September 9, 2026 • 35 mins
Mo is Broadcasting live from the 9th annual Anthony Muñoz foundation at TopGolf in West Chester
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Touchdown, Bengals!
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Bengals fans have waited all offseason for football, and it's
finally here. Can the Orange and Blacks start the season
fast and steal the win? Or will our beloved Bengals
be swashbuckled by the Buccaneers? Coverage begins Sunday morning at
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the Cincinnati Bengals. It's the Bengals and Buccaneers.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Yes, it will be the Bengals and Buccaneers. What's up?
Good afternoon.
Speaker 4 (00:34):
Mo Egger, ESPN 1530. Hope you're having an awesome Wednesday.
Thank you so much for listening. We are having an
awesome Wednesday. Though we're usually here on a Thursday, but
we are doing one of my favorite shows of the year.
Our annual broadcast from the Anthony Munoz Foundation Topgolf Tailgate
now in its ninth year.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
And we are.
Speaker 4 (00:55):
Honored to have been here for all nine of them. Uh,
everything that happens here tonight in Westchester, it benefits the, uh, the,
the great work done by Anthony's foundation. And, uh, what
I love most about this is getting a chance to
spend some time at the top of the show every
year with the greatest Bengal of all time. It is
awesome to have you.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
Well, thank you for being here.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
All nine. That's awesome. It's awesome.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
You must've started like when you were in high school.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
I was in high school.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (01:21):
I would get out of school early, come up here
and do the show.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
What's going on?
Speaker 1 (01:25):
Well, I appreciate you being here. This is always a highlight. Uh,
You know, we do have our golf tournament in June,
but it's always nice to do a Topgolf event. You
don't have to be an avid golfer. You're a lot
closer with this one bay than you are, you know,
scattered all over the golf course, which we'll continue to do.
But this is fun. Topgolf here in Westchester has been
a great host. We've enjoyed it. You know, we've been
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able to sell out the bays here. We'll just have
a fun night of some fellowship, and there'll be some
serious golfers, of course. They're trying to win it, but
then we'll have some that are just coming out and
have some fun, some good food, drinks, and... Most importantly,
they're supporting our cause and believe in what we're doing
with the foundation.
Speaker 4 (02:02):
If things go well tonight, this event, nine years running,
will have surpassed over a half million dollars in fundraising.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
That is remarkable.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
It is. Just this one event, and of course, we
can't do things. I mean, our staff and interns and
volunteers do an amazing job, but we can't do anything
like this without our corporate partners. Pete, Miranda, Ventura, and
of course this year it's Birdies. They're a nice shop
down in Nord, but They're always here every year to
support us, to really be here with us and allow
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us to do this. So, yeah, I mean, that's just
one thing that we do with the foundation, and we're
celebrating 25 years. To be right at $ 500, 000 is just,
I mean, I'm very, very grateful. I say this to.
Speaker 3 (02:44):
You every year.
Speaker 4 (02:45):
There's lots of athletes and former athletes who do great
things in the community and add their name to events
and causes and contribute money. But the way that you're
so hands-on involved with everything that this foundation does, whether
it's fundraising or whether it's the work that you do
with young people in this part of the country, I
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could talk about you for hours on end and not
mention how good you were at football, and that's the
reason why.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
Well, you know, the amazing thing is people don't realize
we didn't start this until like eight years after I retired.
And I understand when you're playing and you start a foundation,
you know, you're relevant, you know, you have leverage. But,
and I say it all the time, as an NFL
football player, as a husband, as a father, I really
didn't have time to get totally engaged. So that's why
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I waited until my kids were like junior, sophomore, juniors
in college. And then I, you know, when I put
my name on something, I want to be engaged. And
hopefully I'm not crazy engaged with my staff. They're an
amazing staff that we have, and they do a phenomenal job. But,
you know, I'm still, when we do a program, I'm there.
You know, I'm involved as much as I can. You know,
we have such a talented staff and they're smart and
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creative and and they come up with some great ideas
and they present them to me and most of the
time i just say great job let's run with it
it's like so uh and that's what the fun thing
for me you know being around this for 25 years
and uh you know i think it might be good
for the staff that they don't see me as much
as they used to on a weekly basis you know
i come in uh maybe a day or two and
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when i come in you know they have some work
for me and i get it done but uh again
it's the confidence i have in my staff and the
job they do and And that's why I do what
I do, because I love the impact that we have
as a foundation, as a team. I mean, yeah, my
name's on the foundation, but that's where it ends. We
have an amazing team that has been put together.
Speaker 4 (04:35):
The thing about like you and your staff, I see
the same people every year, which means like you're doing
legitimate work, right? I would say like the mark of
a good business is there's not a ton of turnover.
People love working there. They feel appreciated. And whether it's
your staff or the folks who come out and support
your events, I see some of the same folks every year,
which I think is a statement about you. Let's talk
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about the work of the foundation itself because it is
so important.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
Well, you know, we have eight programs, and we deal
with young people from kindergarten through 12th grade, everything from
mentoring young people to overnight character camps, we call them.
One is Impact for Eternity. Another one is a character camp.
We do, in addition to the two overnight camps, we
have a day camp. In the summer when we have
our golfing dinner, it's at Paycore Stadium. In that one,
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unlike the overnight camp where we have just young men,
middle school young men, in that day camp, two-day day camp,
we have quite a few young ladies who go out
and show that they can hold their own on the
football field and the activities that we have, team building.
We have a leadership seminar that right now I believe
we're like at 80 high schools, a little over 80,
in October coming up next month at Mason Crossroads, and
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we have We'll bring in motivational leadership speakers. They have
breakout sessions. And, you know, the young people get into
conversations that they might not, you know, on their high
school campuses, which we love. We have two types of scholarship.
We have a straight A scholarship that we give out
in April. It's 18, nine male, nine female, straight A, academics, athletics, achievement, attitude,
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and a big criteria is overcoming adversity. And that's the
one-time scholarship. And then in the summer with our golf tournament,
The night before at our dinner, we give out $ 20, 000 scholarships.
This year, past April, we gave out, usually it's 18,
and we give out $ 2, 000 to all 18, and then
we pick a male or female winner, and we give
them an extra three, so they get five each. This year,
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I just said, you know what? I was driving one day,
and I like to say that God spoke to me
and said, hey, Give them all $ 5, 000. So when I
got in there, I said, all 18 are getting $ 5, 000.
And then the neat thing about it, at our dinner
in June, usually we might give out four to six
$ 20, 000 scholarships. This year we gave out 20 $ 20, 000 scholarships,
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and we had enough to give out another five. We
raised half a million. We put restricted to do that.
Not only is our 25th anniversary, we felt, let's get
25 kids. So that's what we do. It's a passion thing.
And then you mentioned our staff and they've been here
for a while. And to me, it says they love
doing what we're doing and they love young people. They
love the impact that we have on the young people.
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And all you have to do is watch them when they,
you know, put together the programs and then watch them
interact with the young people that we're impacting.
Speaker 4 (07:15):
And you've done this long enough that you see adults
who have gone through your character education programs, who have,
you've mentored, who have taken advantage of scholarship opportunities and
I'm sure most of them are thriving because of it,
and I would imagine you get a chance to see
some of those people that you've impacted many, many years before.
Speaker 1 (07:33):
I have. I mean, everything from, you know, I heard
a story of my college, one of my college teammates
out in Arizona, who his daughter was getting a medical procedure,
and the anesthesiologist overheard them talking about USC football. I
guess he kind of looked at her dad and saw
him much older and kind of related his age with
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my age to older guys, and I said, well, your
dad played football at USC. He said, yep. He said,
does he know Anthony Munoz? He goes, yeah. We just
spent four days with them this past weekend. And the
guy said, well, I was a scholarship recipient from the foundation.
And I've had over, I was in Iraq, Afghanistan back
in 2011. And we were at one, we visited seven bases.
One of the base, there was a young lady with
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two guys eating dinner. I recognized her and she was
one of our scholarship recipients. So on the other side
of the world. And, you know, just the other day,
I saw two young men that, uh, One was a
straight-A scholarship winner, and the other one went to a
camp when he was a young man. And, you know,
he was married and had kids. So it's fun to
see those young people out in the community. And we
were just a small part of what they're doing now
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and just an encouragement and help, maybe giving them a scholarship.
And it's the difference between them having to commute from home,
staying on campus, having a meal plan, and maybe providing
some money for books and stuff. So, you know, we
love doing that, and it's great to see that impact.
And I saw the young man the other day. I said,
don't be a stranger. Write to us and give us
an update on what you're doing.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
That's awesome. I mean, that's it.
Speaker 4 (08:59):
I cannot imagine how gratifying that must feel. Well, you know,
I'm thankful. Again, I can't talk enough about our staff,
our board, our volunteers, our corporate partners, because they're giving
me a chance to do what people did in my
life as a young kid.
