{"id":117337,"date":"2017-09-12T07:44:23","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T15:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=117337"},"modified":"2017-09-12T07:47:03","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T15:47:03","slug":"lat-espns-sergio-dipp-posts-a-heartfelt-video-after-his-awkward-debut-as-a-monday-night-football-sideline-reporter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=117337","title":{"rendered":"LAT: ESPN&#8217;s Sergio Dipp posts a heartfelt video after his awkward debut as a &#8216;Monday Night Football&#8217; sideline reporter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The announcers for last night&#8217;s Chargers-Broncos game were the worst I&#8217;ve experienced.<\/p>\n<p>I came home after a hard day. I just wanted to watch some football and relax but these guys were awful. It sounded like ESPN was using a tranny to do the play by play but it turned out to be even worse than I expected &#8212; a woman. I don&#8217;t want women narrating my football games.<\/p>\n<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/sportsnow\/la-sp-sergio-dipp-mnf-20170912-story.html\">Chuck Schilken from the Los Angeles Times writes<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Sergio Dipp became an instant star Monday night with a memorably awkward sideline report during ESPN\u2019s broadcast of the Chargers\u2019 game against the Denver Broncos.<\/p>\n<p>Early the next morning, however, Dipp showed why he was given the \u201cMonday Night Football\u201d gig in the first place, by giving a heartfelt statement about the experience in a video that he posted on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a couple of hours now, trying to digest what just happened to a 29-year-old Mexican guy like me,\u201d Dipp said in the video. \u201cIt\u2019s 9\/11, I\u2019m in Denver, Colo., and this is the NFL, a \u2018Monday Night Football\u2019 game between the Broncos and the Chargers, the biggest stage possible. I was starting my elementary school Sept. 11, 2001, in Caliexico, Calif., born in Mexicali, Baha California, but growing up in the American environment as a minority \u2014 a minority like head coaches Vance Joseph [of the Broncos] and Anthony Lynn [of the Chargers].<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dear <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/espn\">@espn<\/a>,<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps you should wait until robots are a bit more life-like before bringing out Sergio Dipp again.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U4Y2PXZmY1\">https:\/\/t.co\/U4Y2PXZmY1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mark (@TheMarkRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheMarkRomano\/status\/907596443841712128\">September 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you&#8230; <\/p>\n<p>And God bless America.\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\u2714\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mYXwBNFB6g\">pic.twitter.com\/mYXwBNFB6g<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sergio Dipp (@SergioADippW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SergioADippW\/status\/907560822301270017\">September 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Who is Chuck Schilken? Well, this is the picture he uses for his profile:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/la-bio-chuck-schilken.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/la-bio-chuck-schilken-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-117338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/la-bio-chuck-schilken-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/la-bio-chuck-schilken.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s one scary dude. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The announcers for last night&#8217;s Chargers-Broncos game were the worst I&#8217;ve experienced. I came home after a hard day. I just wanted to watch some football and relax but these guys were awful. 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