Sergio Alejandro Dipp Walthe (born July 23, 1988) is a Mexican sportscaster for

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and

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. He co-hosts a Latin American edition of

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and

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. He also covers the

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for ESPN Deportes. Dipp has covered a variety of major sporting events. He served as a sideline reporter on

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for ''

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'' in 2017, covered four

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( XLVIII, XLIX, 50, LI) and was a commentator for the

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Early life

Dipp was born as Sergio Alejandro Dipp Walthe, in

Mexicali Mexicali (; ) is the capital city of the States of Mexico, Mexican state of Baja California. The city, which is the seat of the Mexicali Municipality, has a population of 689,775, according to the 2010 census, while the Calexico–Mexicali, Cale ...

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. Later, Dipp moved to

Monterrey, Nuevo León Monterrey (, , abbreviated as MtY) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León. It is the ninth-largest city and the second largest metropolitan area, after Greater Mexico City. Located at the foothills of th ...

. Dipp attended college in Monterrey, Mexico where he studied communications. While in Mexico, he played

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and was listed as a defensive-lineman.

Career

Early career

Dipp started his professional career in the sports section of "La Afición" in Milenio Television. Later for, Multimedios Deportes, he covered the

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, matches of the Mexico national football team and the 2012 Summer Olympics.

ESPN

Dipp was hired by ESPN in 2013, mainly to work for their Spanish counterpart, ESPN Deportes. In Week 11 of the NFL Season, Dipp covered the Raiders vs.

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game in

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for ''NFL Live'' and ''ESPN Sunday Countdown''.

''Monday Night Football''

In 2017, ESPN opened ''

'' with special back-to-back games. The regular broadcast team led by

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and

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covered the first game, and the second game was called by Beth Mowins,

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and Dipp. While reporting from the sideline in the first quarter, Dipp sounded unsure while providing a sideline report on Broncos' coach

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, at one point exuberantly saying, "And here he is, having the time of his life!" The video clip of Dipp's report gained attention on social media, and has continued to resurface in the years since. During the game, he did not appear on air again, but he did give off-air reports from the sidelines and held a post-game interview with Broncos quarterback

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. After the game, Dipp's producer, Tim Corrigan, said of Dipp: "In live television, anyone can have a difficult moment—reporters, producers, etc. It happens and he handled it with class." For the 2023 season, ESPN Deportes introduced the new team of Rebeca Landa on the play-by-play, with Dipp as analyst, and Katia Castorena as sideline reporter. John Sutcliffe will continue to be part of the team, providing reports from site.

Television

;Programs

References

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