Joon Lee
@joonlee
Making sense of sports • Journalist • Formerly: ESPN, B/R, WaPo • Born in Seoul 🇰🇷 Bred in Boston • [email protected]
In June 2023, ESPN laid me off from my dream job For two years, I wasn’t allowed to write, appear on TV or start a YouTube channel So I sat back, and watched sports as a fan And what I learned about the state of sports shocked me 🧵Thread
The Hansen Yang effect
BREAKING: Nine-time NBA All-Star Damian Lillard is finalizing a three-year, $42 million contract to return to the Portland Trail Blazers, sources tell ESPN. Deal is expected to include a player option in 2027-28 and a no-trade clause. A storybook reunion home for the 35-year-old.
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Red Sox have looked grittier the last few weeks than they have in a while. They’re winning games they’re supposed to win, holding leads. The bullpen has given the offense chances to claw back. They haven’t looked as shaky as they did early in the season.
NEW VIDEO - Seven NBA players tore their Achilles this season. That’s 5X the historical average. So what’s going on here? I talked to an NBA trainer to find out. youtu.be/qLnrX4OETks?si…
the beauty of a mid-summer low stakes baseball broadcast
the zoom in on his ass after discussing why they call cal raleigh ‘the big dumper’ god i love baseball
My favorite part about baseball is that every day, you might see something stupid that you've never seen before, like a baseball denting a ladder and turning into a double
Hitting a double that dents a ladder. Fenway is so silly and I love it.