It's the feel-good story for the new year.A YouTube video of Ted Williams, a homeless man in Columbus, Ohio, with a golden voice of radio, has gone viral in the last two days. Williams has exploded into an overnight sensation. And a sports announcer possible.
It was a job offer by the Cleveland Cavaliers. NFL Films approached the Columbus Dispatch newspaper, which outlines Williams to hire him to work voiceover says NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy.
NBC Today Show, ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live and MTV are asking for interviews with native Brooklyn 53. At noon on Wednesday, Williams himself was an agent who was fielding a flood of job offers and media inquiries.
Sorry, Mr. Williams is not available, his representative said in an e-mail. Was scheduled to board a plane for New York today at 4 pm today, where he has booked today and Jimmy Kimmel.
Ted Williams has a sign advertising his soft voice radio near a freeway ramp in Columbus, Ohio. Williams, who has no home, became an online video sensation when the Columbus Dispatch published a video of him speaking in his deep baritone voice on its website this week. Cleveland Cavaliers contacted him on Wednesday, announcing a job offer.
The video that started it all was filmed next to a highway to Columbus as Williams panhandle money with a handwritten sign. In the video, he says he has experience in radio, but fell out of favor because of problems with drugs and alcohol.
Here is the video that you are breaking the Internet with over 5.4 million visits since Tuesday. Take a listen to the golden pipes that are making the lives of Williams around in a hurry.
During an interview with CBS, Williams said he is being compared to the discovery of Susan Boyle singing. Here Williams, sporting a haircut and some clean clothes, telling his story on CBS this morning. He said he has been clean and sober for over two years. Once he returns to the Big Apple, is going to find her mother 92-year-old in Brooklyn:
With an agent, offers multiple jobs and a great set of pipes, what's next for Williams? Some concerts, voice security. Perhaps a book deal or movie deal. In a depressed economic climate, everyone looking for an uplifting story. Without a doubt fits the bill. Meanwhile, keep watching the NFL Films. The voice-over next time you hear may be yours.

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