Evin Demirel
china
The World's Biggest Joe Johnson Fan Lives in China, and He Still Believes
Catching up with the most enthusiastic Joe Johnson fan in the world: a 29-year-old engineer in China who goes by Yonsan, and is still on board with IsoJoe.
Evin Demirel
10.29.15
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Winning The MVP, Losing The Game: A Conversation With Chuck Howley
LeBron James dominated the NBA Finals, but didn't win MVP honors. We talked to Chuck Howley, the last player to win MVP in a losing effort, about how it feels.
Evin Demirel
6.19.15
Motherboard Blog
The Hard-Hitting Film the NFL Doesn't Want You To See Could Change the Game for Good
"League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis," a documentary airing on PBS Tuesday night based on a book that was released this week, is the most direct assault on the league to date.
Evin Demirel
10.9.13
Sports
Will PBS Deliver the Death Blow to the NFL?
League of Denial, the new documentary produced by PBS’s Frontline, doesn't reveal much that is totally new about how football damages brains, but it's still shocking to see how much the NFL has concealed about its concussion crisis.
Evin Demirel
10.8.13
Sports
Joe Johnson Is Very Big in China: A Love Story
By day, Yonsan Johnson is an electrical engineer who ekes out the equivalent of $2,400 a year in a factory in northern China. By night, though, he manages the Chinese Joe Johnson Fan Club, and he has accumulated and edited what is likely the world’s...
Evin Demirel
5.2.13