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Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
Sport
Lauren Comitor

BRIEF: Champaign Central's 'float boy' sparks Internet magic in viral photo

Feb. 24--What looked like a standard basketball play turned out to be anything but in a photo showing Champaign Central's Walker Stillman "floating" midair during a game.

The shot, taken by photographer Liz Brunson, has gone viral since Central's game vs. Danville Friday.

Stillman told the News-Gazette that he was going up for a rebound but then stopped when he reazlied he wouldn't get it.

Central's athletic director John Woods posted video of the play Sunday, wanting to "squash any rumors that it was photoshopped...or that Walker was a Jedi."

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