Eric Avidon

Eric Avidon, a journalist with more than two decades of experience as a reporter and editor, covers business analytics for TechTarget Editorial's News Group. He began his career writing about financial markets in his hometown of New York City before moving to Massachusetts and becoming a sports reporter and editor for 17 years. During his time covering sports, he spent 12 years on the Boston College football beat and eight covering the Red Sox. Just prior to joining TechTarget, he spent two years as the sports editor of the MetroWest Daily News.

Avidon, a Bard College alumnus, values time with his wife and daughter and is a fitness enthusiast who enjoys swimming, biking, rowing and slowly building a home gym. He's also an avid reader of fiction, and having left sports journalism behind is rediscovering how to be a fan.

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