Speaker 1 (09:13):
I had organizations that gave me a chance to play
baseball in the summer with no price tag. They gave
me my first brand-new baseball glove. Let me do something
that I love to do. You know, I had a
coach who poured into not only my life, but other
young men that didn't have a dad. And then I
had a chance to go to college on a scholarship. So,
you know, we're doing, you know, hopefully we continue to
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do what people did for me as a young man
growing up in Southern California. And really, that's what motivates me.
And that's what gives me a thrill watching a young
man get a scholarship. And he's just like, and then
to see we had a young man at our dinner
who was a scholarship recipient, had a bad stuttering problem,
didn't want to do a speech live. The girls talked
him into reading it. uh you know he graduated he
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got his postgraduate and he's coaching college now i mean
it's just just unbelievable to see you know this young
man thrive and the the confidence build and uh you
know i thank my staff for saying no no you're
not going to videotape your speech you're going to write
it down we'd love for you to read it and
uh and he did that.
Speaker 4 (10:13):
I want to talk about the team and the season,
and we will in a second, but I want to
bring up Ted Karras because when I watch him, I
think of you because here's a guy, shows up in Cincinnati.
Speaker 3 (10:24):
He's not from here.
Speaker 4 (10:25):
He's not a star, though he's obviously had a very
good career, and he just instantly and organically wraps his
arms around the community, and he gets involved in mental
health initiatives, selling the sense he had, and you could
tell it's something that really matters to him, and it just.
Like that to me is like that's the descendant, if
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you will, of Anthony Munoz. And it's got to be
really cool for you to see somebody.
Speaker 3 (10:50):
There are many others.
Speaker 4 (10:51):
But Ted stands out to me because the work that
he does and the kind of man that he is.
And trust me, we'll come back and I'll make fun
of you a little bit.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
That's good. That's fine. I'm used to that. I have
some teammates here tonight. But it reminds me of you. Well,
I appreciate that. And you say he's not a star.
He's an offensive lineman. He's always, you know, they're all stars.
We think about that.
Speaker 3 (11:14):
Sure, yes.
Speaker 1 (11:14):
No, but he came into town right away, and there's
a guy with my relationship in him. I mean, right
away we kind of hit it off. He said, whatever
I can do to help you out with the foundation,
just let me know. And the guy's been phenomenal. And,
you know, it's one of those things that I've got
to share that a lot of people don't realize. But
at our dinner, I like to auction. Everybody auctions off items.
You know, they have trips here, golf here, blah, blah, blah.
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But one of the things I've been fortunate enough to
do is put a lot of golf or a lot of–
live auction items together where there's not a lot of overhead.
You know, I like to get things donated, you know, so,
but so several years ago I was thinking, how can
I come up with, I said, you know what? I
have a lot of my former line mates who live
in town. Ted has said, whatever he can do, just
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let him know. So I'm thinking, wouldn't it be great?
And I went to our staff, I said, I'm going
to auction off Dine with the O-Line.
Speaker 3 (12:04):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:04):
We're going to get a restaurant that's going to donate,
you know, and we're going to sell to a group
of people that want to go have dinner with The
guys that are playing now and the guys that played before,
you know, the Kaczerski, the Walter, the Lapham, the Montoya,
the Blados, the Moon. And so I think this will
be our third or fourth year that we've sold that packet.
And Ted has been phenomenal. In fact, the very first
year we did it, you know, the guys are in
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a meeting down at the stadium and we're having it
in Westchester, a restaurant up there. And all of a
sudden they all come walking in. It looked like they
just left the meeting. And Ted says, yeah. I said, Frank.
That's when Frank Pollock, he goes, Frank, we're late. We've
got to end the meeting now. We've got to get
to the Munoz dinner. They all came to the dinner. But,
you know, so he gets it. I mean, he's done
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a phenomenal job. Of course, you know, we pushed for
him to hopefully get the Man of the Year a
couple years ago, which didn't happen. The guy has had
a tremendous impact in this community, and we are very
grateful to have a lot of the guys, especially Karis.
Speaker 4 (13:00):
Yeah, no question about that. The verbiage you used, he
gets it, and you can tell.
Speaker 3 (13:06):
Hang tight.
Speaker 4 (13:07):
We're here at Topgolf in Westchester, the ninth annual Anthony
Munoz Foundation Topgolf Tailgate. More with the Hall of Famer
when we come back. It is 19 after 3 o'clock.
Speaker 3 (13:18):
I'm Mo Egger.
Speaker 4 (13:18):
This is ESPN 1530 Cincinnati Sports Station.
Speaker 2 (13:22):
Cincinnati's.
Speaker 1 (13:23):
This is Dan Hoard.
Speaker 4 (13:24):
Join Dave Lapham and me for Bengals game plan tonight
starting at 6 on the official home of the Bengals,
Cincinnati's ESPN 1530. 24 minutes after 3 o'clock, this is
ESPN 1530.
Speaker 3 (13:36):
Moe Egger broadcasting from the Anthony Munoz Foundation.
Speaker 4 (13:40):
Top golf tailgate here in Westchester, the ninth year. of
this event, the Hall of Famer. By the way, going
to be busy. You've got the Bengals and Bucs, and
then you just told me you're going to be at
the UC game on Saturday.
Speaker 1 (13:51):
Saturday night. It'd be great to have you there. Well,
I'm looking forward to it. I've had the fortunate opportunity
with the tradition of Coach Satterfield and his coaches. I
guess it started back in the App State days. On
Wednesday before the game, they have like a fireside chat
with the speaker. I don't know. This is my fourth
straight year that I've been able to speak to the coaches,
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so hopefully they... They take it all the way. But
it was funny because it's usually in his backyard. The
fireplace is going, and they bring Wendy's in. That's been
the tradition for years. So my buddy who's picking me
up says, hey, they moved it into one of the
rooms at the facility. I said, thank God, because it
was like 100 degrees. I'm already sweating. I can't imagine
sitting there talking with the fireplace. But, yeah, so that
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buddy who I went with said they reached out to
him and asked if I would. Would love to do it.
And I said, well, what's it all about? And I said, yeah,
we'll be there. So we'll be at the game Saturday night.
Very good.
Speaker 4 (14:45):
And then Bengals and Buccaneers. Who do you root for
when the Bengals play the Bucs? I mean, you spend
a camp with the Buccaneers.
Speaker 1 (14:52):
Just a camp. But, you know, it's just like asking,
you know, when my kids were, you know, my son
was at Tennessee and my daughter was at Ohio State.
If they played, who would I root for? I said,
you know, Tennessee because my son's there. But my daughter
was asked that when she transferred to Ohio State. and
michael's at tennessee or her friends at ohio state he
said well if the buckeyes play the volunteers who do
you root for and she looked at him and said
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are you serious that's my brother i'd root for him
but no i did i spent uh you know it's
funny because they still send a lot of emails about
you know camp and guys you know legends coming to
the camp and stuff but there's no question about it
uh you know there are photos of you there is
playing in the preseason i played i went i went
through all the camp yeah i mean i was ready
i was ready to start the season and Just dumb
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thing like making the tackle ended it right away, and
I knew it was over for sure.
Speaker 5 (15:39):
But no, I'm orange and black all the way. Okay,
I'm just checking. This offseason was awesome. And then, you know,
you called two preseason games. And the way the preseason unfolded, like,
you know, sometimes those games can be a little bit
of a slog. But watching real competitive battles lower on
the depth chart, watching rookies take advantage of opportunities, watching
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a guy– like Dante Myers, earn a spot on the
team and earn, I think, maybe a significant role on
the team. And then they won all three games and
they emerged from it healthy. Like it's the best preseason.
Speaker 3 (16:13):
Of my life.
Speaker 1 (16:14):
No, it was good. You know, and I tell people,
I said, well, how hard is it to do the preseason?
I said, you know what? It is tough because there's
no starters. I said, but the great thing about it,
to your point, you see guys that are backups. You
see guys, Dante Myers, that are coming in as rookies
that want a roster spot. So they're busting their tails.
And because they don't make the team, it's not because
the effort's not there. Probably the talent level isn't where
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it should be. But, I mean, there was some good
action preseason. Two games we did, the Lions and the Bears.
I mean, to watch the backups, I mean, you had
the backups. You know, defense against the number one Bears
offense against early in the but they held their own
and just see it wasn't a sloppy, sloppy thing. I mean,
you know, Josh Johnson, you know, he's been playing that
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offense for quite a while, which he had a while back.
But no, it's exciting for me. And we talked about
it before we got on there. Usually I'm excited, but
I'm really excited about this season.
Speaker 3 (17:07):
Yeah, the expectations are huge.
Speaker 4 (17:09):
I have to talk about the offensive line with you
because at the end of the season last year, that
group was playing at a pretty high level. And it's
been a while since they've brought back all five starters.
So as somebody who was on what felt like the
same group of offense, the same offensive line every single year,
how can they benefit from that continuity?
