Jon Heyman | |
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| Born | (1961-02-07)February 7, 1961 (age 65) Santa Fe,New Mexico, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Northwestern University (B.A.) |
| Occupation | Sportswriter |
Jon Heyman (born February 7, 1961) is an American baseball columnist for theNew York Post, a baseball insider forMLB Network andWFAN Radio and co-host withJoel Sherman of the baseball podcastThe Show.
Heyman has also appeared as a guest on numerous radio and TV programs, includingMike and the Mad Dog,The Michael Kay Show,Quite Frankly with Stephen A. Smith,Mike'd Up andJim Rome is Burning.
Heyman was born inSanta Fe, New Mexico and grew up inCedarhurst, New York. He is Jewish and had hisbar mitzvah at Temple Sinai inLawrence, New York in 1974.[1] Heyman graduated fromLawrence High School in 1979 andNorthwestern University'sMedill School of Journalism in 1983.
Heyman began his professional career as a sports writer withThe Daily Dispatch inMoline, Illinois.
Heyman spent 16 years atNewsday, where he served as theNew York Yankees beat writer, baseball columnist and general sports columnist. From 1999 to 2000, Heyman was a baseball columnist forThe Sporting News.
Heyman joinedSports Illustrated in July 2006. AtSI, Heyman generally reported on baseball news year-round and wrote a baseball notes column called The Daily Scoop forSI.com. The Daily Scoop ran most weekdays during the baseball season and twice a week during the offseason.
In 2009, Heyman joined the newly launchedMLB Network as a baseball insider. In theSports Illustrated magazine, Heyman frequently wrote an "Inside Baseball" column. In December 2011, Heyman leftSports Illustrated to cover baseball forCBS Sports following the 2011 MLB Winter Meetings.[2] In 2016, Heyman left CBS Sports and joined the FanRag Sports Network as an MLB insider and senior writer for Today's Knuckleball.
In April 2022, Heyman joined theNew York Post as a baseball columnist. He and fellowNew York Post baseball columnist Joel Sherman soon after launched a podcast entitledTheShow.
In December 2022, Heyman tweeted "Arson(sic)Judge appears headed to theGiants." Minutes later, Heyman deleted the tweet and issued a follow-up tweet reading: "Giants say they have not heard on Aaron Judge, [my] apologies for jumping the gun."[3]
In a New York Post article published December 2023 addressing the conclusion of Shohei Ohtani free agency, Heyman made numerous controversial statements regarding the possibility of Ohtani signing in Toronto, including "...this is much better for Major League Baseball." "Toronto is a beautiful city, too, but for non-hockey sports, there’s a small-time feel to the place." "The Jays may have been a better opportunity for marketing dollars because they represent an entire country — certainly for the team and maybe for him — but he has to live, too." "LA is where Ohtani belongs. Just glad he knew that, too."[4]
In December 2024, Heyman was involved in a verbal altercation withWFAN host Keith McPherson. After McPherson brought up Heyman's now-infamous “Arson Judge” tweet and his relationship with agentScott Boras, Heyman accused McPherson of “questioning [his] integrity” and pledged that he was “done with WFAN” before abruptly ending the interview.[5]
