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Radio is a 2003 American biographical sports drama film directed by Mike Tollin.It was inspired by the 1996 Sports Illustrated article "Someone to Lean On" by Gary Smith. [1] [2] The article and the movie are based on the true story of T. L. Hanna High School football coach Harold Jones and a young man with an intellectual disability, James Robert "Radio" Kennedy (Cuba Gooding Jr.).
[9] [10] In 1964, Kennedy befriended the high school's then football coach Harold Jones. [11] Their friendship served as the basis of the 2003 film Radio starring Cuba Gooding Jr. as Kennedy and Ed Harris as Jones. [4] In 1965, Kennedy became an unofficial 11th-grade student at T.L. Hanna High. [12]
James "Radio" Kennedy, the man who was a fixture on the sidelines of a South Carolina high school's football games for decades, has died.
"Radio" showed up on the T.L. Hanna sidelines in 1964. That one moment changed lives around the world.
She is the daughter of the school's former headfootball coach and athletic director, Harold Strauss, who died in 2019. Gordon began working for the district around 2001 and most recentlywasthe ...
Preston Jones (born 1970), football player [17] James "Radio" Kennedy (1946–2019) inspired the feature film, Radio. Cuba Gooding Jr. portrayed Kennedy in the film. A large statue of "Radio" is located on the school grounds today. [18] Rafael Little (born 1986), former running back for Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League
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Two of his brothers were also linebackers: his younger brother, Deron Mayo, played in the Canadian Football League and is currently the head strength and conditioning coach for the New England Patriots, [45] [46] and Derek Mayo is a graduate of Richmond, where he won the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision title in 2008.