Speaker 1 (17:27):
Well, continuity is huge. I mean, especially with free agency,
you know, guys moving, you know, from team to team.
The fact that you have the same guys coming back,
you know, with a couple young guys, you know, with
Mims and Fairchild, that helps when you have some veterans
mixed in. But I would say, you know, that's the group.
You know, when I was playing and we're playing against
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a team and let's say, Mo, your performance really depends
on the outcome of the game. The coach would say, Mo,
the hat is on you because you've got it. I believe,
in my humble opinion, we have five hats that are
going to be on, and that's the offensive line.
Speaker 3 (18:01):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (18:02):
I think those guys have to continue and continue to
progress and trend upward in order for us to get
in the playoffs and go away. Because I am excited.
I mean, we're going to score points. Yes. We're going to,
you know, defense. I don't think we're going to have
to score 30 to 40 points and lose games. I
think if we score 30, 40 points, those are going
to be wins this year. Yeah. Because I'm excited. But
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the offensive line, we have some talent. They just have
to play defensively. at another higher level than they were
finishing up last year.
Speaker 4 (18:29):
And if Amarius Mims does that, he's got a chance
to be one of the best tackles in the sport.
Speaker 1 (18:33):
I tell you what, there's a guy that has a
ceiling that is very, very high, and with his height,
he needs a high ceiling. And, no, he's, to watch
the kid, it's just, I mean, he continues to progress,
and I know that injury last year kind of, It'll
put a little wrench in it. But, yeah, to watch
him with his size and the way he moves, I'm
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going to be excited every year to see how he progresses.
Speaker 4 (18:57):
They want to run under center more, which they want
to play action more. You played with the greatest play
action quarterback of all time as far as I'm concerned,
Boomer Esiason. And so as an offensive lineman, first of all,
like you gave me a look, do you think they
can run.
Speaker 3 (19:10):
Under center effectively?
Speaker 1 (19:11):
I'm saying that's something under center and three-point stance is
something I've been waiting to see. And it's happening. So, yeah,
I mean, I'm all for under center. I think I
never really played defense on this side, but I think
as a defensive player when you're under center, it gives
you more to think about. I mean, come on now.
When you're playing, I'm in a shotgun. You're next to
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me here. Play action. You just do this. I mean,
you know, be under center a few times. Come back,
you know, fake it, and then give it to them,
don't give it to them, and they don't know because
your back's to them. And then the offensive line's got
to sell it, too. The thing we always talked about was...
the linebackers had to hear the run on a play action.
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If you stand straight up, they're like, you don't run
block like that. Right. So you've got to come out
somewhat aggressively, make it look like a run, the quarterback.
You know, I think that still can be done these days,
and I think the Bengals can do it.
Speaker 4 (20:06):
This year, obviously, two more guys in the Ring of
Honor joining you and the others.
Speaker 3 (20:11):
Give me something on James Brooks.
Speaker 4 (20:13):
I think the best player from that era that nobody
talks about.
Speaker 1 (20:18):
One of the toughest football players that I've ever played with.
Speaker 3 (20:21):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (20:22):
I mean, the guy, 185, 190 maybe, could run around you,
could run over you. If you wanted him to split
him out like a wide receiver, had the hands to
catch the football... And trash talk with the best. No,
you know, that trade we made, Pete Johnson for James
Brooks straight across, up until this year when we got
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Dexter Lawrence, what we gave up and what we got, unbelievable.
I mean, the guy, you're right, one of the most underrated. And,
you know, with him and Icky in the backfield, it
was just a great one-two combination. But James Brooks was
a heck of a player. And, you know, he really
toasted us the year before we got him. Yeah, sure.
You know, we beat him twice in Super Bowl year.
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Then they beat us. They scored like 50 out there.
Speaker 3 (21:08):
And J.B.
Speaker 1 (21:09):
Was a big part of that.
Speaker 4 (21:10):
He had, you know, the year that the record still stands,
most yards from scrimmage in the season, 86. You guys
had the best offense in the league. And I'm like
a 9-year-old kid and just falling in love. And now
as an adult, I think of, like, James Brooks in
today's offenses, dude. Like, people don't know.
Speaker 1 (21:28):
Oh, it's crazy. How many yards would he have in combination?
Speaker 3 (21:32):
It would be ridiculous.
Speaker 1 (21:33):
I mean, seriously, I know the backers are quicker, but
who would you match up with to James Brooks coming
out of backfield or lining him up in the slot?
I mean, it's like having another Dante Myers out there
along with T. Higgins and, you know, Jamar and, you know, Yosef.
I mean, yeah, he would fit in nicely with this offense.
Speaker 3 (21:51):
You didn't play with him, but I'm a nerd.
Speaker 4 (21:53):
And so I've listened to old Bob Trumpy tapes, including
him interviewing you after you were taken in the 1980 draft.
What's your relationship like with Trump?
Speaker 1 (22:03):
Great relationship. The guy, you know, it started out kind
of questioning who is this guy.
Speaker 3 (22:07):
Me too.
Speaker 1 (22:08):
I mean, I loved listening to him on the broadcast.
I mean, the guy was amazing doing Super Bowls and,
you know, Olympics. I mean, you heard the draft day story.
You must have heard the comment he made.
Speaker 4 (22:20):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (22:21):
And I was like, who is this guy? He got
the nerve to say, you know, Bengals made a mistake
by drafting me and not the other lineman. And, you know,
the other lineman and I are like brothers, so we
kind of looked at each other. That was in the
landline days. You know, he was on the phone, I
was on the phone. But it was great.
Speaker 3 (22:34):
By the way, you handled it well.
Speaker 1 (22:36):
Well, I mean, you know, you have to. You have to.
You know, it's his opinion. You know, not that anyone
had to give me an incentive to do well in
the NFL because it was just on my shoulders because
I was the number three pick. That was enough. I
didn't have a chip on my shoulder or blah, blah, blah,
all this garbage that people say. That's your job. I mean,
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you don't need a chip on your shoulder. You go
out and just do your job. But we had some
fun with that. It wasn't until after I retired and
Kenny Anderson came back to town and Kenny started doing
these Q & A round talks with former players. And
we were out at Weiler Chevrolet in a big showroom.
And Tom Kinder Jr. was emceeing. It was Bob Johnson,
Bob Trumpy, myself, Kenny Anderson. And Kinder says, hey, you
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have any stories on Trump? I said, okay, just set
me up. Set me up and say, hey, tell us
about the draft day story. So I had a chance
to share this story. And Trump's kind of like, but
we were great. I mean, we were great. The guy
was an excellent friend. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (23:31):
And a guy who's on field career. I'm glad it's
being celebrated because he's still like a record-setting tight end
50 years after he retired.
Speaker 1 (23:39):
I mean, he ran like a wide receiver.
Speaker 4 (23:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
I mean, he caught the ball. I mean, he was
one of those guys that was like V-shaped.
Speaker 3 (23:44):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (23:44):
You know, the tight end and– You know, of course,
growing up watching Kenny Anderson, Bob Trump, Isaac Curtis, you know,
before I got here, I knew all about them. So, yeah,
I think those two guys deserve to be in it.
And it'll be fun celebrating on November 1st.
Speaker 3 (23:58):
I can't thank you enough for having us.
Speaker 1 (24:00):
Thank you.
Speaker 4 (24:00):
I know you get pulled in a thousand different directions.
And it's awesome to have you sit and chill out
and spend some time.
Speaker 1 (24:06):
Oh, thank you. Appreciate you, man.
Speaker 3 (24:07):
Talking about a lot of different things.
Speaker 4 (24:08):
You're number 10 next year.
Speaker 1 (24:09):
I know.
Speaker 3 (24:10):
Got to do it.
Speaker 1 (24:11):
All right.
Speaker 3 (24:11):
Do it big.
Speaker 4 (24:12):
Something special.
Speaker 3 (24:13):
I don't know what it is.
Speaker 1 (24:14):
I don't know, but our staff will think of something.
They're very creative.
Speaker 3 (24:17):
They'll come up with something.
Speaker 1 (24:18):
All right, man.
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Speaker 3 (26:05):
Meanwhile, the Reds are in L.A.
Speaker 4 (26:07):
To finish up their series against the Dodgers, looking to
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Cincinnati is on the road tonight against Philadelphia. That game
starts at 7.30. You can listen to radio coverage on
Fox Sports 1360. We're broadcasting from the Anthony Munoz Foundation
Topgolf Tailgate. And Anthony always goes out of his way
to mention some of the folks, some of the organizations
and companies that make this event what it is. And
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at the top of that list, is our friend Pete Ventura,
who's with us now.
Speaker 3 (26:52):
Birdie's Coffee Company, what's up? Yeah, yeah, Birdie's Coffee. This
is the first year sponsoring for this business. We've sponsored
previous years with other businesses that I'm involved in. But
this is the first year with Birdie's. This is a
coffee shop we opened down in Norwood, Ohio, kind of
off the Rookwood exit there. Smith Edwards goes straight into
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Norwood on Williams there.
