FILE - Former NBA basketball player Yao Ming attends a luncheon during the forum titled Chinese Modernization and the World held at The Grand Halls in Shanghai, on April 21, 2023. Yao has stepped down ...

Most NBA fans, even newer fans, likely know who Yao Ming is. Although the former Houston Rocket had his career cut short due to injury issues, he still left his mark in the NBA as one of the league’s ...

Eight-time NBA All-Star Yao Ming has decided to leave his role as chairman of the business arm of the embattled Chinese Basketball Association. Chinese Basketball Association Management controls the ...

Chinese basketball great and NBA legend Yao Ming said Thursday that there was "no way" sports could "hide" from politics, though he cautioned for the need to avoid it. Speaking in Beijing during a ...

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, ...

While players like Hakeem Olajuwon and Dirk Nowitzki are often credited with paving the way for international players in the modern-day NBA landscape, Cuttino Mobley believes Yao Ming stands alone as ...

The NBA may have had some controversial incidents in regard to China in years' past, but according to the greatest Chinese basketball player ever, the league is still "first class." Yao Ming, ...

Fans of the Houston Rockets fondly remember the early 2000s when the team showed a lot of promise and were making the playoffs every single year. That’s a far cry from the state of the team today but ...

SPRINGFIELD -- On his way into the Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement ceremony, Yao Ming hopped out of what looked like a custom limousine. Presumably, he couldn't fit into a regular automobile. He ...

BEIJINGBEIJING — Former Houston Rockets star Yao Ming has stepped down as head of China’s struggling national basketball league. An eight-time NBA All-Star, Yao had been leading efforts to ...

SHANGHAI (AP) - Yao Ming has made it official, telling a packed news conference in his hometown that a series of injuries have forced him to retire from basketball. The 7-fooot-6 center, who became a ...