‘I made sure I didn’t fail’
NBA exec Wayne Embry broke down barriers with a low-key, dignified style
It’s a mid-January morning and the snowbirds in a Scottsdale, Ariz., pancake house can’t help but look up from their syrup as Wayne Embry folds himself into a booth and orders an egg-white omelette with grits and biscuits.
Embry is a 6-foot-8-inch gentle giant of a man with skillet-si...