As Yao’s career went on, he became a the reference for tall or big, and that became apparent in hip-hop, as rappers all over began to reference Yao Ming in lyrics.

Yao Ming sat down for an exclusive one-on-one interview, during which the Hall of Famer discussed basketball, life lessons and the adjustments needed to play in the U.S.

Yao Ming's backstory As the child of 6-foot-7 Yao Zhiyuan and 6-foot-3 Fang Fengdi, who both played professional basketball, Yao had high expectations placed on him at an early age. When he was 5 ...

HONG KONG — In China, she’s being called the “female Yao Ming.” In a video that quickly went viral this week, Zhang Ziyu, a 7-foot-3 basketball player from Shandong province, towers over ...

Houston, we have a problem. Yes, another problem. For the second straight year, Houston Rockets center Yao Ming will be sidelined by injury for the majority of the season. After missing the entire ...

Former Houston Rockets and Hall of Fame center Yao Ming pauses as he speaks during a halftime ceremony where his number 11 jersey was retired at Toyota Center on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, in Houston.