Joon Lee
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sports! • previously: espn, b/r • born in seoul 🇰🇷, bred in boston • workwith @joon .me
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as a kid, would’ve been unimaginable to hear korean being spoken from the white house podium
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need this collaboration more than I need water
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I like to imagine there's a Skip Bayless in the Pokémon world calling Ash Ketchum a fraud because he won one championship in 26 years
Ash and Pikachu’s journey has ended after almost 26 years.
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With all of the Anti-Asian sentiment around the world over the last week, things feel like they’re starting to reach a boiling between the slew of hate crimes and the racism directed towards community icons like BTS and Jeremy Lin
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Fascinating that BTS is speaking this freely about the last few years leading up to hiatus, feels the group is breaking new ground for K-Pop
The band pausing at peak popularity and Proof being essentially a greatest hits album indicates they have confidence they can return
From some point, RM thinks his role had simply become a rapping machine and English speaker -- the group was able to trundle along with each member doing their assigned bit, but it meant he began to feel more and more trapped from last year. +
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cause American media refuses to cover Kpop seriously 🧐
How are people only now learning that Kpop fans are the world’s most powerful demographic? If I was running for president the first thing I’d do is seek a BTS endorsement.
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every time I see BTS kill it on a national platform in the US, can’t help but think about how much I would’ve freaked out following their success as a kid growing up here and how an entire generation of Korean-Americans can be inspired by their international excellence
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my full
@AroundTheHorn
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what would it cost for Nathan Fielder to recreate Citi Field to rehearse being on the Jumbotron
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Jeremy Lin: “Being a 9-year NBA veteran doesn’t protect me from being called ‘coronavirus’ on the court.”
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the man who called the world series trophy “a piece of metal” smiling on a day when mlb cancels games
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Growing up, I struggled to bridge my Korean and American identities, which made me question whether I belonged in the United States and contributed to my anxiety and depression
And then along came BTS
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Nick Castellanos getting suspended two games for something that happens literally every night in the NBA is baseball culture in a nutshell
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at least once a year, i turn on a national event and a-rod will somehow just be there for some reason, fulfilling his destiny as baseball's forrest gump
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I think Wander Franco just unlocked a new level of breaking the unwritten rules
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in less than 24 hours, the BTS fandom has raised more than $800,000 to match the band's donation $1 million donation to
#BlackLivesMatter
the passion of Army is equally inspiring and terrifying
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there's a massive misconception that BTS fans are all screaming teenagers. For those of you who might think that, I would implore you to watch RM's speech at the United Nations to understand why Army is passionate about the group's social message
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Umpire Hunter Wendeltstedt wore Jordan 11s during the Braves - Phillies game last night
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song of the summer incoming
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lmao that this counted as work today
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BTS is selling out stadiums across America, topping the Billboard charts with sales and playing the late-night talk shows, yet the dying medium of terrestrial music radio still refuses to play Kpop unless there’s an American artist like Halsey or Lauv attached
🧐🧐🧐
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me before navigating TicketMaster to get BTS tickets vs me after getting tickets
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Telling anyone -- let alone a generational, one-in-a-lifetime baseball talent who's currently doing something completely unprecedented -- to just "learn English" completely underestimates and devalues the difficulty of immigrating to the United States
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the pitch location on two of Shohei Ohtani's most recent homers lmao
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“you’re never gonna perform at the nba all-star game” is such a specific insult for anyone to tell dj khaled
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June 6, 5:47 PM: Variety drops news BTS donated $1 million to
#BlackLivesMatter
June 7, 8:45 PM: Army fandom matches with $1 million-plus
Incredible.
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Mookie’s dad, Willie, is a veteran of the Vietnam War and the Air Force
Mookie Betts kneeled during the national anthem before the Dodgers' game vs. the Giants.
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Truly awful that Edwin Diaz got hurt during the WBC but nobody is trying to get rid of spring training games because Gavin Lux suffered a season-ending injury during an exhibition
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the lines for the BTS merch booth make Supreme drops look like child’s play
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SUGA — whose stage name is short for shooting guard — recently told Vogue Korea that Damian Lillard is his favorite player
#BTS
.
