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 ...

One of the stars who was supposed to play in that game was 7'6" Yao Ming, who had taken the NBA by storm. If the game had pushed through, Yao would have been the starting center of Fat Joe's ...

When he was selected by the Houston Rockets as the first pick of the 2002 NBA Draft, Yao Ming was quite a unique physical specimen. A 7'6'', 310-pound giant from China with an incredibly soft ...

Yao Ming, a 7’6 center from China, was discussed almost like an urban legend before his arrival in 2002 (he first appeared on radars at the 2000 Summer Olympics), and when the Houston Rockets ...

HOUSTON – Yao Ming has a stress fracture in his left ankle and the Houston Rockets said there is no timetable for the return of the 7-foot-6 center whose NBA career may be in serious jeopardy ...

The squabble has sparked a headache for Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) boss – and former NBA star – Yao Ming and is the latest public spat to engulf a major league. The Xinjiang Guanghui ...

Yao Ming will be making his return to an NBA court for the first time in over a year tonight as the Houston Rockets take on the two-time defending champion Los Angeles Lakers. Yao has been one of ...

151; -- When Yao Ming came onto the NBA scene as the No. 1 pick in the 2002 draft, he was immediately challenged by two things in the business world: The Chinese government was getting a cut of ...

Yao Ming is the center of attention in an off-season that’s been nothing short of a whirlwind stretch for the Houston Rockets. The Rockets are coming of one of there most successful seasons ...

Yao Ming's basketball career may have ended with chronic foot problems, but the former Houston Rocket arguably made the sport relevant to more people than anyone in history. Though basketball was ...