Joon Lee
Independent Sports Journalist
Prev: ESPN, B/R
New York City via Boston & Seoul 🇰🇷
In June 2023, I got laid off from my dream job at ESPN.
For the next two years, I wasn’t allowed to write, go on TV, or start a YouTube channel.
So I did the only thing I could: I stopped. I watched sports like a fan again.
That’s when I realized something.
Sports media is broken.
And I started planning for something new.
Link to full video in bio
In June 2023, I got laid off from my dream job at ESPN.
For the next two years, I wasn’t allowed to write, go on TV, or start a YouTube channel.
So I did the only thing I could: I stopped. I watched sports like a fan again.
That’s when I realized something.
Sports media is broken.
And I started planning for something new.
Link to full video in bio
In June 2023, I got laid off from my dream job at ESPN.
For the next two years, I wasn’t allowed to write, go on TV, or start a YouTube channel.
So I did the only thing I could: I stopped. I watched sports like a fan again.
That’s when I realized something.
Sports media is broken.
And I started planning for something new.
Link to full video in bio
In June 2023, I got laid off from my dream job at ESPN.
For the next two years, I wasn’t allowed to write, go on TV, or start a YouTube channel.
So I did the only thing I could: I stopped. I watched sports like a fan again.
That’s when I realized something.
Sports media is broken.
And I started planning for something new.
Link to full video in bio
In June 2023, I got laid off from my dream job at ESPN.
For the next two years, I wasn’t allowed to write, go on TV, or start a YouTube channel.
So I did the only thing I could: I stopped. I watched sports like a fan again.
That’s when I realized something.
Sports media is broken.
And I started planning for something new.
Link to full video in bio
In June 2023, I got laid off from my dream job at ESPN.
For the next two years, I wasn’t allowed to write, go on TV, or start a YouTube channel.
So I did the only thing I could: I stopped. I watched sports like a fan again.
That’s when I realized something.
Sports media is broken.
And I started planning for something new.
Link to full video in bio
In June 2023, I got laid off from my dream job at ESPN.
For the next two years, I wasn’t allowed to write, go on TV, or start a YouTube channel.
So I did the only thing I could: I stopped. I watched sports like a fan again.
That’s when I realized something.
Sports media is broken.
And I started planning for something new.
Link to full video in bio
In June 2023, I got laid off from my dream job at ESPN.
For the next two years, I wasn’t allowed to write, go on TV, or start a YouTube channel.
So I did the only thing I could: I stopped. I watched sports like a fan again.
That’s when I realized something.
Sports media is broken.
And I started planning for something new.
Link to full video in bio
26 years ago, my mom immigrated to 🇺🇸 not speaking English fluently
after sending two kids to college, she went back to school and got a masters degree in interior architecture
this week, she started her first full-time job in America
사랑해요 엄마 ❤️ @singinartwork

Moderating a conversation with Boston mayor Michelle Wu at the @aspeninstitute Project Play Summit about the rising cost of youth sports and how cities can make sports more accessible.

Whether you’re a casual or a diehard, we highly suggest you take a look at @Joon’s work.
He’s attempting to bridge the hardcore sports fan (like him) to “the fans who do love sports, but they love it in a different way and in a way that reflects society and culture and politics.”
As a team that identifies as nearly every “type” of sports fan, we’re big fans of this kind of coverage.
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Whether you’re a casual or a diehard, we highly suggest you take a look at @Joon’s work.
He’s attempting to bridge the hardcore sports fan (like him) to “the fans who do love sports, but they love it in a different way and in a way that reflects society and culture and politics.”
As a team that identifies as nearly every “type” of sports fan, we’re big fans of this kind of coverage.
For the full Creator Spotlight, subscribe in our bio.
Whether you’re a casual or a diehard, we highly suggest you take a look at @Joon’s work.
He’s attempting to bridge the hardcore sports fan (like him) to “the fans who do love sports, but they love it in a different way and in a way that reflects society and culture and politics.”
As a team that identifies as nearly every “type” of sports fan, we’re big fans of this kind of coverage.
For the full Creator Spotlight, subscribe in our bio.