@dame_lillard
+ Suga from
@BTS_twt
is the pair you never knew you needed!
#NBAAllStar
|
@bts_bighit
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BTS going from overlooked underdog K-Pop group to singing Korean in a song with Coldplay 🇰🇷📈 what a journey!
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Younghoe Koo gave himself three years to stick in the NFL after graduation
“I can sit at a desk and get a job when I’m 40,” he told himself after he was cut by the Chargers
How the 🇰🇷 Falcons kicker came back and became a Pro Bowler
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The 🇰🇷 team somehow beating Portugal and advancing to the knockout round
And RM drops an unbelievable new album
What a day for South Korea
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a lot can happen between now and a potential BTS return -- solo projects, life, etc -- but the group seems to be operating like they're gonna be touring 20-30+ years from now like they're the Rolling Stones, KISS, The Eagles, Grateful Dead
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Shohei Ohtani currently leads baseball in homers alongside players like Aaron Judge and Ronald Acuña Jr. (12 HR) and also has the same ERA as Max Scherzer (2.10 ERA)
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Love that Shohei Ohtani not being fluent in English did not prevent GQ from doing a 10 Essentials video
This is the future. You shouldn’t have to be fluent in English to be a global ambassador for a sport and connect with fans in America
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attacking Palo Alto native Jeremy Lin — who’s faced a lifetime of prejudice in the American basketball community — unprovoked does nothing but fuel resentment towards Asians in the United States
Shame on you
@JLin7
Haven’t you had enough of that Dirty Chinese Communist Party money feeding you to stay silent?
How disgusting of you to turn your back against your country & your people.
Stand with Taiwan!
Stop bowing to money & the Dictatorship.
Morals over Money brother
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most visually satisfying thing i’ve ever seen on a sports broadcast
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RIP Jerry Remy, forever a Red Sox legend in the broadcast booth who helped millions around New England fall in love with baseball
All hail “Here Comes the Pizza”
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Francisco Lindor wearing the jacket from Coming to America at spring training
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I look like the crazy father, just like they said about Richard Williams. But love will make you do crazy things as there’s a drive into deep left field by Castellanos. It will be a home run & so that will make it a 4-0 ballgame.
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oh my god did k-pop stans get andrew wiggins into the all-star game
It’s the best time to begin 2022! He is one of the best two-way players!
Wiggs deserves to be an All-Star, vote Andrew Wiggins into the 2022 NBA All-Star Game..and I can’t wait to meet you all very soon
#AndrewWiggins
#NBAAllStar
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BREAKING: Minor Leaguers have been sent a card to vote on designating the MLBPA as their collective bargaining representative
More to come at
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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 ❤️
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MLB obviously wants to grow the game among young people, but choosing to partner with Barstool is a business decision that will actively push away some of the fastest-growing fan groups watching baseball
NEWS: MLB & Barstool Sports in significant talks to broadcast games, The Post has learned.
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ah yes, the famous thing about boston is that nobody in the city has an accent
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My time at ESPN is over
Incredibly grateful for all the opportunities I received over the last four-plus years. I got to live out my literal childhood dream job, worked with some of the most talented people and made so many friends.
