When Falahey introduces Coolidge to former Major League Baseball manager Sparky Anderson, Coolidge says "Sorry you lost, but I voted for you." Coolidge is mistaking Sparky for former U.S. congressman and 1980 Presidential candidate John Anderson, who lost in the election as an independent candidate to Ronald Reagan.
When his character Ezra Davis is running practice at the start of the episode, Roosevelt Grier is wearing his #79 Los Angeles Rams football jersey that he wore during his NFL career with the Rams as a member of the defensive line called the "Fearsome Foursome" along with Merlin Olsen, Deacon Jones, and Lamar Lundy.
Elgin Baylor and Chet Walker are the first former NBA players to appear as credited guest stars on the series.