One of the best stories I have read in a long time!

http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/amplifier/51933/golden-voiced-homeless-man-captivates-internet/

I was reading a few sports sites and I happen to come upon a store that really hit home.  I know most people reading this knows me pretty well.  I'm hoping someday that someone who doesn't know me reads this.  After high school I really wanted to go into sports radio.  It was a passion of mine and something I really enjoyed.  I'd listen to different shows and kind of got a feel for what I wanted to do.  I wanted a show where it was a fun look at sports.  I wanted to do goofy contests and have fake interviews with sports icons and I didn't want to be a fraud. I wanted to be a voice of reason to Brewers fan and actually be educated on the team unlike guys like Bill Michaels "the big unit."
I ended up going to the Madison Media Institute for radio broadcasting and tv production.  I learned a lot about the radio business, good and bad.  Most people there were learning to be disc jockeys and that just wasn't what I wanted to do.  I probably picked the wrong place to go.  I met one of my best friends at MMI, Eric Schmitz.  Eric went there for pretty much the same reason I went there.  We both loved sports and wanted to share our love of sports with the world.  While others in the class played songs and did commerical loops, Eric and I had our own sports talk show.  The Trey Roberts Show with Trey Roberts and Kickin' Karl.  It was an hour of just having fun talking sports and doing things our own way.  We had fake guests come on to our show quite a bit.  We had Jeromy Burnitz, Ben Sheets, Davey Lopes and others.  We had fake contests where people could call in and try to stump Kickin' Karl (Eric) on Brewers trivia.  We would also have classmates call and ask sports questions.
After school I tried to sell the show to different radio stations across WI and even Colorado.  We didn't have any luck.  I tried working part time at Cub Radio in Two Rivers, WI and did Nascar races and random stuff.  It just didn't work out like I planned.  There was no real money in being a disc jockey and the real world came calling.  I found a job in management and Eric ended up moving to AZ.
Looking back at what we had, I know we could have been successful. It didn't work out, but just the fact that we did things our way and had fun doing it in the process made me realize that I was happy I went to Madison and I tried.  I had a CD of the best of the Trey Roberts show that I make Eric listen to every time we are together.  Its just fun to look back and see what we did and how far we have come since.

Now back to this story I found on yahoo.  There is a guy who had a passion for the radio industry.  Just a smooth sounding radio voice.  One of the best I have heard.  He started having the passion when he was 14 and went to school for it.  Unfortunately drugs and alcohol became a problem and eventually left him homeless.  Now instead of just begging for money for more drugs or alcohol, the homeless man(Ted Williams) shares his God given talent for people to earn money.  He'll talk in his radio voice for money, and do a great job in the process.  His goal is to get noticed by someone in the business that will hopefully give him a job talking on TV or radio.  He is two years sober and he is trying to get himself in a position to change his life.
After watching the video clip I went to ESPN.com and found this article http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5991313 The Cleveland Cavaliers have offered this man a job at their arena!  NFL films is also after the guy.  I am so happy for this man to get a second chance and to maybe get the job and life he was always wanted.  He obviously has been through Hell and back which will only probably make him work harder once he is there!  Congratulations Ted Williams!