Filed under: Cavaliers, NBA Business
CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Cavaliers acted with their heart Wednesday when they offered a homeless man a job.Whether they acted with their head will be determined over time. Meanwhile, while some folks praise those who reached out to help Ted Williams, others might wonder why their hard-luck stories go unheard.
The difference? Williams and his made-for-radio voice made the Internet, where he became a literal overnight sensation.
Ted Williams has gone from begging for food to the Today Show, from living in a tent to sorting out job offers, from disheveled to straightened up with a handler. All overnight.
Williams, 53, was "discovered" by a Columbus Dispatch video reporter. Doral Chenoweth III noticed the homeless man standing near an interstate with a sign saying he had a voice for radio. This intrigued Chenoweth, so he drove up and asked to hear Williams' voice. His booming baritone came right off the computer screen, and was posted to the Dispatch website and YouTube.
Wednesday morning, the job offers started flooding in. NFL Films, MTV, talent agents and talk shows tried to find him. Columbus radio station WNCI put him on the air first thing Wednesday morning, and -- interestingly -- had a woman named Tracy from the Cleveland Cavaliers ready to talk to him.
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