Nathaniel "Sweetwater" Clifton
Ned Irish
Joe Lapchick
Judd
Sports Writer
Maurice Podoloff
Abe Saperstein
Eddie Gottlieb
Miles Slocum
Donnie Grossman
Jeanne Staples
Sweetwater's Mother
Pop
Barker
Frank
T-Bone
Coach Will Robinson
Referee Pete
Dan
Mrs. Lapchick
In 1990 Chicago, a taxi driver recounts to his passenger, a sportswriter, his life story. He reveals himself to be Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton, one of the first African Americans to play in the NBA.