The real-life Coach Jones and “Radio” will be appearing in person at the South Carolina Welcome Center at Fair Play(I-85, SC/GA border) on February 28, 2009 from 1-4 PM.  They will be meeting and greeting visitors to the center and signing autographs.  As you may remember, a movie based on Robert “ Radio” Kennedy’s  life was released October 2003 and directed by Mike Tollin.  It was based on the true story of T.L. Hanna High School football coach Harold Jones (Ed Harris) and a mentally-challenged young man James Robert "Radio" Kennedy (Cuba Gooding, Jr.). The movie also starred  Debra Winger and Alfre Woodard, it was inspired by the 1996 Sports Illustrated article "Someone to Lean On" by Gary Smith.