Overlooked by many this weekend was the passing of legendary basketball coach and civil rights pioneer Don Haskins. Haskins is never mentioned in the same breath as Martin Luther King or the like. But no single figure in the past 60+ years was more responsible for getting black athletes into college than Haskins. Though largely forgotten by many contemporary athletes (until Glory Road came out), he was still singled out for a thank you in airports and restaurants by those older athletes who knew what he had done.

Dan Wetzel (yahoo columnist) knew Haskins as well as any reporter and wrote a fantastic article about Haskins on Monday. Please take the time to read it. You won’t be disappointed.

Carry on, Citizens!