavy contributor. His reporting work has included extensive coverage for The Sporting News, the Sandusky Register and Rochester Democrat & Chronicle. Adventures in sports writing have also led to in-person coverage of the Buffalo Sabres, Cleveland Guardians, U.S. men's national soccer team and a variety of minor league baseball stories.

Education

Billy Heyen is a Heavy contributor. He is a 2019 graduate of Syracuse University who spent his senior year following Jim Boeheim's basketball team around the country while writing for the award-winning student newspaper, The Daily Orange. While at The D.O., he also covered high school football, women's basketball, women's lacrosse, field hockey and tennis and served as an assistant editor for the sports section.

Latest Articles From Billy Heyen

Quenton Nelson Trade Grades Look Better For Seahawks Than Colts

Quenton Nelson Trade Grades Look Better For Seahawks Than Colts

Reds Have Chance at $125 Million Kyle Schwarber Do-Over, Sort Of

Reds Have Chance at $125 Million Kyle Schwarber Do-Over, Sort Of

Mets Get $118 Million Free Agent Fit for Ex-Yankees Pitcher

Mets Get $118 Million Free Agent Fit for Ex-Yankees Pitcher

Jonathan Taylor’s Colts Future Revealed by ESPN’s Adam Schefter

Jonathan Taylor’s Colts Future Revealed by ESPN’s Adam Schefter

Colts’ DeForest Buckner 49ers Reunion Trends After Quenton Nelson Trade

Colts’ DeForest Buckner 49ers Reunion Trends After Quenton Nelson Trade

Colts’ Quenton Nelson Shares What Indianapolis Meant To Him

Colts’ Quenton Nelson Shares What Indianapolis Meant To Him

Why Quenton Nelson Was Traded By Colts Despite Franchise Tag Option

Why Quenton Nelson Was Traded By Colts Despite Franchise Tag Option

What’s Next for Colts With Jonathan Taylor, DeForest Buckner After Quenton Nelson Trade

What’s Next for Colts With Jonathan Taylor, DeForest Buckner After Quenton Nelson Trade

Wild’s Danila Yurov Trade Update Slips Under Quinn Hughes Radar

Wild’s Danila Yurov Trade Update Slips Under Quinn Hughes Radar

Penguins’ Erik Karlsson Trade Update Depends On 1 Choice

Penguins’ Erik Karlsson Trade Update Depends On 1 Choice

Blues’ Jordan Binnington Trade Update Follows Hellebuyck Move

Blues’ Jordan Binnington Trade Update Follows Hellebuyck Move

Canadiens, Sabres Take Same Dylan Larkin Trade Approach

Canadiens, Sabres Take Same Dylan Larkin Trade Approach

Yankees to Battle Red Sox for $180 Million Japanese Star

Yankees to Battle Red Sox for $180 Million Japanese Star

White Sox Could Shock Mets, Dodgers With Tarik Skubal Update

White Sox Could Shock Mets, Dodgers With Tarik Skubal Update

Panthers’ Bryce Young Might Be Tua Tagovailoa — Is That Good Or Bad?

Panthers’ Bryce Young Might Be Tua Tagovailoa — Is That Good Or Bad?

Colts’ Riley Leonard Might Be QB Answer Over Daniel Jones, Anthony Richardson

Colts’ Riley Leonard Might Be QB Answer Over Daniel Jones, Anthony Richardson

Saints’ Surprise Devaughn Vele Trade Pitch Flips With Chiefs WR

Saints’ Surprise Devaughn Vele Trade Pitch Flips With Chiefs WR

Jaguars’ Brian Thomas Jr. Trade Pitch Swaps With Kansas City Chiefs WR

Jaguars’ Brian Thomas Jr. Trade Pitch Swaps With Kansas City Chiefs WR

Ohio State Takes Big Risk If Benching Tavien St. Clair

Ohio State Takes Big Risk If Benching Tavien St. Clair

Thunder Make Strategy Clear After Jalen Williams, Cason Wallace Injuries

Thunder Make Strategy Clear After Jalen Williams, Cason Wallace Injuries

Jazz’s Mo Bamba Surprises After Jaren Jackson Jr., Lauri Markkanan Injury Updates

Jazz’s Mo Bamba Surprises After Jaren Jackson Jr., Lauri Markkanan Injury Updates

Brewers’ Brandon Woodruff Decision Changes World Series Game 4 Pitching Plan

Brewers’ Brandon Woodruff Decision Changes World Series Game 4 Pitching Plan

Bucks’ Kevin Porter Jr. Decision Gets 2 Teams Involved

Bucks’ Kevin Porter Jr. Decision Gets 2 Teams Involved

Kirill Marchenko Injury Update: Why Maple Leafs’ New Winger Left Game vs. Flames

Kirill Marchenko Injury Update: Why Maple Leafs’ New Winger Left Game vs. Flames

Why Devin Booker Scored 3 Points for Suns vs. Thunder

Why Devin Booker Scored 3 Points for Suns vs. Thunder

Timberwolves’ Bizarre Rudy Gobert Night Ruins Anthony Edwards Gem

Timberwolves’ Bizarre Rudy Gobert Night Ruins Anthony Edwards Gem

Heat Dealt Brutal Bam Adebayo Reality Check

Heat Dealt Brutal Bam Adebayo Reality Check

Did Deandre Ayton Play Tonight? Why Wizards’ Center Scored 0 Points

Did Deandre Ayton Play Tonight? Why Wizards’ Center Scored 0 Points

Mariners To Interview 2 New Manager Candidates

Mariners To Interview 2 New Manager Candidates

Penguins Remember Pittsburgh Legend After Death at 83

Penguins Remember Pittsburgh Legend After Death at 83