SHANGHAI, China -- The two dozen junior high students playing hoops on the outdoor courts at the Nike Basketball Garden share a dream and a hero. They want to play in the NBA, just like Houston ...

Before international boba chains like Gong Cha and Chi Cha San Chen came to Houston, there was Tapioca House. Unknown to most Houstonians, the small Asiatown cafe was one of earliest bubble tea ...

People always say, “Kids grow up so fast, ” and this cannot be more true for former NBA star Yao Ming’s daughter Amy.. She’s only 13 but the tween has caught up in height to her 1.9m-tall ...

Yao Ming, president of the Chinese Basketball Association, attends the opening ceremony during the FIBA 3x3 Women’s Series Wuhan Stop 2023 at Wuhan Jiangxia Shengfan Sports Park May 6, ...

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.

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.