Joon Lee
Is An
Independent
Sports Journalist

He reports on his YouTube channel, run by his production company, Morning Announcements. His work has appeared in The New York Times, ESPN and The Washington Post

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Joon Lee
Is An
Independent
Sports Journalist

He reports on his YouTube channel, run by his production company, Morning Announcements. His work has appeared in The New York Times, ESPN and The Washington Post

WATCH THE VIDEOS

Read the clips

Contact Joon

Joon Lee
Is An
Independent
Sports Journalist

He reports on his YouTube channel, run by his production company, Morning Announcements. His work has appeared in The New York Times, ESPN and The Washington Post

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Contact Joon

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Independent Sports Journalism on youtube

Each video takes one story from the world of sports and follows it wherever it leads — into media, money, history and culture.

Editorial independence matters. Joon does not accept sponsorships from sportsbooks or prediction markets.

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Sports business
How Gambling Controls Sports & America
A deep dive into how the rise of the sports gambling industry influences the sports leagues, media outlets, athletes and fandom.
Soccer
America's Long War Against Soccer
How a generation of Americans came to embrace soccer as a global identity — and why their parents spent decades trying to stop them.
THE HARDEST THING IN SPORTS
I FACED AN MLB Pitcher. It changed how i watch sports.
After spending years critiquing players from the press box, I decided to step into the batter's box against an active MLB pitcher and see how it changed my perspective on professional sports.
Sports fandom
How sources actually work in sports
A closer look at the reporting relationships behind the stories that shape sports
06 / FAVORITE
What the World Cup revealed about america
How the World Cup came home to a country still figuring out what it means — and what happens when the world's most political tournament lands in the middle of America's most politically fractured moment.
Sports Fandom
How Knockoff jerseys Became Better than real ones
How Fanatics cornered the market on your favorite team's gear, and what happened to quality, competition and fans when one company won everything.
Sports business
EXPOsing the Dark money controlling sports
How private equity's takeover of professional sports is quietly replacing the logic of winning with the logic of Wall Street.

Sports business
How Gambling Controls Sports & America
A deep dive into how the rise of the sports gambling industry influences the sports leagues, media outlets, athletes and fandom.
Soccer
America's Long War Against Soccer
How a generation of Americans came to embrace soccer as a global identity — and why their parents spent decades trying to stop them.
THE HARDEST THING IN SPORTS
I FACED AN MLB Pitcher. It changed how i watch sports.
After spending years critiquing players from the press box, I decided to step into the batter's box against an active MLB pitcher and see how it changed my perspective on professional sports.
Sports fandom
How sources actually work in sports
A closer look at the reporting relationships behind the stories that shape sports
06 / FAVORITE
What the World Cup revealed about america
How the World Cup came home to a country still figuring out what it means — and what happens when the world's most political tournament lands in the middle of America's most politically fractured moment.
Sports Fandom
How Knockoff jerseys Became Better than real ones
How Fanatics cornered the market on your favorite team's gear, and what happened to quality, competition and fans when one company won everything.
Sports business
EXPOsing the Dark money controlling sports
How private equity's takeover of professional sports is quietly replacing the logic of winning with the logic of Wall Street.

ABOUT Joon

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Joon Lee is an independent sports journalist and the creator of Morning Announcements. He’s written for The New York Times and The Boston Globe, and previously worked at ESPN, Bleacher Report, and The Washington Post — interviewing and photographing everyone from Kylian Mbappé and Shohei Ohtani to David Ortiz and Action Bronson.

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The full story of how Joon started reporting in the Boston Red Sox clubhouse as a teenager, landed at ESPN and went independent.

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In May 2025, YouTube named him a Creator on the Rise. His work has been featured in The Best American Sports Writing series and recognized as a finalist for the Dan Jenkins Medal for Excellence in Sportswriting.

Born in Seoul, bred in Boston, he likes movies, BTS and a good hamburger.