José Roberto Espinosa

Who was José Roberto Espinosa?

José Roberto "Pepe" Espinosa was a Mexican commentator for American football at Fox Sports Latin America.

Pepe Espinosa, as he was better known, had a Chemical Engineering degree at Instituto Politécnico Nacional and was also an American football player for the team of that institution. He started in sports media in Mexican television at Imevision in 1976 working along with José Ramón Fernández where developed as one of the best NFL commentators Mexico has ever had.

He also participated commenting NBA, NHL and College Football games while in TV Azteca, as well as the opening and closing ceremonies for the Olympic Games from Seoul 1988, Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000 and Winter Olympics from Nagano 1998 and Salt Lake 2002.

Pepe was a great defender of the sport culture, it gave messages in its narrations towards young people, to direct them towards a total culture of the sport, so that it advised to them to train very hard, to go to the gyms, to eat nutritious, to study in the school, to respect to its teachers and trainers. It always alerted on the complications that emerged when having bad companies and as some professional players decreased their races by this fact.