Speaker 4 (27:16):
Right.
Speaker 3 (27:17):
But super nice neighborhood down there. It's really booming. It's
been spreading. A ton of young families, kids walking around.
So we found a building there that was an old
pawn shop for about 20 or 30 years, Ted's Pawn Shop.
And it was empty for five or so, 10 years.
And then we took it over, kind of had a
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vision for it, rehabbed it, didn't know how it would go.
Never really been in the coffee business ever. I didn't
even drink coffee at the time. Now I'm like five
a day, of course. But we rehabbed it. It's been
booming ever since. It'll be three years in October that
we've been open. But, yeah, we've got a ton of
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walk-ups in the neighborhood. People are driving right off the exit.
Xavier University is kind of walking distance. So it's just
a great area right there.
Speaker 4 (28:07):
How does one just decide to randomly get in the
coffee games?
Speaker 3 (28:11):
Well, we saw the building and we're like, you know,
that would make a cool coffee shop. So then this
was even kind of pre-AI. I couldn't just hop on
there and be like, hey, how do I start a
coffee shop? But, yeah, just Googling stuff, figuring it out,
talking with local people, really sourcing. There's a local group
in town, La Terza Coffee. They really helped us out,
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got us going, sold us beans initially, stuff like that.
So we've kind of morphed into roasting our own beans
and getting to that, sourcing them from different parts of
South America. So you kind of learn about it as
you go. And it's super interesting and the different blends
and where you're getting them and what elevations. And it's
pretty neat. But I didn't realize how, I mean, almost
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everybody drinks coffee and just how popular it is and
how many people are just diehard into it as well.
Speaker 4 (28:59):
And diehard into iced coffee.
Speaker 3 (29:00):
Oh, absolutely.
Speaker 1 (29:01):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (29:01):
Yeah, it's kind of funny because, I mean, we were
slammed this weekend. We got a line out the door
most of the day, and it's out of 100 coffees,
95 are iced.
Speaker 1 (29:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (29:09):
You know, we're just ice, ice, ice.
Speaker 4 (29:11):
And I would not have guessed that 10 years ago.
Speaker 3 (29:13):
No, you never would have seen it, which is funny.
I'll go to Italy a few times, and over there
it's 99% espresso.
Speaker 1 (29:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (29:22):
You know, if they'll look at you crazy if you've
got an ice cup. And over here, you know, you'll
never hear that order.
Speaker 4 (29:28):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (29:29):
But yeah, the iced is, that's what I drink. What
do you drink? I'm a hot guy. You are?
Speaker 4 (29:33):
I'm hot, yeah.
Speaker 3 (29:34):
You don't do it?
Speaker 4 (29:35):
Even on a day like today. Really?
Speaker 1 (29:36):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (29:37):
Okay. No cold brew either?
Speaker 1 (29:38):
No. No.
Speaker 4 (29:40):
I mean, if you put one in front of me,
I drink it. But if I have a preference... Always hot.
Speaker 3 (29:44):
It's always hot. And like a drip, or do you
do a latte with milk and stuff? No, a drip.
Just a drip. Okay. But I love a good espresso
as well. Okay.
Speaker 4 (29:51):
But I'm a hot coffee guy.
Speaker 3 (29:52):
So you're old school.
Speaker 4 (29:53):
I am old school. But again, if you put one
of your iced coffees in front of me.
Speaker 3 (29:59):
I'd inhale it.
Speaker 1 (30:00):
Right.
Speaker 3 (30:00):
You're going to suck it down. But if I have
a preference, and I always do, I'm going hot. And
I go to the same drink every day. Once you
get that, it's hard to deviate once you've got that,
what you know you like.
Speaker 4 (30:11):
I'm really craving a cup of coffee right now.
Speaker 1 (30:13):
Talking about, yeah, we should have brought some up here.
Speaker 4 (30:14):
How did you and your wife get involved with Anthony?
Speaker 3 (30:19):
So it was about 15 years ago at least. Uh,
we were starting a logistics company at the time and
we were pretty young and I had, we were doing
a ribbon cutting. We didn't have many employees at all,
but we were trying to hype ourselves up at the time,
you know, and I reached out to him and he
didn't even really bat an eye and he had come out, uh,
to support us and was very gracious. Um, I actually
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got to learn about the foundation at that point and
everything he does, you know, helping just not in the community,
but all the disadvantaged kids, which kind of his foundation
points to. kids that have to overcome something pretty large
in their lives a lot of times, kids that, you know,
have run through walls already. Right. And he wants to
help them to, you know, advance. So we found out
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about that and, you know, started to, you know, donate
at that time and kind of grown from there. We've
been sponsoring this event, they said, for nine years now,
I guess.
Speaker 4 (31:11):
Yeah, nine years.
Speaker 3 (31:13):
They're up over half a million that we've raised. So
you can imagine all the, you know. the help we've
hopefully had in these kids' lives as they've grown. But, yeah,
just learning who he is and what he does and
how he gives back. And, you know, he's not just
a top ten football player of all time. He's a
top ten human being of all time.
Speaker 4 (31:32):
That is the thing. Like, you could talk about Anthony's impact.
Speaker 3 (31:35):
And I've said this to him.
Speaker 4 (31:36):
You could talk about his impact and what he's meant
and the lives he's touched and never mention that he
played football, much less that he's maybe the greatest offensive
lineman ever.
Speaker 1 (31:45):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (31:46):
Right. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (31:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (31:48):
I just saw, like, a sporting news the other day.
I had him at seven.
Speaker 1 (31:50):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (31:50):
He's still, like, playing in the 80s. Some of those guys,
they start, you know, the modern-day guys take over and
all that. But he's held there forever.
Speaker 1 (31:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (31:58):
You know, it's pretty cool. But, no, great dude, and
we're happy to be involved. Me and my wife, we've
been blessed with what we've had. Just kind of paying
it forward at the same time.
Speaker 4 (32:08):
As a regular coffee drinker.
Speaker 1 (32:10):
Sure. Right?
Speaker 4 (32:11):
I come in, and I want to try something. I
want to expand my horizons just a little bit. What
are you making for me?
Speaker 3 (32:16):
Okay. Well, you normally, you like it hot, you know,
but I'm going to still try to get you on
the ice phase, okay? So we have a really good
cold brew that we're known for, but we do like
a maple cream cold brew, we call it, okay? So
there's a little maple in it, and then like a
roasted hazelnut creamer just kind of sits on top, just
a little bit, not much. I'm in. But you'll down it, yeah.
Speaker 6 (32:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (32:39):
I mean, it's loaded with coffee and caffeine, but. I'm
really tasteful.
Speaker 4 (32:43):
Never wanted anything more, quite frankly. That sounds amazing.
Speaker 3 (32:46):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (32:47):
It is awesome that you support this event every year.
We get a chance to spend some time with you.
And looking forward already to year number 10, it's going
to be fun.
Speaker 1 (32:55):
Sure. No.
Speaker 3 (32:56):
Yeah. I appreciate it. I appreciate you getting out here.
I know you, you know. Nine years.
Speaker 4 (33:01):
Yes.
Speaker 3 (33:01):
It's always a beautiful day somehow. But, yeah, I appreciate
you getting me on. I want to also plug we're
opening a second location in Blue Ash coming up. Oh, perfect.
Later this year.
Speaker 2 (33:11):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (33:12):
So we're really excited about that as well. So, like,
you know, Blue Ash is here.
Speaker 4 (33:15):
Norwood's here. Kenwood's right in the middle. So when I
need that sort of mid-afternoon punch, I can go in
either direction.
Speaker 3 (33:22):
Either direction up 71.
Speaker 1 (33:24):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (33:24):
Badly needed. All right, man. We'll stop up and see you.
Speaker 4 (33:28):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (33:28):
Appreciate it. Come on in. Pete Ventura, Birdie's Coffee Company.
Go see him.
Speaker 4 (33:31):
It's 10 away from 4 o'clock. Anthony Munoz Foundation, Topgolf, Tailgate.
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Speaker 2 (00:03):
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Speaker 3 (00:31):
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Good afternoon.
Speaker 4 (00:34):
Mo Egger, ESPN 1530. Hope you're having an awesome Wednesday.
Thank you so much for listening. We are having an
awesome Wednesday. Though we're usually here on a Thursday, but
we are doing one of my favorite shows of the year.
Our annual broadcast from the Anthony Munoz Foundation Topgolf Tailgate
now in its ninth year.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
And we are.
Speaker 4 (00:55):
Honored to have been here for all nine of them. Uh,
everything that happens here tonight in Westchester, it benefits the, uh, the,
the great work done by Anthony's foundation. And, uh, what
I love most about this is getting a chance to
spend some time at the top of the show every
year with the greatest Bengal of all time. It is
awesome to have you.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
Well, thank you for being here.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
All nine. That's awesome. It's awesome.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
You must've started like when you were in high school.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
I was in high school.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (01:21):
I would get out of school early, come up here
and do the show.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
What's going on?
