At the funeral, Russo gives an action toy to the son of Franz (Mikey), and Russo tells Mikey that he used to have an Aquaman toy when he was a boy. Interestingly, Alan Ritchson, the actor for Reacher, played the role of Aquaman in Smallville (2001).
Larry Bird is from French Lick, Indiana. A.M., the weapons broker mentioned that he was driving through it.
At the funeral Russo gives Mikey an action figure. He said that his favorite super hero used to be Aquaman. Domenick Lombardozzi who plays Russo, was also in Entourage playing the long lost friend Dom of main character Vincent Chase who starred as Aquaman in their universe. The episode he first appeared in also happens to be the one where they all go to the grand opening of the Aquaman themed ride.