Chinese basketball prospect Yang Hansen has been urged to embrace comparisons with the legendary Yao Ming as he awaits his fate in this month’s NBA Draft. The towering 19-year-old centre last ...

For most of his NBA career, Carmelo Anthony was listed at 230-235 pounds. Despite being 6-foot-7, it sometimes felt like he was carrying some extra weight.

Houston Rockets center Yao Ming walks off the court after the Houston Rockets and New Jersey Nets preseason match-up at Wukesong Arena in Beijing, China, Wednesday, October 13, 2010.

Injury woes have haunted many of the NBA's most promising talents. In this video, we dive deep into the careers of five NBA stars—like Yao Ming, Greg Oden, and Isaiah Thomas—whose injuries ...

Kevin Garnett: So listen, though—we had a bounty out on Yao Ming. First cat to dunk on Yao? A million dollars. So everybody was trying—man, we all said, "First C, we all put our hand there ...

It helped that “Ming” is easy to fit into a rhyme given how many words you can play off of it, but Yao became a somewhat unlikely staple of rap music that has persisted long after his career.

Metta Sandiford-Artest had his fair share of All-Star and Hall of Fame caliber teammates during his 18-year career. If it's up to him, though, Kobe Bryant and Yao Ming are at the top of the list.

It's the day before Thanksgiving, which is as good as any time to try to find the answer to some extremely dumb questions, such as: How large is Yao Ming's wine glass? Does this matter at all to ...

Yao Ming has quit as president of the Chinese Basketball Association, local media reported on Wednesday. The news quickly went viral in mainland China, becoming the No 1 trending topic on social me… ...

Yao Ming’s NBA journey began when the Houston Rockets selected him as the No. 1 overall pick in the 2002 NBA Draft. He was the highest draft pick ever to come directly from an international league.

Chinese basketball icon Yao Ming spoke at a gala dinner in New York last week organized by the ...More National Committee on U.S.-China Relations.. Russell Flannery. Former NBA star Yao Ming ...

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