Ex-Fresno State athlete opens pizza restaurant.

Back in 1978, Art Williams left Chicago to play basketball for the Fresno State Bulldogs. But over the decades, he never forgot the tastes of home -- the deep-dish pizzas and Chicago-style beef and sausage sandwiches his mother perfected as proprietor of the Williams Inn restaurant on Chicago's South Side.

Now Williams has brought those hometown specialties to Fresno. On May 31, he opened his new restaurant, The Chicago Connection, an all-family affair that he hopes his California customers will like enough to spread far and wide.