Erik Anderson

Expertise:
NBA, NFL
Education:
University of Montana
Location:
Helena, Montana

Experience

Erik Anderson is an award-winning sports journalist covering the NBA, NFL and trading card market for Heavy.com. He focuses on the stories that matter the most to fans.

Anderson brings more than a decade of experience across sports journalism, athletic administration, media strategy, and digital communications. Before joining Heavy, he served as Communications Manager at Philo, where he led corporate storytelling, press relations, and brand content strategy for the national streaming television service. He previously worked as Sports Information Director at Carroll College and as a sports journalist for Independent Record and The Oregonian/OregonLive, where he covered high school, college and professional sports throughout the Pacific Northwest and Mountain West.

His work has appeared in prestigious outlets including ESPN, USA Today, The New York Times, and the Associated Press.

Education

Anderson graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of Montana. While there, he served as the senior editor (marketing development) of the Montana Journalism Review and the sports editor of the Montana Kaimin, the student-led newspaper. His work garnered multiple national awards and led to an internship with USA Today Sports, where he covered the NBA.

Latest Articles From Erik Anderson

Winter Olympics Medal Count Update: Team USA’s Elizabeth Lemley Wins Moguls Gold as Norway Extends Lead to 7 Gold

Winter Olympics Medal Count Update: Team USA’s Elizabeth Lemley Wins Moguls Gold as Norway Extends Lead to 7 Gold

Super Bowl Kickoff Time Is Set — Here’s Exactly When It Starts in Every Time Zone

Super Bowl Kickoff Time Is Set — Here’s Exactly When It Starts in Every Time Zone

Seahawks Make Late Roster Moves After Nick Emmanwori Injury Scare

Seahawks Make Late Roster Moves After Nick Emmanwori Injury Scare

Fernando Mendoza Drops a New, Wild Curt Cignetti Story After Indiana’s Title Run

Fernando Mendoza Drops a New, Wild Curt Cignetti Story After Indiana’s Title Run

ESPN Reunion Buzz Builds as Broncos Legend Floats a Return With Stephen A.

ESPN Reunion Buzz Builds as Broncos Legend Floats a Return With Stephen A.

Marshawn Lynch Drops Blunt Seahawks Admission Ahead of Super Bowl vs Patriots

Marshawn Lynch Drops Blunt Seahawks Admission Ahead of Super Bowl vs Patriots

Drake Maye’s Super Bowl Edge Might Be Seattle’s ‘Kryptonite’

Drake Maye’s Super Bowl Edge Might Be Seattle’s ‘Kryptonite’

Ex-Seahawks QB Explains the 1 Super Bowl Week Distraction Nobody Talks About

Ex-Seahawks QB Explains the 1 Super Bowl Week Distraction Nobody Talks About

Broncos Coach Sean Payton Sends Emotional Hall of Fame Note to Drew Brees

Broncos Coach Sean Payton Sends Emotional Hall of Fame Note to Drew Brees

Dallas GMs Open Up on Anthony Davis Trade Ahead of Mavericks vs Spurs

Dallas GMs Open Up on Anthony Davis Trade Ahead of Mavericks vs Spurs

Tyrese Haliburton Gets Major News Amid Achilles Injury Recovery

Tyrese Haliburton Gets Major News Amid Achilles Injury Recovery

Tetairoa McMillan Breaks Silence After Slur Clip Surfaces Hours Before NFL Honors

Tetairoa McMillan Breaks Silence After Slur Clip Surfaces Hours Before NFL Honors

Seahawks Star Sends Blunt Message to Travis Kelce on New Heights

Seahawks Star Sends Blunt Message to Travis Kelce on New Heights

Nets Cut Ties With Scoring Guard on Trade Deadline Day

Nets Cut Ties With Scoring Guard on Trade Deadline Day

Knicks Receive Strong Message After Jose Alvarado Trade

Knicks Receive Strong Message After Jose Alvarado Trade

Knicks Get Brutal Injury News Just After Jose Alvarado Trade

Knicks Get Brutal Injury News Just After Jose Alvarado Trade

Seahawks Legend’s Talk About ‘Availability’ Lands With Emmanwori Injury

Seahawks Legend’s Talk About ‘Availability’ Lands With Emmanwori Injury

Nick Emmanwori Injury: Seahawks DB Drops Huge Status Update

Nick Emmanwori Injury: Seahawks DB Drops Huge Status Update

Tom Brady Called out for His Seahawks-Patriots Super Bowl Comments

Tom Brady Called out for His Seahawks-Patriots Super Bowl Comments

NFL Honors: Saints Get More Great Tyler Shough News

NFL Honors: Saints Get More Great Tyler Shough News

What Time is the NBA Trade Deadline?

What Time is the NBA Trade Deadline?

James Harden’s ‘Forever a Clipper’ Post Hits Different After 4th Team in 5 Years

James Harden’s ‘Forever a Clipper’ Post Hits Different After 4th Team in 5 Years

Ja Morant Drops Cryptic Message as NBA Trade Deadline Nears

Ja Morant Drops Cryptic Message as NBA Trade Deadline Nears

Mavericks Make Huge Cooper Flagg Decision in Anthony Davis Wizards Trade

Mavericks Make Huge Cooper Flagg Decision in Anthony Davis Wizards Trade

Seahawks Legend Opens up on Seattle’s Super Bowl Run

Seahawks Legend Opens up on Seattle’s Super Bowl Run

Giannis Draws New ‘Attention’ in Latest NBA Trade Deadline Update

Giannis Draws New ‘Attention’ in Latest NBA Trade Deadline Update

Has Giannis Been Traded? Latest Rumors, NBA Trade Deadline News

Has Giannis Been Traded? Latest Rumors, NBA Trade Deadline News

Seahawks Get Massive Super Bowl Truth From Matt Hasselbeck

Seahawks Get Massive Super Bowl Truth From Matt Hasselbeck

Broncos, Garett Bolles Get Signature Moment at Pro Bowl 2026

Broncos, Garett Bolles Get Signature Moment at Pro Bowl 2026

Massive LeBron James Trade News Drops During Lakers vs. Nets

Massive LeBron James Trade News Drops During Lakers vs. Nets