Radio is about a twenty-three year old mentally disabled young black man named James Robert Kennedy who pushes a shopping cart along the streets. The movie itself is more of a drama and is based on a true story. He gets the name Radio because he is always seen with one wherever he goes. He is attracted by a high school football team, but after the team's coach (Coach Jones) - taking pity on Radio, both for his disability and his enthusiasm - asks him to help, the team members abuse Radio by locking him into a shed. The team's coach reprimands them, and delivers Radio to his house, where Radio's mother is introduced.
We are first introduced to Kyle Turley, an ex-professional football who was an offensive lineman for many different teams. After passing out at a bar in Nashville one night while with his wife, he describes what the experience felt like. I had never passed out like that before, and I started becoming really paranoid. I went into a panic. We get to the emergency room.
They do not want to communicate with each other. They quarrel. Then it evolves into violence. Nevertheless, a midnight run to Gettysburg changes the situation. Boys are woken up, sleepily with eyes half-closed at 3 am, ordered to run to Gettysburg, a place that buried 50,000 men who died in America Civil War, and that is where they learn a profound lesson from Coach Boone and reflect on themselves.
It took time, but eventually Coach Boone was able to overcome this boundary among the members of his team, player and coaches alike, with the help of white assistant coach, Bill Yoast. Unfortunately, many people outside of the Titans football team did not understand this radical new idea, and remained indignant towards not only Coach Boone, but the team in general. One night while the Boone family and Coach Yoast’s daughter were spending the evening together at the Boone’s new house, a man yells from outside “Hey Coach Coon”, an obvious derogatory statement directed at the new African American coach. A brick then sails through the window, leaving shattered glass all across the floor. Immediately, Cheryl (Coach Yoast’s daughter) and Nicky Boone begin to scream out of fear, unsure about the intention of the noise.
He is also very neat; he worries constantly about his clothes and possessions becoming dirty. Action Little Man got a book from the teacher to read in class. It was dirty and he refused it, when he saw the insert of it he through it on the floor and stomped on it as he knew that it had been passed down for 11 years and he knew that when it was dirty it got passed down to a ‘Nigra’ as it said in the insert. When he was punished he didn’t even shed a tear. This showed that he can read at the age of six, he had an interest in books, and he also understood the concept of what the insert said.
He then gets arrested for assaulting the policeman and his father lectures him when he picks his son up. Christopher does detective work and explains how he finds it confusing when people tell h 3. Christopher wants to prove to everyone that he is far from stupid by taking the A levels math and achieving an A, in which is something extraordinary that no one in his school has done. Therefor he thinks that the other students are stupid. This is important because it shows his ambition to so to a University and get a high paying job.
It is then that the writer begins to notice the lack of communication in the marriage. Details such as employment hardships, deaths in the family, and monetary issues are the cherry on top of their “football problem” (532). She begins “listening to Rich…about football, because it was a lifeline between who he had become and who he used to be” (533). Rogers also realizes that “football was more than just a bunch of jocks bashing into each other…” (533) and dives into the “comfort and common ground” (533) of the fandom. The next few paragraphs are dotted with humor to exaggerate how little she knows about the sport, and magnify her endeavor to learn.
According to a sports article, in this case, the injured fan would not be able to win a lawsuit because of the assumption of risk that he understood when he walked into the park. Assumption of risk protects a business liability; in this case the football stadium owners. Each fan that goes into the stadium knows that something may go wrong therefore, they assume the risk by purchasing the ticket and participating as a spectator. After Ruben was hit with the football, Malik’ accidently spilt his beer on Ruben. Rubens father Daniel became upset with the chain of events and push Malik’.
Willy and Biff fight a lot because Willy doesn’t like the fact his son cant hold a job down. Willy has a flashback to when the boys were in high school; he remembers them washing his car and how popular they were. He goes back to the time Biff had a “borrowed” football, being the football star Willy laughs and tells him to return it. Willy on a trip out of town reveals a new character. He brings stocking to a lady and we learn he is cheating on Linda.
In the flashback, Willy gives his sons a punching bag. He also condones Biff’s stealing of a football and doesn’t encourage them to study as much as they should. He emphasizes being well liked. After the flashback, Happy talks with Willy and asks him why he didn’t go to New England for his business trip. Willy explains that he almost hit a kid in Yonkers.