Chinese basketball legend Yao Ming has for the first time addressed his encounter last month with tennis star Peng Shuai, describing her as in “pretty good condition.” Peng’s well-being has ...

From Kublai Khan to Chairman Mao, China has a storied history of towering figures when it comes to state affairs. None, though, have loomed larger than former basketball star Yao Ming.

Jackie Chan, Yao Ming Attend China’s Annual Congressional Meeting. The Communist Party's legislative conference is expected to approve reforms by President Xi Jinping and was visited by Chinese ...

In the Apple ad, we watch as Yao Ming ends up on a plane next to Verne Troyer, the 2-foot, 8-inch actor most famous for playing Mini-Me in the Austin Powers series. Soon both are tapping away on ...

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.

For two-plus seasons, Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady have been comrades on the basketball floor. Come Friday, viewers of Jimmy Kimmel Live can see them as a talk-show tandem By Jonathan Feigen ...

After a news conference on a preseason trip to his hometown of Shanghai, Yao Ming asked me a question on our drive back to the hotel: Would I like to see where he grew up? “Absolutely,” I told ...

Yao Ming made it official Wednesday, telling a packed news conference in his hometown that a series of foot and leg injuries have forced him to retire from basketball. By The Associated Press ...

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 ...

Yao Ming didn’t end his career chasing a ring or chasing his youth. But he deserved the chance. At 35 years old, Yao Ming will enter the Basketball Hall of Fame this month. He shouldn’t be ...