Apart from becoming an eight-time All-Star, Yao was a five-time All-NBA Team member, had his No. 11 jersey retired by the ...

— -- When the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announces this year's class next Monday in Houston during the NCAA Final Four, Yao Ming will be among the inductees according to ESPN's ...

FILE - Former NBA basketball player Yao Ming attends a luncheon during the forum titled Chinese Modernization and the World held at The Grand Halls in Shanghai, on April 21, 2023. Yao has stepped down ...

Houston-- Houston Rockets center Yao Ming is retiring, according to a report by Yahoo Sports. The 7-foot-6 Chinese star, plagued by lower-body injuries in the second half of his career, has informed ...

SHANGHAI (AP) - Yao Ming has made it official, telling a packed news conference in his hometown that a series of injuries have forced him to retire from basketball. The 7-fooot-6 center, who became a ...

As Shaquille O'Neal unanimously claimed the most dominant center title in the NBA during the early 2000s, a new giant was making waves across the ocean – China's Yao Ming. Standing tall and exuding an ...

Former Houston Rockets center Yao Ming has been elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, according to ESPN's Calvin Watkins and multiple reports. The 7-foot-6 Yao, whose career ...

On opening night, after the Lakers put up their banner and get their rings, they are going to have to deal with Yao Ming. Monday Rockets doctors cleared Yao for basketball activities and Tuesday he ...

Chinese basketball icon Yao Ming spoke at a gala dinner in New York last week organized by the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations. Former NBA star Yao Ming achieved success in the world’s most ...

The last time we wrote about Yao Ming, it was to cover the former Houston Rockets center’s fight against shark fin soup consumption in his home country, China, where the soup is considered a luxury ...

The NBA may have had some controversial incidents in regard to China in years' past, but according to the greatest Chinese basketball player ever, the league is still "first class." Yao Ming, ...

BEIJINGBEIJING — Former Houston Rockets star Yao Ming has stepped down as head of China’s struggling national basketball league. An eight-time NBA All-Star, Yao had been leading efforts to ...