HEATHER RULE
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written rule of sports


Heather is the Written Rule of Sports. She is a freelance sports journalist for hire located in the suburbs of Minnesota's Twin Cities. She's covered a variety of sports at the professional, collegiate and high school levels, plus she's written plenty of profiles and feature stories about athletes.

From 2015-2020 she worked as an in-game social media coordinator for Major League Baseball, providing in-game coverage for the Minnesota Twins social media accounts (mostly Twitter). She stayed in the same role from 2021-23, working directly for the Minnesota Twins organization. 

She's also written 12 non-fiction children's sports books. Heather earned a journalism degree from the University of St. Thomas and has more than a decade of experience working in the field in various capacities.
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Freelance work

Heather is a writer based in the Twin Cities, and her bylines have appeared in more than 20 print and online outlets. She's covered a variety of sports and events from high school to the pros, including the NHL Winter Classic, NCAA Frozen Four, Hockey Day Minnesota and the Minnesota high school boys' state hockey tournament.
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Minnesota Twins social media

During the 2015-23 baseball seasons, Heather watched nearly all the Minnesota Twins games from either the Target Field press box or at home, providing in-game updates to the team's Twitter account in her role as in-game social media coordinator.
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Children's books

All 12 of Heather's non-fiction children's books tell various sports stories. The topics range from Wayne Gretzky to the Olympics and auto racing.

testimonials


"If you're looking for someone versatile with an extremely hard work ethic, Heather Rule is your person."​

- Nadine Babu
​CEO and social media strategist at Babu Social Networks


"Heather is one of the most determined reporters I know. She works incredibly hard at accuracy and objectivity, and she tries to answer questions before readers ask them." 

- Kay Fate
​former Post-Bulletin reporter


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[email protected]    |    ​Last modified May 2025    |   Copyright 2010    |   ​ Twin Cities, Minn.
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