Jimmy Butler’s summer trip to China quickly became a viral moment for Golden State Warriors fans. While promoting his ...

Yao is no stranger to international competition given he played for China in the Olympics in 2000, 2004, and 2008. Of course his career was cut short due to a foot injuries that caused him to ...

Rumors quickly sprang that the Rockets were open to trading the pick. They weren’t. And Yao often told the story of the first NBA game he saw, in the 1994 NBA Finals between the Rockets and New ...

Now, Yao’s influence throughout China has created a surging fanbase, sparking four prominent Chinese footwear brands – Peak, Anta, Li-Ning and 361 – to sign NBA players as key endorsers.

BEIJING >> 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 ...

Yao himself was one of the NBA's biggest stars. After playing for the Shanghai Sharks from 1997-2002, the 7-foot-6 center played for the Houston Rockets until his retirement in 2011.

Houston Rockets' Yao Ming of China is seen during an NBA game in Los Angeles, Feb. 14, 2006. (Reuters) NBA GETS PRESSED ON ENES KANTER FREEDOM’S ‘ZERO’ ALL-STAR VOTES ...

Chinese basketball legend Yao Ming has for the first time addressed his encounter last month with tennis star Peng Shuai, describing her as in “pretty good condition.” Peng’s well-being has ...

News of Yao Ming's injury is "an earthquake for Chinese basketball." Feb. 27, 2008— -- At 7-foot-6 inches, Yao Ming is undoubtedly huge. But in his native China, he is larger than life. News ...

SHANGHAI -- China's most talented basketball player, Yao Ming, spends his days in practices that barely make him sweat. The 7-foot-6 center for the Shanghai Sharks admits he takes it easy because ...

But the articulate Zhang, who hails from the northern province of Hebei, gives that lofty comparison a swift verbal jab. "I am not Yao Ming or anyone else," she said. "I just want to be a better me." ...