Yao Ming made it official Wednesday ... Chinese fans are already accustomed to not seeing Yao play, in the face of his frequent injuries and his Houston Rockets’ failure to advance to later ...

As word spread of Yao Ming's retirement, no one could have been ... only to go down again and face the crushing disappointment and grueling rehabilitations that followed. They knew what it had ...

Yao Ming is one of the most recognizable figures ... Here are some reasons it's time for Houston to part ways with the face of their franchise. Lets face it, Yao is starting to age.

Yao Ming went down with an injury to his left leg ... Other than that matchup, Chicago's Joakim Noah is the only center they'll face while Yao is recovering who poses serious problems at the ...

On a snowy February evening in 2003, Yao Ming arrived at the Chinese Embassy in the District for a lavish reception in his honor roughly 24 hours before his Houston Rockets were to play the ...

One of the stars who was supposed to play in that game was 7'6" Yao Ming, who had taken the NBA by storm. If the game had pushed through, Yao would have been the starting center of Fat Joe's ...

Finally, Yao Ming had enough. And a career unlike any other ... with the decision confirmed Friday. Yao, who became the face of China’s new outreach to the West and the NBA’s explosive growth ...

Foster, Chairman of the Asia Society Texas Center, shares his thoughts on professional basketball star — and personal friend — Yao Ming, who announced his retirement ... He's the public face of many ...

Rashard Lewis’ 27 points led the SuperSonics. Houston center Yao Ming sat out a game for the first time in his NBA career, missing the Rockets’ contest against Milwaukee because of the flu.

Ming xie,'' it ... and media coverage of Yao, while attendance at Rockets games increased 55 percent after he joined the team. And he became the most recognizable face - usually smiling - of ...