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 ...

Yao Ming's Rockets career was star-crossed because of injuries, but his impact on making basketball a global sport was far-reaching. James Nielsen / AFP / Getty Images ...

Commenters were quick to draw comparisons to NBA star and fellow Chinese basketball star Yao Ming, who was 7-foot-6. Some people marveled at Ziyu's natural abilities and talents on Twitter, but ...

The blue Houston Rockets cap rested atop Yao Ming's head a little high and a little crooked. But to Houston General Manager Carroll Dawson, watching Yao in Beijing on television, Yao looked ...