Really excited to see whatever comes next
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as jarring as it is to have BTS at the White House, hard not to think about the absurd state of American culture and identity politics that puts a Korean band in the position of speaking for violence committed against people in a country they don’t even live in
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BTS put themselves in a position to return with more hype after enlistment and solo projects, which would be a first for K-Pop
For all of the content they put out, they somehow left the fans wanting more
BTS and HYBE aren't moving like old-school K-Pop, feels breaking ground
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The rise in hate crimes against Asian-Americans is recent since the start of COVID, but the marginalization is embedded in this country’s history
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the connective tissue for AAPI people is how others perceive the community, the racism that lumps us together as one
it’s an absurd burden that BTS needs to shoulder this for people in a country they don’t live in
representation matters, but it can only go so far
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in a world where Mike Trout doesn’t exist, we’re talking about Mookie Betts in pretty similar terms as a generational talent
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Minor leaguers are sold the idea that the climb to MLB represents the American Dream, an equal opportunity for everyone
The reality: poverty-level pay, poor housing, a system favoring wealth and a mental health crisis
“It’s a black eye for the country”
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For tonight’s game between the Yankees and Rays, both teams are tweeting about the impact of gun violence instead of providing game updates
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when mlb can’t acknowledge any current player because of the lockout
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remember when the white sox traded fernando tatis jr for james shields
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Despite not speaking English publicly, Shohei Ohtani is the face of baseball because the fans chose him, nobody else
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The fact that this type of lazy racism keeps popping up around Shohei Ohtani speaks to so much of the media being apathetic and lacking any empathy towards the AAPI experience
Jack Morris apologies before Shohei Otani's at-bat in the ninth inning.
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one yankees fan ordered an oscar the grouch costume so he could bang a trash can while the astros are hitting
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Shohei Ohtani dropped a 🐐-level hype video to announce he’s gonna be in the Home Run Derby
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since this clip is reaching folks who don’t follow
@AroundtheHorn
, this was taped before the show and the background noise is the crew setting up the other remote cameras and had nothing to do with what I was saying
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Oswaldo Cabrera's charm necklace bringing a lot of J-Hope vibes to the Yankees right now
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In 2010, when David Ortiz was hitting .149 and people were calling him washed and that he should retire, Pedroia jumped to his defense
"Couple years ago, I had 60 at-bats, I was hitting .170 and everyone was ready to kill me too. What happened?"
"Laser Show."
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Emma Stone got loudly booed at Citi Field after she was shown on the Jumbotron wearing a San Diego Padres starter jacket
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The success of BTS is routinely undervalued because of the stigma around the K Pop industry (which is based off the US corporate model) and their fan base is routinely written off as a bunch of teenage girls, despite their proven cultural clout
i wish i didn’t have to spend such a big part of my piece about becoming a bts fan in 2019 on racism, but this is the world we live in. if it’s not matthias matuschik comparing them to covid it’s something else.
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The meeting between MLB and the MLBPA is over. The meeting lasted less than an hour.
As expected, there’s no deal
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Third baseman Justin Turner and the Boston Red Sox are in agreement on a contract, sources tell me and
@JeffPassan
Turner, 38, is expected to spend most of his time at designated hitter or first base, with Rafael Devers at third. Turner had been a Dodger for the last nine years
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The Oakland's Mayor's office released a statement pushing back against Manfred's assertion that there was no offer from Oakland
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ladies and gentlemen, one of the greatest athletes to ever roam planet earth
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Folks need to stop comparing Shohei Ohtani to Babe Ruth
Shohei Ohtani is the first Shohei Ohtani
Nobody’s ever done what he’s done in a half season, and it’s somehow still not getting enough media coverage
Another milestone for Shohei Ohtani 👏👏
He hit home run No. 32 which breaks Hideki Matsui's record for most homers by a Japanese player in a major league season.
(via
@Angels
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Minor leaguers for the Los Angeles Angels are sharing camper vans in trailer parks, sleeping in apartment kitchens and living out of cars
Now, minor leaguers are going on the record to speak up
“Arte Moreno wouldn’t have his kids live like this.”
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“Sports are like the reward of a functioning society”
“We need help from the general public. If they want baseball, please wear a mask, social distance, keep washing your hands”
Sean Doolittle lays out the stakes of what’s going on right now in MLB
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If Jungkook and Heung-Min Son take a selfie together at the World Cup, the Korean internet infrastructure will melt down
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There’s a common thread with all of these stories: groups that are undervalued and misconstrued by mainstream media in large part because of their Asian heritage
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Went on
@FirstTake
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@stephenasmith
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“What a marvelous moment for baseball. What a marvelous moment for Atlanta and the state of Georgia. What a marvelous moment for the country and the world.”
RIP Hank Aaron, a true legend and pioneer
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