JOON LEE / WRITING
Reported features, notebook entries, and profiles gathered from the games, rooms, and conversations that stay with you.
SPORTS
sports
SPORTS
How American Sports Leagues Sold Out And Shattered Sports Culture
New York Times · 2025
sports
SPORTS
Can a Union Fix This? Minor Leaguers Say Poverty-Level Pay, Poor Housing Are Driving a ‘Mental Health Crisis’
ESPN · 2021
sports
SPORTS
Inside the Rise of MLB’s Ivy League Culture: Stunning Numbers and a Question of What’s Next
ESPN · 2020
Nominated for the Dan Jenkins Medal for Excellence in Sportswriting, 2021 · Recognized by The Best American Sportswriting Series, 2021
sports
SPORTS
How Younghoe Koo’s Career Went from NFL Nightmare to the Pro Bowl
ESPN · 2020
sports
SPORTS
How the Internet Helped Crack the Astros’ Sign-Stealing Scandal
ESPN · 2020
Named Engadget’s Best Longform Writing, 2020
sports
SPORTS
Why Mark Appel, Perhaps the Biggest Bust in MLB History, Is Stepping Away at 26
Bleacher Report · 2018
CULTURE
culture
CULTURE
How BTS Helped Me Bridge My Korean and American Identities
Andscape · 2022
culture
CULTURE
Unwritten Rules Are Made to Be Broken! How a New Generation Is Shifting MLB’s Culture
ESPN · 2021
culture
CULTURE
Election 2020: How Does Political Perception Differ From Reality in American Sports?
ESPN · 2020
culture
CULTURE
Instagram Is the New Mixtape for High School Hoops
ESPN · 2020
culture
CULTURE
Is Mike Felger the Most Influential Person in Boston?
The Boston Globe · 2025
PROFILES
PROFILES
PROFILES
The People Behind the Scoreboard
A placeholder profile of the people whose small decisions become part of the game’s memory.
PROFILES
PROFILES
Kylian Mbappé, The Boy Who Would Be King
Bleacher Report · 2017
PROFILES
PROFILES
Chloe Kim Is Just Getting Started
Bleacher Report · 2018
PROFILES
PROFILES
The Hungriest Man on Earth
Bleacher Report · 2017
PROFILES
PROFILES
The Kid Who Revolutionized YouTube’s Tech Reviews (Marques Brownlee)
The Ringer · 2016
PROFILES
PROFILES
The Rise of Mookie Betts: How One of Baseball’s Biggest Surprises Is No Surprise at All
SB Nation · 2015