Everett Osborne as Nathaniel 'Sweetwater' Clifton

Cary Elwes as Ned Irish

Jeremy Piven as Joe Lapchick

Eric Roberts as Judd

Jim Caviezel as Sports Writer

Richard Dreyfuss as Maurice Podoloff

Kevin Pollak as Abe Saperstein

Mike Starr as Eddie Gottlieb

Jim Meskimen as Miles Slocum

Jason Sklar as Donnie Grossman

Emmaline as Jeanne Staples

Ashani Roberts as Sweetwater's Mother

Robert Ri'chard as Pop

Paul Hipp as Barker

Eric Etebari as Frank

Gary Clark Jr. as T-Bone

Ernest Harden Jr. as Coach Will Robinson

Wayne Federman as Referee Pete

Billy Malone as Dan

Dahlia Waingort as Mrs. Lapchick

Tim Kavanagh as Arthur "Art" Webb

Ca'Ron Jaden Coleman as Young Sweetwater

Delijah McAlpin as Teen Sweetwater

Dave Cobert as Dick McGuire

Herbert 'Flight Time' Lang as Babe

Joshua King Brooks as Chuck Cooper

Steven Morse as Norm Drucker

Preston Galli as Autograph Seeking Boy (uncredited)