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 ...

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, ...

That works out to a wine glass approximately 12.7 inches tall. Trying to find a glass for sale between 12 and 13 inches that looks like Yao's didn't turn up much in admittedly morning's long ...

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.