— -- When the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announces this year's class next Monday in Houston during the NCAA Final Four, Yao Ming will be among the inductees according to ESPN's ...

These red and white Reebok 'Hexride' Sneakers were worn by Yao Ming during his final five games of his career with the Houston Rockets. The sneakers were worn by Ming in the following games: October ...

HOUSTON -- Yao Ming, the international player to become the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA draft without playing in college, was honored Friday night as theHouston Rocketsretired his No. 11 jersey. Yao ...

China's NBA All-Star Yao Ming is back in training after surgery and looking good for the Beijing Olympics, teammate Yi Jianlian said on Wednesday. "Yao just came back to the team. We are better than ...

Sports and war terminology have always been closely connected, and basketball is no exception. Expressions like "going to war for each other," "killer instinct," and "the frontline" highlight this ...

A "what if" pretty much sums up Yao Ming's career. When healthy, he was a force — commanding attention in the paint, anchoring the Houston Rockets on both ends, and showing flashes of dominance that ...

Rockets GM Daryl Morey wasn’t kidding when he suggested he wanted to keep Yao Ming’s minutes down this season. Well, it wasn’t a suggestion either, as he told Fran Blinebury at NBA.com. “It’s going to ...

In 2002, the Rockets made Yao Ming the first Chinese player to be drafted first overall by an NBA team and he would accomplish enough despite an injury-marred career to be enshrined in the Basketball ...

When news came out that the Rockets would be limiting Yao Ming’s minutes to 24 per game this season, it wasn’t a huge surprise, but it was worth discussing. Specifically, the rigid nature of the ...

The two people I know that can tell you everything about everybody who's played this game" - Robert Horry put Yao Ming's basketball IQ in the same category as Kobe Bryant's originally appeared on ...

SAN ANTONIO — Yao Ming sat in the AT&T Center visitors' locker room and worried. "To be honest, I'm thinking about this right now," Yao said. "Being in the new system, I think I don't want to take ...

When the ball goes up for the opening tip at the NBA All-Star game Feb. 9 in Atlanta, Yao Ming will be the center trying to win the jump ball for the West. The 7-foot-6 rookie from China will be ...