Speaker 1 (01:25):
Well, I appreciate you being here. This is always a highlight. Uh,
You know, we do have our golf tournament in June,
but it's always nice to do a Topgolf event. You
don't have to be an avid golfer. You're a lot
closer with this one bay than you are, you know,
scattered all over the golf course, which we'll continue to do.
But this is fun. Topgolf here in Westchester has been
a great host. We've enjoyed it. You know, we've been
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able to sell out the bays here. We'll just have
a fun night of some fellowship, and there'll be some
serious golfers, of course. They're trying to win it, but
then we'll have some that are just coming out and
have some fun, some good food, drinks, and... Most importantly,
they're supporting our cause and believe in what we're doing
with the foundation.
Speaker 4 (02:02):
If things go well tonight, this event, nine years running,
will have surpassed over a half million dollars in fundraising.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
That is remarkable.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
It is. Just this one event, and of course, we
can't do things. I mean, our staff and interns and
volunteers do an amazing job, but we can't do anything
like this without our corporate partners. Pete, Miranda, Ventura, and
of course this year it's Birdies. They're a nice shop
down in Nord, but They're always here every year to
support us, to really be here with us and allow
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us to do this. So, yeah, I mean, that's just
one thing that we do with the foundation, and we're
celebrating 25 years. To be right at $ 500, 000 is just,
I mean, I'm very, very grateful. I say this to.
Speaker 3 (02:44):
You every year.
Speaker 4 (02:45):
There's lots of athletes and former athletes who do great
things in the community and add their name to events
and causes and contribute money. But the way that you're
so hands-on involved with everything that this foundation does, whether
it's fundraising or whether it's the work that you do
with young people in this part of the country, I
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could talk about you for hours on end and not
mention how good you were at football, and that's the
reason why.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
Well, you know, the amazing thing is people don't realize
we didn't start this until like eight years after I retired.
And I understand when you're playing and you start a foundation,
you know, you're relevant, you know, you have leverage. But,
and I say it all the time, as an NFL
football player, as a husband, as a father, I really
didn't have time to get totally engaged. So that's why
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I waited until my kids were like junior, sophomore, juniors
in college. And then I, you know, when I put
my name on something, I want to be engaged. And
hopefully I'm not crazy engaged with my staff. They're an
amazing staff that we have, and they do a phenomenal job. But,
you know, I'm still, when we do a program, I'm there.
You know, I'm involved as much as I can. You know,
we have such a talented staff and they're smart and
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creative and and they come up with some great ideas
and they present them to me and most of the
time i just say great job let's run with it
it's like so uh and that's what the fun thing
for me you know being around this for 25 years
and uh you know i think it might be good
for the staff that they don't see me as much
as they used to on a weekly basis you know
i come in uh maybe a day or two and
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when i come in you know they have some work
for me and i get it done but uh again
it's the confidence i have in my staff and the
job they do and And that's why I do what
I do, because I love the impact that we have
as a foundation, as a team. I mean, yeah, my
name's on the foundation, but that's where it ends. We
have an amazing team that has been put together.
Speaker 4 (04:35):
The thing about like you and your staff, I see
the same people every year, which means like you're doing
legitimate work, right? I would say like the mark of
a good business is there's not a ton of turnover.
People love working there. They feel appreciated. And whether it's
your staff or the folks who come out and support
your events, I see some of the same folks every year,
which I think is a statement about you. Let's talk
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about the work of the foundation itself because it is
so important.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
Well, you know, we have eight programs, and we deal
with young people from kindergarten through 12th grade, everything from
mentoring young people to overnight character camps, we call them.
One is Impact for Eternity. Another one is a character camp.
We do, in addition to the two overnight camps, we
have a day camp. In the summer when we have
our golfing dinner, it's at Paycore Stadium. In that one,
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unlike the overnight camp where we have just young men,
middle school young men, in that day camp, two-day day camp,
we have quite a few young ladies who go out
and show that they can hold their own on the
football field and the activities that we have, team building.
We have a leadership seminar that right now I believe
we're like at 80 high schools, a little over 80,
in October coming up next month at Mason Crossroads, and
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we have We'll bring in motivational leadership speakers. They have
breakout sessions. And, you know, the young people get into
conversations that they might not, you know, on their high
school campuses, which we love. We have two types of scholarship.
We have a straight A scholarship that we give out
in April. It's 18, nine male, nine female, straight A, academics, athletics, achievement, attitude,
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and a big criteria is overcoming adversity. And that's the
one-time scholarship. And then in the summer with our golf tournament,
The night before at our dinner, we give out $ 20, 000 scholarships.
This year, past April, we gave out, usually it's 18,
and we give out $ 2, 000 to all 18, and then
we pick a male or female winner, and we give
them an extra three, so they get five each. This year,
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I just said, you know what? I was driving one day,
and I like to say that God spoke to me
and said, hey, Give them all $ 5, 000. So when I
got in there, I said, all 18 are getting $ 5, 000.
And then the neat thing about it, at our dinner
in June, usually we might give out four to six
$ 20, 000 scholarships. This year we gave out 20 $ 20, 000 scholarships,
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and we had enough to give out another five. We
raised half a million. We put restricted to do that.
Not only is our 25th anniversary, we felt, let's get
25 kids. So that's what we do. It's a passion thing.
And then you mentioned our staff and they've been here
for a while. And to me, it says they love
doing what we're doing and they love young people. They
love the impact that we have on the young people.
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And all you have to do is watch them when they,
you know, put together the programs and then watch them
interact with the young people that we're impacting.
Speaker 4 (07:15):
And you've done this long enough that you see adults
who have gone through your character education programs, who have,
you've mentored, who have taken advantage of scholarship opportunities and
I'm sure most of them are thriving because of it,
and I would imagine you get a chance to see
some of those people that you've impacted many, many years before.
Speaker 1 (07:33):
I have. I mean, everything from, you know, I heard
a story of my college, one of my college teammates
out in Arizona, who his daughter was getting a medical procedure,
and the anesthesiologist overheard them talking about USC football. I
guess he kind of looked at her dad and saw
him much older and kind of related his age with
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my age to older guys, and I said, well, your
dad played football at USC. He said, yep. He said,
does he know Anthony Munoz? He goes, yeah. We just
spent four days with them this past weekend. And the
guy said, well, I was a scholarship recipient from the foundation.
And I've had over, I was in Iraq, Afghanistan back
in 2011. And we were at one, we visited seven bases.
One of the base, there was a young lady with
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two guys eating dinner. I recognized her and she was
one of our scholarship recipients. So on the other side
of the world. And, you know, just the other day,
I saw two young men that, uh, One was a
straight-A scholarship winner, and the other one went to a
camp when he was a young man. And, you know,
he was married and had kids. So it's fun to
see those young people out in the community. And we
were just a small part of what they're doing now
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and just an encouragement and help, maybe giving them a scholarship.
And it's the difference between them having to commute from home,
staying on campus, having a meal plan, and maybe providing
some money for books and stuff. So, you know, we
love doing that, and it's great to see that impact.
And I saw the young man the other day. I said,
don't be a stranger. Write to us and give us
an update on what you're doing.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
That's awesome. I mean, that's it.
Speaker 4 (08:59):
I cannot imagine how gratifying that must feel. Well, you know,
I'm thankful. Again, I can't talk enough about our staff,
our board, our volunteers, our corporate partners, because they're giving
me a chance to do what people did in my
life as a young kid.
Speaker 1 (09:13):
I had organizations that gave me a chance to play
baseball in the summer with no price tag. They gave
me my first brand-new baseball glove. Let me do something
that I love to do. You know, I had a
coach who poured into not only my life, but other
young men that didn't have a dad. And then I
had a chance to go to college on a scholarship. So,
you know, we're doing, you know, hopefully we continue to
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do what people did for me as a young man
growing up in Southern California. And really, that's what motivates me.
And that's what gives me a thrill watching a young
man get a scholarship. And he's just like, and then
to see we had a young man at our dinner
who was a scholarship recipient, had a bad stuttering problem,
didn't want to do a speech live. The girls talked
him into reading it. uh you know he graduated he
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got his postgraduate and he's coaching college now i mean
it's just just unbelievable to see you know this young
man thrive and the the confidence build and uh you
know i thank my staff for saying no no you're
not going to videotape your speech you're going to write
it down we'd love for you to read it and
uh and he did that.
Speaker 4 (10:13):
I want to talk about the team and the season,
and we will in a second, but I want to
bring up Ted Karras because when I watch him, I
think of you because here's a guy, shows up in Cincinnati.
Speaker 3 (10:24):
He's not from here.
Speaker 4 (10:25):
He's not a star, though he's obviously had a very
good career, and he just instantly and organically wraps his
arms around the community, and he gets involved in mental
health initiatives, selling the sense he had, and you could
tell it's something that really matters to him, and it just.
