Shark Stadium, where the fictitious Miami Sharks play, is actually the Orange Bowl Stadium, in Miami, Florida.
Dennis Quaid's character's house is really Miami Dolphin quarterback Dan Marino's house.
When Willie Beamen enters Tony D'Amato's house, the movie that is on TV is Ben-Hur, starring Charlton Heston, who also appears in Any Given Sunday as the Commissioner.
Cameron Diaz plays the daughter of a sports team owner, just as she did in My Best Friend's Wedding (1997).
When Barry Switzer is the broadcaster for the playoff game in Dallas, a player bumps an official and Barry yells out, "He hit an official." When Barry Switzer was coaching the Dallas Cowboys, he was ejected from a 1994 NFC Championship game against the San Francisco 49ers for bumping an official.
As Oliver Stone is a San Francisco 49ers fan, there are a number of references to San Francisco winning the championship game against the Sharks.
Much of the information in the movie is based on the book, "You're Okay, It's Just a Bruise: A Doctor's Sideline Secrets About Pro Football's Most Outrageous Team," by Rob Huizenga.
Director 'Stone, Oliver' tried and failed to get the National Football League's permission to use real NFL team logos and stadiums for the film.
At one point, Al Pacino goes home, rips Mandy's card, and looks at a picture. The picture is of him, two children, and Sofia Coppola, his friend and costar from The Godfather: Part III (1990).
There are about 117 F-words in the movie.
There is a caricature of Oliver Stone in the bar next to the caricature of Al Pacino.
When Tony D first meets the hooker in the bar, the pictures on the wall are all of people in the movie. On the bottom row are Cap Rooney and Jim Brown. The top three are Cameron Diaz, Al Pacino, and Oliver Stone.
Although, according to Stone, the NFL actively attempted to prevent players taking part in this project, then San Francisco wide receiver Terrell Owens can be seen playing and scoring two TD's for the Miami Sharks. While the name on the back of his shirt is 'Owens', he wears the number 82 and not 81 as he does in the pros.
Director Cameo: [Oliver Stone] a booth commentator.
Cameo: [Barry Switzer] former head coach of the Dallas Cowboys as a television commentator for the game between the Miami Sharks and the Dallas Knights (supposedly set in Texas Stadium, where Switzer once coached).
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