Joon Lee Calculates the Cost of Being a Sports Fan
SI Media With Jimmy Traina
Sports Illustrated
4.7 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 19 June 2025
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
Episode 558 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with sports journalist, Joon Lee.
Earlier this week, Lee wrote a story titled, '$4,785. That’s How Much It Costs to Be a Sports Fan Now," for the "New York Times." The piece detailed what it costs someone to be a sports fan in 2025, from the abundance of streaming services sports fans need to subscribe to the massive increase in cost of attending live events. Lee explains how costs have skyrocketed in such a short time, how the fractured broadcast schedule has hurt sports fans, what's happened to sports bars in recent years and much more.
Lee also shares insights into the current state of sports media, discusses getting laid off from ESPN in 2023 and why YouTube is dominating the digital landscape.
Following Lee, Sal Licata from WFAN radio and SNY TV in New York joins Jimmy for their weekly "Traina Thoughts" segment. This week, they discuss Father's Day, feedback that came in after Jimmy bashed the Savannah Bananas, Stephen A. Smith playing solitaire during the NBA Finals, the new "Naked Gun" trailer and more.
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