[Sportsguy]

Denzel Washington as Curtis Taylor Jr

Dwayne Johnson as Jimmy "Thunder" Early

Sidney Poitier as Marty Madison

Leslie Odom Jr as C.C White

Aretha Franklin as Effie White

Whitney Houston as Deena Jones

Zendaya Coleman as Lorrell Robinson

Rihanna as Michelle Morris

John David Washington as Wayne

Samuel L Jackson as Max Washington

Pam Grier as May Jones

Audra McDonald as Jazz Singer

Reginald VelJohnson as the Talent Booker

Frank Langella as Jerry Harris

Christopher Plummer as a Federal Agent