http://www.news-gazette.com/sportsfacts/ Latest Illini SportsFacts stories for the News-Gazette en-us Copyright 2008, The News-Gazette, Inc. http://www.news-gazette.com/sportsfacts/rss Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:13:00 PST CHAMPAIGN – When Joshua George was a little boy, the nurses at the Virginia hospital where he would spend months at a time would often get mad at him. "They didn't like that I would try to push my chair as fast as I could around the hallway," George said. "The wing I was in, there was a looped hallway and the rooms were on the loop and their offices were in the center and the hallway looped all the way around. http://www.news-gazette.com/sportsfacts/2008/07/06/ui_grad_george_hopes_to_medal_in_six_events_at_paralympics/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:00:00 CST CHAMPAIGN – When most Illinois fans think about the Olympic Games in Beijing, basketball player Deron Williams and gymnast Justin Spring are names that immediately pop into their heads. But there is another group of Illinois athletes poised to make a splash in the Far East later this summer. http://www.news-gazette.com/sportsfacts/2008/07/06/ui_wheelchair_track_program_will_be_well_represented_in_beijing/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:00:00 CST Still haven't come down with a case of Olympic fever? Now you can have a rooting interest as contributor Brandon Barak takes a look at Champaign-Urbana's connections to the Aug. 8-24 Games in China: http://www.news-gazette.com/sportsfacts/2008/07/06/c-u_in_beijing/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:00:00 CST Ann Landers and Abby have nothing on our sports know-it-all, Tony Bleill: http://www.news-gazette.com/sportsfacts/2008/07/06/ask_tony/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:00:00 CST