For Shaq, it would have to be watching his bigger-than-ever body rumble off the Celtics bench and kneel ... uniform playing basketball overseas. Yao Ming didn’t end his career chasing a ring ...

Yao Ming followed up his rookie year with a superb ... and he is a lifelong fan of the Boston Celtics. His favorite players include legends like Larry Bird and Michael Jordan, modern stars like ...

A few weeks ago, former Houston Rocket, Yao Ming, was inducted into the Naismith ... two players who won multiple championships with the Celtics without posting gaudy regular season stats: Frank ...

Yao Ming's height makes him one of the tallest ... Fall spent time with the Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers. While he was unable to make a huge impact with either team, he gained a huge ...

“Tell Yao Ming, ‘Ching chong-yang-wah-ah-soh ... saving me the trouble of producing vague e-mails from a Boston Celtics media liaison and the book-reviews editor at the Village Voice.

Former NBA player Yao Ming is 7'6" and dwarfs nearly everyone he stands next to in photos. Sun Mingming might be the only person on earth who has the ability to make Yao look relatively short.

Scott Rafferty is an experienced NBA journalist who first started writing for The Sporting News in 2017. There are few things he appreciates more than a Nikola Jokic no-look pass, Klay Thompson ...

HOUSTON -- Houston Rockets star Yao Ming is now a father. The 7-foot-6 Yao and his wife, Ye Li, had a baby girl on Friday at a Houston hospital, team spokesman Nelson Luis said. The couple ...

Including the postseason, Yao Ming played in 514 games with the Houston Rockets. Yao announced his retirement from basketball at a press conference Wednesday from Shanghai, so now is the perfect ...

The NBA's version of the Ming Dynasty is done. After helping pro basketball gain a foothold in the world's most populous market, Chinese star Yao Ming has retired. Yao made it official Wednesday ...

Yao Ming stands on the verge of basketball immortality. The retired 7-foot-6 center, who spent his entire nine-year NBA career with the Houston Rockets, has been elected to the Naismith Memorial ...

In hindsight, the Rockets making Yao Ming the No. 1 overall pick seems like a no-brainer. Despite being limited to just eight seasons due to foot injuries, Yao was voted as an All-Star each ...