Like that to me is like that's the descendant, if
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you will, of Anthony Munoz. And it's got to be
really cool for you to see somebody.
Speaker 3 (10:50):
There are many others.
Speaker 4 (10:51):
But Ted stands out to me because the work that
he does and the kind of man that he is.
And trust me, we'll come back and I'll make fun
of you a little bit.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
That's good. That's fine. I'm used to that. I have
some teammates here tonight. But it reminds me of you. Well,
I appreciate that. And you say he's not a star.
He's an offensive lineman. He's always, you know, they're all stars.
We think about that.
Speaker 3 (11:14):
Sure, yes.
Speaker 1 (11:14):
No, but he came into town right away, and there's
a guy with my relationship in him. I mean, right
away we kind of hit it off. He said, whatever
I can do to help you out with the foundation,
just let me know. And the guy's been phenomenal. And,
you know, it's one of those things that I've got
to share that a lot of people don't realize. But
at our dinner, I like to auction. Everybody auctions off items.
You know, they have trips here, golf here, blah, blah, blah.
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But one of the things I've been fortunate enough to
do is put a lot of golf or a lot of–
live auction items together where there's not a lot of overhead.
You know, I like to get things donated, you know, so,
but so several years ago I was thinking, how can
I come up with, I said, you know what? I
have a lot of my former line mates who live
in town. Ted has said, whatever he can do, just
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let him know. So I'm thinking, wouldn't it be great?
And I went to our staff, I said, I'm going
to auction off Dine with the O-Line.
Speaker 3 (12:04):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:04):
We're going to get a restaurant that's going to donate,
you know, and we're going to sell to a group
of people that want to go have dinner with The
guys that are playing now and the guys that played before,
you know, the Kaczerski, the Walter, the Lapham, the Montoya,
the Blados, the Moon. And so I think this will
be our third or fourth year that we've sold that packet.
And Ted has been phenomenal. In fact, the very first
year we did it, you know, the guys are in
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a meeting down at the stadium and we're having it
in Westchester, a restaurant up there. And all of a
sudden they all come walking in. It looked like they
just left the meeting. And Ted says, yeah. I said, Frank.
That's when Frank Pollock, he goes, Frank, we're late. We've
got to end the meeting now. We've got to get
to the Munoz dinner. They all came to the dinner. But,
you know, so he gets it. I mean, he's done
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a phenomenal job. Of course, you know, we pushed for
him to hopefully get the Man of the Year a
couple years ago, which didn't happen. The guy has had
a tremendous impact in this community, and we are very
grateful to have a lot of the guys, especially Karis.
Speaker 4 (13:00):
Yeah, no question about that. The verbiage you used, he
gets it, and you can tell.
Speaker 3 (13:06):
Hang tight.
Speaker 4 (13:07):
We're here at Topgolf in Westchester, the ninth annual Anthony
Munoz Foundation Topgolf Tailgate. More with the Hall of Famer
when we come back. It is 19 after 3 o'clock.
Speaker 3 (13:18):
I'm Mo Egger.
Speaker 4 (13:18):
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Speaker 2 (13:22):
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Speaker 1 (13:23):
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Speaker 4 (13:24):
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starting at 6 on the official home of the Bengals,
Cincinnati's ESPN 1530. 24 minutes after 3 o'clock, this is
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Speaker 3 (13:36):
Moe Egger broadcasting from the Anthony Munoz Foundation.
Speaker 4 (13:40):
Top golf tailgate here in Westchester, the ninth year. of
this event, the Hall of Famer. By the way, going
to be busy. You've got the Bengals and Bucs, and
then you just told me you're going to be at
the UC game on Saturday.
Speaker 1 (13:51):
Saturday night. It'd be great to have you there. Well,
I'm looking forward to it. I've had the fortunate opportunity
with the tradition of Coach Satterfield and his coaches. I
guess it started back in the App State days. On
Wednesday before the game, they have like a fireside chat
with the speaker. I don't know. This is my fourth
straight year that I've been able to speak to the coaches,
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so hopefully they... They take it all the way. But
it was funny because it's usually in his backyard. The
fireplace is going, and they bring Wendy's in. That's been
the tradition for years. So my buddy who's picking me
up says, hey, they moved it into one of the
rooms at the facility. I said, thank God, because it
was like 100 degrees. I'm already sweating. I can't imagine
sitting there talking with the fireplace. But, yeah, so that
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buddy who I went with said they reached out to
him and asked if I would. Would love to do it.
And I said, well, what's it all about? And I said, yeah,
we'll be there. So we'll be at the game Saturday night.
Very good.
Speaker 4 (14:45):
And then Bengals and Buccaneers. Who do you root for
when the Bengals play the Bucs? I mean, you spend
a camp with the Buccaneers.
Speaker 1 (14:52):
Just a camp. But, you know, it's just like asking,
you know, when my kids were, you know, my son
was at Tennessee and my daughter was at Ohio State.
If they played, who would I root for? I said,
you know, Tennessee because my son's there. But my daughter
was asked that when she transferred to Ohio State. and
michael's at tennessee or her friends at ohio state he
said well if the buckeyes play the volunteers who do
you root for and she looked at him and said
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are you serious that's my brother i'd root for him
but no i did i spent uh you know it's
funny because they still send a lot of emails about
you know camp and guys you know legends coming to
the camp and stuff but there's no question about it
uh you know there are photos of you there is
playing in the preseason i played i went i went
through all the camp yeah i mean i was ready
i was ready to start the season and Just dumb
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thing like making the tackle ended it right away, and
I knew it was over for sure.
Speaker 5 (15:39):
But no, I'm orange and black all the way. Okay,
I'm just checking. This offseason was awesome. And then, you know,
you called two preseason games. And the way the preseason unfolded, like,
you know, sometimes those games can be a little bit
of a slog. But watching real competitive battles lower on
the depth chart, watching rookies take advantage of opportunities, watching
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a guy– like Dante Myers, earn a spot on the
team and earn, I think, maybe a significant role on
the team. And then they won all three games and
they emerged from it healthy. Like it's the best preseason.
Speaker 3 (16:13):
Of my life.
Speaker 1 (16:14):
No, it was good. You know, and I tell people,
I said, well, how hard is it to do the preseason?
I said, you know what? It is tough because there's
no starters. I said, but the great thing about it,
to your point, you see guys that are backups. You
see guys, Dante Myers, that are coming in as rookies
that want a roster spot. So they're busting their tails.
And because they don't make the team, it's not because
the effort's not there. Probably the talent level isn't where
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it should be. But, I mean, there was some good
action preseason. Two games we did, the Lions and the Bears.
I mean, to watch the backups, I mean, you had
the backups. You know, defense against the number one Bears
offense against early in the but they held their own
and just see it wasn't a sloppy, sloppy thing. I mean,
you know, Josh Johnson, you know, he's been playing that
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offense for quite a while, which he had a while back.
But no, it's exciting for me. And we talked about
it before we got on there. Usually I'm excited, but
I'm really excited about this season.
Speaker 3 (17:07):
Yeah, the expectations are huge.
Speaker 4 (17:09):
I have to talk about the offensive line with you
because at the end of the season last year, that
group was playing at a pretty high level. And it's
been a while since they've brought back all five starters.
So as somebody who was on what felt like the
same group of offense, the same offensive line every single year,
how can they benefit from that continuity?
Speaker 1 (17:27):
Well, continuity is huge. I mean, especially with free agency,
you know, guys moving, you know, from team to team.
The fact that you have the same guys coming back,
you know, with a couple young guys, you know, with
Mims and Fairchild, that helps when you have some veterans
mixed in. But I would say, you know, that's the group.
You know, when I was playing and we're playing against
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a team and let's say, Mo, your performance really depends
on the outcome of the game. The coach would say, Mo,
the hat is on you because you've got it. I believe,
in my humble opinion, we have five hats that are
going to be on, and that's the offensive line.
Speaker 3 (18:01):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (18:02):
I think those guys have to continue and continue to
progress and trend upward in order for us to get
in the playoffs and go away. Because I am excited.
I mean, we're going to score points. Yes. We're going to,
you know, defense. I don't think we're going to have
to score 30 to 40 points and lose games. I
think if we score 30, 40 points, those are going
to be wins this year. Yeah. Because I'm excited. But
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the offensive line, we have some talent. They just have
to play defensively. at another higher level than they were
finishing up last year.
Speaker 4 (18:29):
And if Amarius Mims does that, he's got a chance
to be one of the best tackles in the sport.
Speaker 1 (18:33):
I tell you what, there's a guy that has a
ceiling that is very, very high, and with his height,
he needs a high ceiling. And, no, he's, to watch
the kid, it's just, I mean, he continues to progress,
and I know that injury last year kind of, It'll
put a little wrench in it. But, yeah, to watch
him with his size and the way he moves, I'm
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going to be excited every year to see how he progresses.
