Radio, released October 2003, is a film directed by Mike Tollin that tells the story of a T.L. Hanna High School football coach (Ed Harris) and a mentally-challenged young man nicknamed Radio (Cuba Gooding, Jr.). Starring Cuba Gooding, Jr., Ed Harris, Debra Winger, and Alfre Woodard, it was based on the December 16, 1996 Sports Illustrated Article "Someone to Lean On" by Gary Smith about real men James Robert Kennedy (Radio) and Harold Jones.

Gooding portrays a mentally challenged black young man who is ridiculed by the football players at T.L. Hanna; some of the boys go so far as to tie him up and mock him. When discovered, the coach is angry and shows him great compassion . Soon, Radio becomes a regular at T.L. Hanna's football games. He becomes an adept assistant, helping the team train despite hardships from the players. Over a decades-long relationship, Radio becomes T.L. Hanna's inspiration and team leader, and generally respected in the small Southern town of Anderson, South Carolina