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[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.).
James R. Kennedy, a man with developmental disabilities who became a familiar and beloved presence on the sidelines during a South Carolina high school’s football games, inspiring the 2003...
Cuba Gooding Jr. received praise for his portrayal of James "Radio" Kennedy in the 2003 film 'Radio.' The man behind the character led a marvelous life.
Readers may be familiar with the story portrayed in the movie “Radio” starring Cuba Gooding, Jr. But the community at Hanna High soon would realize that what they got from Radio was more than what they were doing for him.
Set in 1976, real life Coach Jones befriends mentally disabled black student, Radio. They then form a friendship and bond over the football season. Though things take a turn for the worst when certain fans and parents feel that Radio is a distraction, and is getting in the way of the team succeeding.
James Robert "Radio" Kennedy (October 14, 1946 – December 15, 2019) was an American man with an intellectual disability who was known for his association with the T. L. Hanna High School football team in Anderson, South Carolina. [1]
James “Radio” Kennedy, the mentally disabled man whose importance to a South Carolina football team inspired the Hollywood movie “Radio,” died early Sunday at the age of 73, T.L. Hanna ...
The movie is based on a Sports Illustrated story, written by Gary Smith, about the way a series of Anderson teams and coaches have adopted James “Radio” Kennedy, a mentally disabled local man, as a team mascot and cheerleader.
The story of a high school coach and the developmentally challenged man who he took under his wing. Set in 1976, real life Coach Jones befriends mentally disabled black student, Radio. They then form a friendship and bond over the football season.
James “Radio” Kennedy, the South Carolina high school football mainstay whose story inspired the 2003 film Radio, starring Cuba Gooding Jr., has died at age 73. T.L. Hanna High School...