Speaker 4 (18:57):
They want to run under center more, which they want
to play action more. You played with the greatest play
action quarterback of all time as far as I'm concerned,
Boomer Esiason. And so as an offensive lineman, first of all,
like you gave me a look, do you think they
can run.
Speaker 3 (19:10):
Under center effectively?
Speaker 1 (19:11):
I'm saying that's something under center and three-point stance is
something I've been waiting to see. And it's happening. So, yeah,
I mean, I'm all for under center. I think I
never really played defense on this side, but I think
as a defensive player when you're under center, it gives
you more to think about. I mean, come on now.
When you're playing, I'm in a shotgun. You're next to
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me here. Play action. You just do this. I mean,
you know, be under center a few times. Come back,
you know, fake it, and then give it to them,
don't give it to them, and they don't know because
your back's to them. And then the offensive line's got
to sell it, too. The thing we always talked about was...
the linebackers had to hear the run on a play action.
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If you stand straight up, they're like, you don't run
block like that. Right. So you've got to come out
somewhat aggressively, make it look like a run, the quarterback.
You know, I think that still can be done these days,
and I think the Bengals can do it.
Speaker 4 (20:06):
This year, obviously, two more guys in the Ring of
Honor joining you and the others.
Speaker 3 (20:11):
Give me something on James Brooks.
Speaker 4 (20:13):
I think the best player from that era that nobody
talks about.
Speaker 1 (20:18):
One of the toughest football players that I've ever played with.
Speaker 3 (20:21):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (20:22):
I mean, the guy, 185, 190 maybe, could run around you,
could run over you. If you wanted him to split
him out like a wide receiver, had the hands to
catch the football... And trash talk with the best. No,
you know, that trade we made, Pete Johnson for James
Brooks straight across, up until this year when we got
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Dexter Lawrence, what we gave up and what we got, unbelievable.
I mean, the guy, you're right, one of the most underrated. And,
you know, with him and Icky in the backfield, it
was just a great one-two combination. But James Brooks was
a heck of a player. And, you know, he really
toasted us the year before we got him. Yeah, sure.
You know, we beat him twice in Super Bowl year.
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Then they beat us. They scored like 50 out there.
Speaker 3 (21:08):
And J.B.
Speaker 1 (21:09):
Was a big part of that.
Speaker 4 (21:10):
He had, you know, the year that the record still stands,
most yards from scrimmage in the season, 86. You guys
had the best offense in the league. And I'm like
a 9-year-old kid and just falling in love. And now
as an adult, I think of, like, James Brooks in
today's offenses, dude. Like, people don't know.
Speaker 1 (21:28):
Oh, it's crazy. How many yards would he have in combination?
Speaker 3 (21:32):
It would be ridiculous.
Speaker 1 (21:33):
I mean, seriously, I know the backers are quicker, but
who would you match up with to James Brooks coming
out of backfield or lining him up in the slot?
I mean, it's like having another Dante Myers out there
along with T. Higgins and, you know, Jamar and, you know, Yosef.
I mean, yeah, he would fit in nicely with this offense.
Speaker 3 (21:51):
You didn't play with him, but I'm a nerd.
Speaker 4 (21:53):
And so I've listened to old Bob Trumpy tapes, including
him interviewing you after you were taken in the 1980 draft.
What's your relationship like with Trump?
Speaker 1 (22:03):
Great relationship. The guy, you know, it started out kind
of questioning who is this guy.
Speaker 3 (22:07):
Me too.
Speaker 1 (22:08):
I mean, I loved listening to him on the broadcast.
I mean, the guy was amazing doing Super Bowls and,
you know, Olympics. I mean, you heard the draft day story.
You must have heard the comment he made.
Speaker 4 (22:20):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (22:21):
And I was like, who is this guy? He got
the nerve to say, you know, Bengals made a mistake
by drafting me and not the other lineman. And, you know,
the other lineman and I are like brothers, so we
kind of looked at each other. That was in the
landline days. You know, he was on the phone, I
was on the phone. But it was great.
Speaker 3 (22:34):
By the way, you handled it well.
Speaker 1 (22:36):
Well, I mean, you know, you have to. You have to.
You know, it's his opinion. You know, not that anyone
had to give me an incentive to do well in
the NFL because it was just on my shoulders because
I was the number three pick. That was enough. I
didn't have a chip on my shoulder or blah, blah, blah,
all this garbage that people say. That's your job. I mean,
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you don't need a chip on your shoulder. You go
out and just do your job. But we had some
fun with that. It wasn't until after I retired and
Kenny Anderson came back to town and Kenny started doing
these Q & A round talks with former players. And
we were out at Weiler Chevrolet in a big showroom.
And Tom Kinder Jr. was emceeing. It was Bob Johnson,
Bob Trumpy, myself, Kenny Anderson. And Kinder says, hey, you
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have any stories on Trump? I said, okay, just set
me up. Set me up and say, hey, tell us
about the draft day story. So I had a chance
to share this story. And Trump's kind of like, but
we were great. I mean, we were great. The guy
was an excellent friend. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (23:31):
And a guy who's on field career. I'm glad it's
being celebrated because he's still like a record-setting tight end
50 years after he retired.
Speaker 1 (23:39):
I mean, he ran like a wide receiver.
Speaker 4 (23:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
I mean, he caught the ball. I mean, he was
one of those guys that was like V-shaped.
Speaker 3 (23:44):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (23:44):
You know, the tight end and– You know, of course,
growing up watching Kenny Anderson, Bob Trump, Isaac Curtis, you know,
before I got here, I knew all about them. So, yeah,
I think those two guys deserve to be in it.
And it'll be fun celebrating on November 1st.
Speaker 3 (23:58):
I can't thank you enough for having us.
Speaker 1 (24:00):
Thank you.
Speaker 4 (24:00):
I know you get pulled in a thousand different directions.
And it's awesome to have you sit and chill out
and spend some time.
Speaker 1 (24:06):
Oh, thank you. Appreciate you, man.
Speaker 3 (24:07):
Talking about a lot of different things.
Speaker 4 (24:08):
You're number 10 next year.
Speaker 1 (24:09):
I know.
Speaker 3 (24:10):
Got to do it.
Speaker 1 (24:11):
All right.
Speaker 3 (24:11):
Do it big.
Speaker 4 (24:12):
Something special.
Speaker 3 (24:13):
I don't know what it is.
Speaker 1 (24:14):
I don't know, but our staff will think of something.
They're very creative.
Speaker 3 (24:17):
They'll come up with something.
Speaker 1 (24:18):
All right, man.
Speaker 4 (24:19):
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Zach Taylor today.
Speaker 4 (25:25):
Reiterated that both Jamar Chase and Tee Higgins are on
track to play on Sunday. The official injury report is
not out yet. Would not be surprising to see either
on it. Nonetheless, the hope is and the expectation, it seems,
is both will be good to go. Sunday at 1,
Bengals and Bucs live on ESPN 1530. Pre-game coverage starts
at 9. A lot more tonight on the Bengals Game
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Plan Show. That starts at 6 on ESPN 1530. As
soon as that's over... We've got the first game of
the NFL season, Wednesday night football from Seattle Seahawks and
Patriots on ESPN 1530, a rematch of last season's Super Bowl.
Speaker 3 (26:05):
Meanwhile, the Reds are in L.A.
Speaker 4 (26:07):
To finish up their series against the Dodgers, looking to
avoid getting swept after the Ellie De La Cruz show
went for naught last night. Rhett Lowder and Yoshi Yamamoto
on the hill 10-10 tonight on 700 WLW. Florence, y'all's
playing game one of their best of three Frontier League
playoff series tonight. against the Washington Wild Things. Y'alls are
hosting in Florence. That game starts at 6.56. And FC
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Cincinnati is on the road tonight against Philadelphia. That game
starts at 7.30. You can listen to radio coverage on
Fox Sports 1360. We're broadcasting from the Anthony Munoz Foundation
Topgolf Tailgate. And Anthony always goes out of his way
to mention some of the folks, some of the organizations
and companies that make this event what it is. And
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at the top of that list, is our friend Pete Ventura,
who's with us now.
Speaker 3 (26:52):
Birdie's Coffee Company, what's up? Yeah, yeah, Birdie's Coffee. This
is the first year sponsoring for this business. We've sponsored
previous years with other businesses that I'm involved in. But
this is the first year with Birdie's. This is a
coffee shop we opened down in Norwood, Ohio, kind of
off the Rookwood exit there. Smith Edwards goes straight into
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Norwood on Williams there.
Speaker 4 (27:16):
Right.
Speaker 3 (27:17):
But super nice neighborhood down there. It's really booming. It's
been spreading. A ton of young families, kids walking around.
So we found a building there that was an old
pawn shop for about 20 or 30 years, Ted's Pawn Shop.
And it was empty for five or so, 10 years.
