LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – I haven’t heard Wade Houston give a ton of speeches, so when Simmons College athletic director Jerry Eaves passed me an invitation to the school’s Tipoff Luncheon on Thursday, I wanted to listen.

Because when you’ve marched with Dr. King in Frankfort, coached alongside Denny Crum in Freedom Hall, raised and coached a future NBA star from this city, and built a business empire that stretches across the country, you’ve got some insights worth hearing.

In a restaurant meeting room, Houston stood up. Not to deliver a résumé, but to deliver a challenge. To give back. And to remind us why he does.

Back in 1964, Houston was a sophomore at the University of Louisville, the first Black scholarship basketball player. He had worked his way to the front row of a civil right

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