Unlike most NBA players who develop their passion for basketball early, Portland Trail Blazers first-round draft pick Yang ...

Merely by having Yang Hansen on their roster, the Portland Trail Blazers instantly become one of the most popular teams in ...

Julie Vanloo’s ability to communicate in four languages has been crucial as the expansion Golden State Valkyries develop chemistry and find ways to make sure everyone can understand a given play ...

Chinese basketball prospect Yang Hansen has been urged to embrace comparisons with the legendary Yao Ming as he awaits his fate in this month’s NBA Draft. The towering 19-year-old centre last ...

Yao Ming, Carmelo Anthony, and the pickup game that never was Ming and Anthony go a long way back, and not only because of their taste for wine. Back in 2003, hip-hop legends Jay-Z and Fat Joe ...

Knowing how to speak two languages is not the same thing as knowing how to translate. Don't believe us? Here are nine times a little translation mistake turned into a big problem.

He drives Yao around, runs his errands, helps sort his bills, tutors him in driving, English and American culture, and serves as a go-between for Yao and his advisory group, Team Yao.

Kevin Garnett: So listen, though—we had a bounty out on Yao Ming. First cat to dunk on Yao? A million dollars. So everybody ...

As Yao’s career went on, he became a the reference for tall or big, and that became apparent in hip-hop, as rappers all over began to reference Yao Ming in lyrics.

Şengün's success has made the Rockets' fourth-year center an icon in his home country, where Turkish fans and politicians support his career.

There is an upcoming episode that has fun with the Shohei Ohtani translator gambling controversy. In that one, Fox Sports’ Kevin Burkhardt voices some parts, while The Athletic’ s Tyler Kepner ...