And then we took it over, kind of had a
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vision for it, rehabbed it, didn't know how it would go.
Never really been in the coffee business ever. I didn't
even drink coffee at the time. Now I'm like five
a day, of course. But we rehabbed it. It's been
booming ever since. It'll be three years in October that
we've been open. But, yeah, we've got a ton of
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walk-ups in the neighborhood. People are driving right off the exit.
Xavier University is kind of walking distance. So it's just
a great area right there.
Speaker 4 (28:07):
How does one just decide to randomly get in the
coffee games?
Speaker 3 (28:11):
Well, we saw the building and we're like, you know,
that would make a cool coffee shop. So then this
was even kind of pre-AI. I couldn't just hop on
there and be like, hey, how do I start a
coffee shop? But, yeah, just Googling stuff, figuring it out,
talking with local people, really sourcing. There's a local group
in town, La Terza Coffee. They really helped us out,
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got us going, sold us beans initially, stuff like that.
So we've kind of morphed into roasting our own beans
and getting to that, sourcing them from different parts of
South America. So you kind of learn about it as
you go. And it's super interesting and the different blends
and where you're getting them and what elevations. And it's
pretty neat. But I didn't realize how, I mean, almost
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everybody drinks coffee and just how popular it is and
how many people are just diehard into it as well.
Speaker 4 (28:59):
And diehard into iced coffee.
Speaker 3 (29:00):
Oh, absolutely.
Speaker 1 (29:01):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (29:01):
Yeah, it's kind of funny because, I mean, we were
slammed this weekend. We got a line out the door
most of the day, and it's out of 100 coffees,
95 are iced.
Speaker 1 (29:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (29:09):
You know, we're just ice, ice, ice.
Speaker 4 (29:11):
And I would not have guessed that 10 years ago.
Speaker 3 (29:13):
No, you never would have seen it, which is funny.
I'll go to Italy a few times, and over there
it's 99% espresso.
Speaker 1 (29:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (29:22):
You know, if they'll look at you crazy if you've
got an ice cup. And over here, you know, you'll
never hear that order.
Speaker 4 (29:28):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (29:29):
But yeah, the iced is, that's what I drink. What
do you drink? I'm a hot guy. You are?
Speaker 4 (29:33):
I'm hot, yeah.
Speaker 3 (29:34):
You don't do it?
Speaker 4 (29:35):
Even on a day like today. Really?
Speaker 1 (29:36):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (29:37):
Okay. No cold brew either?
Speaker 1 (29:38):
No. No.
Speaker 4 (29:40):
I mean, if you put one in front of me,
I drink it. But if I have a preference... Always hot.
Speaker 3 (29:44):
It's always hot. And like a drip, or do you
do a latte with milk and stuff? No, a drip.
Just a drip. Okay. But I love a good espresso
as well. Okay.
Speaker 4 (29:51):
But I'm a hot coffee guy.
Speaker 3 (29:52):
So you're old school.
Speaker 4 (29:53):
I am old school. But again, if you put one
of your iced coffees in front of me.
Speaker 3 (29:59):
I'd inhale it.
Speaker 1 (30:00):
Right.
Speaker 3 (30:00):
You're going to suck it down. But if I have
a preference, and I always do, I'm going hot. And
I go to the same drink every day. Once you
get that, it's hard to deviate once you've got that,
what you know you like.
Speaker 4 (30:11):
I'm really craving a cup of coffee right now.
Speaker 1 (30:13):
Talking about, yeah, we should have brought some up here.
Speaker 4 (30:14):
How did you and your wife get involved with Anthony?
Speaker 3 (30:19):
So it was about 15 years ago at least. Uh,
we were starting a logistics company at the time and
we were pretty young and I had, we were doing
a ribbon cutting. We didn't have many employees at all,
but we were trying to hype ourselves up at the time,
you know, and I reached out to him and he
didn't even really bat an eye and he had come out, uh,
to support us and was very gracious. Um, I actually
(30:40):
got to learn about the foundation at that point and
everything he does, you know, helping just not in the community,
but all the disadvantaged kids, which kind of his foundation
points to. kids that have to overcome something pretty large
in their lives a lot of times, kids that, you know,
have run through walls already. Right. And he wants to
help them to, you know, advance. So we found out
(31:02):
about that and, you know, started to, you know, donate
at that time and kind of grown from there. We've
been sponsoring this event, they said, for nine years now,
I guess.
Speaker 4 (31:11):
Yeah, nine years.
Speaker 3 (31:13):
They're up over half a million that we've raised. So
you can imagine all the, you know. the help we've
hopefully had in these kids' lives as they've grown. But, yeah,
just learning who he is and what he does and
how he gives back. And, you know, he's not just
a top ten football player of all time. He's a
top ten human being of all time.
Speaker 4 (31:32):
That is the thing. Like, you could talk about Anthony's impact.
Speaker 3 (31:35):
And I've said this to him.
Speaker 4 (31:36):
You could talk about his impact and what he's meant
and the lives he's touched and never mention that he
played football, much less that he's maybe the greatest offensive
lineman ever.
Speaker 1 (31:45):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (31:46):
Right. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (31:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (31:48):
I just saw, like, a sporting news the other day.
I had him at seven.
Speaker 1 (31:50):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (31:50):
He's still, like, playing in the 80s. Some of those guys,
they start, you know, the modern-day guys take over and
all that. But he's held there forever.
Speaker 1 (31:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (31:58):
You know, it's pretty cool. But, no, great dude, and
we're happy to be involved. Me and my wife, we've
been blessed with what we've had. Just kind of paying
it forward at the same time.
Speaker 4 (32:08):
As a regular coffee drinker.
Speaker 1 (32:10):
Sure. Right?
Speaker 4 (32:11):
I come in, and I want to try something. I
want to expand my horizons just a little bit. What
are you making for me?
Speaker 3 (32:16):
Okay. Well, you normally, you like it hot, you know,
but I'm going to still try to get you on
the ice phase, okay? So we have a really good
cold brew that we're known for, but we do like
a maple cream cold brew, we call it, okay? So
there's a little maple in it, and then like a
roasted hazelnut creamer just kind of sits on top, just
a little bit, not much. I'm in. But you'll down it, yeah.
Speaker 6 (32:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (32:39):
I mean, it's loaded with coffee and caffeine, but. I'm
really tasteful.
Speaker 4 (32:43):
Never wanted anything more, quite frankly. That sounds amazing.
Speaker 3 (32:46):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (32:47):
It is awesome that you support this event every year.
We get a chance to spend some time with you.
And looking forward already to year number 10, it's going
to be fun.
Speaker 1 (32:55):
Sure. No.
Speaker 3 (32:56):
Yeah. I appreciate it. I appreciate you getting out here.
I know you, you know. Nine years.
Speaker 4 (33:01):
Yes.
Speaker 3 (33:01):
It's always a beautiful day somehow. But, yeah, I appreciate
you getting me on. I want to also plug we're
opening a second location in Blue Ash coming up. Oh, perfect.
Later this year.
Speaker 2 (33:11):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (33:12):
So we're really excited about that as well. So, like,
you know, Blue Ash is here.
Speaker 4 (33:15):
Norwood's here. Kenwood's right in the middle. So when I
need that sort of mid-afternoon punch, I can go in
either direction.
Speaker 3 (33:22):
Either direction up 71.
Speaker 1 (33:24):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (33:24):
Badly needed. All right, man. We'll stop up and see you.
Speaker 4 (33:28):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (33:28):
Appreciate it. Come on in. Pete Ventura, Birdie's Coffee Company.
Go see him.
Speaker 4 (33:31):
It's 10 away from 4 o'clock. Anthony Munoz Foundation, Topgolf, Tailgate.
The great Ken Anderson will join us after the top
of the hour on ESPN 1530 Cincinnati Sports Station. Cincinnati's
ESPN 1530. traffic from the uc health trend did some
awesome stuff yesterday with our guy paul tainer jr from
the athletic and the growler podcast talking about uh zach
(33:54):
taylor eric all the pressure on one the expectations for
the other if you missed that conversation go get it
now on the iheart radio app plus you know the
uh the off season has been spent by a lot
of us talking about the bengals operating under center how
may it work how effective can they be Our guy,
Sean Syed from the Stats and Scheme newsletter, who is terrific.
(34:16):
He joined us yesterday as well. If you missed that conversation,
go listen to it now on the iHeartRadio app, as
well as back of the envelope bets, NFL Futures edition.
I didn't tally them up, but I got like between
20 and 25 NFL Futures that I love. Some of
them Bengals related. Go listen to that on the iHeartRadio app.
(34:38):
Podcasts of this show are a service. of Longnecks Sports Grill.
Three awesome locations in Northern Kentucky. Wilder, Hebron, and Richwood.
Great place to watch the Bengals or pretty much any
football team this upcoming season. We're at the Munoz Foundation
Topgolf Tailgate. It's coming up on 4 o'clock. The great
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(34:58):
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