BY GEOFF HOBSON
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Anthony Munoz
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Now Anthony Munoz can cover his own induction next month at the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Munoz, the Bengals' longtime left tackle, plans to join ESPN as a roving reporter.
The package calls for him to do everything from on-site features for NFL Countdown to a handful of Sunday appearances for ESPN Radio. He'll also have stints as an in-studio analyst on ESPN2's NFL Tonight.
"There haven't been any set assignments made yet," said Bob Rauscher, ESPN senior coordinating producer overseeing the NFL. "But he'll be doing a combination of feature reporting, going to game sites and, like everyone else around here, he'll be contributing to ESPN News when there's the chance."
Because most of his assignments call for Saturday travel, Munoz expects to make most of son Michael's Moeller High School games, a prerequisite for any job. But he may have to curtail his work as a Moeller assistant coach.
"The thing I like is being able to go to the facility, get a feel for things, talk to guys, spend some time. I may have to leave on a Tuesday night to go to, say, Philadelphia, which takes up some of the week. But it's only for four months," he said.
Munoz, 39, returns to national broadcasting after a two-year hiatus from Fox TV, where he was a game analyst. He goes into this job looking for feedback.
"It was tough to get feedback," he said. "For 21 years (as a player), I was used to going in and hearing all about the good and the bad. . . .
"Then you get into a business where you're the expert, you're the one who played the game. There's no feedback."
Rauscher said Munoz's Aug. 1 Hall of Fame induction kept his name in the news, but ESPN already had his resume.
"We talked to him a couple of years ago," Rauscher said. "Everyone here liked him, liked his potential and the credentials he brought being a Hall of Famer as well as his experience in the business."
Mark Curnutte contributed to this report.
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