Yao Ming, the supersize Houston Rocket, on Monday married his girlfriend of eight years in a private Shanghai ceremony that local media described as a melding of Chinese and Western traditions.

In yet another tragic development to an already nightmarish story, Yao Ming has been lost for the season due to a stress fracture in his ankle, putting his career in jeopardy. With the Rockets ...

Yao Ming is known to many as a giant, but he was much more than that. He was an ambassador of the NBA, a marketing executive’s money-maker, a coach’s dream and an amazing teammate.