CRAWFORD | Jurich’s first return to U of L since 2017 will bring emotion — and a new street name

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – Tom Jurich has made the drive back to Louisville plenty of times. His children live here. So do his grandchildren. And his 96-year-old mother still calls it home.

But on Tuesday, winding through the mountains of Eastern Kentucky — detouring around closed highways and old memories — Jurich acknowledged that this trip was different.

This time, he’s coming back to be honored. A portion of Floyd Street, the road that runs through the heart of the University of Louisville’s athletic complex, will be renamed “Tom Jurich Way.”…

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