Whether you’re a casual or a diehard, we highly suggest you take a look at @Joon’s work.
He’s attempting to bridge the hardcore sports fan (like him) to “the fans who do love sports, but they love it in a different way and in a way that reflects society and culture and politics.”
As a team that identifies as nearly every “type” of sports fan, we’re big fans of this kind of coverage.
For the full Creator Spotlight, subscribe in our bio.
Whether you’re a casual or a diehard, we highly suggest you take a look at @Joon’s work.
He’s attempting to bridge the hardcore sports fan (like him) to “the fans who do love sports, but they love it in a different way and in a way that reflects society and culture and politics.”
As a team that identifies as nearly every “type” of sports fan, we’re big fans of this kind of coverage.
For the full Creator Spotlight, subscribe in our bio.

Whether you’re a casual or a diehard, we highly suggest you take a look at @Joon’s work.
He’s attempting to bridge the hardcore sports fan (like him) to “the fans who do love sports, but they love it in a different way and in a way that reflects society and culture and politics.”
As a team that identifies as nearly every “type” of sports fan, we’re big fans of this kind of coverage.
For the full Creator Spotlight, subscribe in our bio.
It’s now more lucrative to have a losing sports team than a championship team.
We examined the Boston Red Sox to see how private equity and cost cutting invaded sports.
In this era, teams want to sell good players for profit more than they want to have a good season.
Video by: Joon Lee and Addison Post
I’m trying to understand what the hardest thing in sports actually is. So I went to explore NASCAR, where the legendary @jimmiejohnson showed me how this world really works.
And then I drove a race car myself. Link in bio!
Since sports betting was legalized in 2018, it has exploded into a $13B industry and launched a new wave of high-profile scandals. Sports creator Joon Lee tells Michel Martin what ultimately scares him most about this new trend. #Amanpour #AmanpourPBS #pbs

Sports weren’t corrupted by gamblers. It got sold out by the people who made gambling central to the business model.
New @nytopinion column: how gambling became the engine driving American life — starting with sports (link in bio)

Sports weren’t corrupted by gamblers. It got sold out by the people who made gambling central to the business model.
New @nytopinion column: how gambling became the engine driving American life — starting with sports (link in bio)

Sports weren’t corrupted by gamblers. It got sold out by the people who made gambling central to the business model.
New @nytopinion column: how gambling became the engine driving American life — starting with sports (link in bio)

Sports weren’t corrupted by gamblers. It got sold out by the people who made gambling central to the business model.
New @nytopinion column: how gambling became the engine driving American life — starting with sports (link in bio)

Sports weren’t corrupted by gamblers. It got sold out by the people who made gambling central to the business model.
New @nytopinion column: how gambling became the engine driving American life — starting with sports (link in bio)

Sports weren’t corrupted by gamblers. It got sold out by the people who made gambling central to the business model.
New @nytopinion column: how gambling became the engine driving American life — starting with sports (link in bio)
Went on CNN to talk about how the increasing cost of paywalls in sports is hurting community in America

Joon Lee broke down the ‘Absolute s— show’ between Rafael Devers and the Boston Red Sox 😳

Joon Lee broke down the ‘Absolute s— show’ between Rafael Devers and the Boston Red Sox 😳

Joon Lee broke down the ‘Absolute s— show’ between Rafael Devers and the Boston Red Sox 😳

Joon Lee broke down the ‘Absolute s— show’ between Rafael Devers and the Boston Red Sox 😳

Joon Lee broke down the ‘Absolute s— show’ between Rafael Devers and the Boston Red Sox 😳

Joon Lee broke down the ‘Absolute s— show’ between Rafael Devers and the Boston Red Sox 😳

Joon Lee broke down the ‘Absolute s— show’ between Rafael Devers and the Boston Red Sox 😳

Joon Lee broke down the ‘Absolute s— show’ between Rafael Devers and the Boston Red Sox 😳
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