10/14/2021Ted Wade: Pioneer of sport and science Ted Wade, second row far right, and the rest of Bellarmine College's first basketball team By Jonathan Saxon Louisville Courier-Journal Louisville is known for having its legends casually walk the streets, but what if someone told you Bellarmine's first Black basketball player walks beaches in Thailand? Ex-pat Theodore "Ted" Wade, 89, is a man of many talents who describes himself as a "retired gentleman of leisure" after a multi-decade career in the computer sciences field.