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

Rays Make Bold Victor Mesa Jr., Nick Martinez Decisions for World Series Game 5

Rays Make Bold Victor Mesa Jr., Nick Martinez Decisions for World Series Game 5

Blue Jays Learn Bo Bichette’s Likely MLB Future

Blue Jays Learn Bo Bichette’s Likely MLB Future

Why is Cole Palmer Suspended? Explaining Chelsea Star Not Playing vs. Liverpool, Available for Man United

Why is Cole Palmer Suspended? Explaining Chelsea Star Not Playing vs. Liverpool, Available for Man United

Canadiens’ Dylan Larkin Trade Update Is Promising

Canadiens’ Dylan Larkin Trade Update Is Promising

Why Isn’t Erling Haaland Playing Today? Man City Lineup Decision vs. Brighton

Why Isn’t Erling Haaland Playing Today? Man City Lineup Decision vs. Brighton

Colts’ Jonathan Taylor Decision Would Hint at Trade

Colts’ Jonathan Taylor Decision Would Hint at Trade

Chicago Cubs, White Sox Both After Guardians’ Free Agent Pitcher

Chicago Cubs, White Sox Both After Guardians’ Free Agent Pitcher

Falcons’ Recently Cut Player Signs Quickly With Raiders

Falcons’ Recently Cut Player Signs Quickly With Raiders

Capitals Demote Goalie After Injury News

Capitals Demote Goalie After Injury News

Panthers Announce Bad Injury News for TNF With 4 Players Ruled Out

Panthers Announce Bad Injury News for TNF With 4 Players Ruled Out

Colts’ Jonathan Taylor Trade Request Status Made Clear

Colts’ Jonathan Taylor Trade Request Status Made Clear

Sharks Demote History-Making 21-Year Old

Sharks Demote History-Making 21-Year Old

Timberwolves Sign Ex-Pacers Forward After Anthony Edwards Injury News

Timberwolves Sign Ex-Pacers Forward After Anthony Edwards Injury News

Where is Russell Westbrook? Thunder Return Trends for OKC Legend

Where is Russell Westbrook? Thunder Return Trends for OKC Legend

Zach Benson Took 12 Games to Score a Goal — But This is Why Sabres Don’t Care

Zach Benson Took 12 Games to Score a Goal — But This is Why Sabres Don’t Care

Josh Downs Landing Spots: Colts WR Trade Request Opens Door to Chiefs, Others

Josh Downs Landing Spots: Colts WR Trade Request Opens Door to Chiefs, Others

USC’s Juju Watkins Makes Return — While Saniyah Hall Puts Country On Notice

USC’s Juju Watkins Makes Return — While Saniyah Hall Puts Country On Notice

Syracuse’s Gavin Doty Finds New Reality After Transfer

Syracuse’s Gavin Doty Finds New Reality After Transfer

Heat’s 0-4 Start Has Bam Adebayo, Klay Thompson Decisions to Blame

Heat’s 0-4 Start Has Bam Adebayo, Klay Thompson Decisions to Blame

Jaguars’ Brian Thomas Jr. Given Positive Trade Outlook

Jaguars’ Brian Thomas Jr. Given Positive Trade Outlook

Giants Linked To Signing $45 Million Slugger

Giants Linked To Signing $45 Million Slugger

Cavaliers Watch Ty Jerome, Darius Garland While Counting On James Harden

Cavaliers Watch Ty Jerome, Darius Garland While Counting On James Harden

Trail Blazers’ Yang Hansen Missing From Hype as ‘Chinese Jokic’

Trail Blazers’ Yang Hansen Missing From Hype as ‘Chinese Jokic’

Grizzlies Watch as Ja Morant Shines for Trail Blazers

Grizzlies Watch as Ja Morant Shines for Trail Blazers

76ers’ Paul George Trade Helping Celtics More Than Expected

76ers’ Paul George Trade Helping Celtics More Than Expected

Colorado Split Looms Between Deion Sanders, Julian Lewis

Colorado Split Looms Between Deion Sanders, Julian Lewis

Dolphins Passed on Justin Tucker, but Chiefs Didn’t

Dolphins Passed on Justin Tucker, but Chiefs Didn’t

Bryce Underwood Leaving Michigan Made Clear in New Report

Bryce Underwood Leaving Michigan Made Clear in New Report

Guardians Face $9.6 Million Jo Adell Decision With Potential Split

Guardians Face $9.6 Million Jo Adell Decision With Potential Split

Oregon’s Dylan Raiola Plans Might Involve 3rd Team After Nebraska Transfer

Oregon’s Dylan Raiola Plans Might Involve 3rd Team After Nebraska Transfer