Sweetwater

Everett Osborne

— Nathaniel 'Sweetwater' Clifton

Cary Elwes

— Ned Irish

Jeremy Piven

— Joe Lapchick

Eric Roberts

— Judd

Jim Caviezel

— Sports Writer

Richard Dreyfuss

— Maurice Podoloff

Kevin Pollak

— Abe Saperstein

Mike Starr

— Eddie Gottlieb

Jim Meskimen

— Miles Slocum

Jason Sklar

— Donnie Grossman

Emmaline

— Jeanne Staples

Ashani Roberts

— Sweetwater's Mother

Robert Ri'chard

— Pop

Paul Hipp

— Barker

Eric Etebari

— Frank

Gary Clark Jr.

— T-Bone

Ernest Harden Jr.

— Coach Will Robinson

Wayne Federman

— Referee Pete

Billy Malone

— Dan

Dahlia Waingort

— Mrs. Lapchick

Tim Kavanagh

— Arthur "Art" Webb

Ca'Ron Jaden Coleman

— Young Sweetwater

Delijah McAlpin

— Teen Sweetwater

Dave Cobert

— Dick McGuire

Herbert 'Flight Time' Lang

— Babe

Bobby Portis Jr.

— Earl "Big Cat" Llyod

Joshua King Brooks

— Chuck Cooper

Steven Morse

— Norm Drucker

Preston Galli

— Autograph Seeking Boy (uncredited)