José Ramón Fernández (journalist)
| José Ramón Fernández | |
|---|---|
| Born |
José Ramón Fernández Álvarez April 6, 1946 Puebla, Mexico |
| Education | Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla |
| Occupation | Sportscaster Journalist Television host |
| Years active | 1970–present |
| Children | José Ramón Jr. (b. 1973) Juan Pablo (b. 1978) María Asunción (b. 1979) Lorea (b. 2006) |
José Ramón Fernández Álvarez (born 6 April 1946) is a Mexican journalist, sportscaster, sports commentator, and television host currently working for ESPN Deportes and ESPN Mexico. Fernández started his journalistic career in 1970 and since has covered numerous major sporting events such as the FIFA World Cup and the Summer Olympics.
Considered one of the most respected journalists and an "institution" in Mexican sports journalism, Fernández is also considered one of the most controversial journalists in Mexico. Fernández has covered 10 FIFA World Cups and 10 Summer Olympic Games.
Fernández is considered one of the best journalists in the history of Mexico by Spanish newspaper Marca.
Fernández started his broadcasting career in 1970 at a local television station in his hometown of Puebla owned by TIM (now Televisa), then worked in Canal 13 (which later became TV Azteca) and now works for ESPN. Fernández is one of the creators of DeporTV, one of the longest-running sports television shows in Mexico, running since 1974. He also hosted Los Protagonistas along with various journalists such as Raul Orvañanos, Francisco Javier González, Carlos Albert, Rafael Puente, Roberto Gómez Junco, Ciro Procuna and David Faitelson.
Fernández played a big role in revealing one of the biggest scandals in Mexican football history, commonly referred as "Cachirules". Fernandez revealed on one of his programs that the Mexican Football Federation knowingly used at least four overage players in the Mexico under-20 team at the 1988 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament. Fernández backed up his Imevisión colleague Antonio Moreno, who first revealed the scandal in an article in the Mexican newspaper Ovaciones but his allegations were denied by the Mexican Football Federation. After CONCACAF and FIFA looked into the situation all Mexico youth teams and eventually the senior team as well, were banned from all international competition for two years, including the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
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