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 ...

BEIJING (AP) — Former NBA great Yao Ming said Monday he and others had a pleasant talk when they met last month with Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai, whose disappearance after making a sexual assault ...

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, ...

It was during his short promotional tour in 2017 that Kevin Durant came to recognize this gap, acknowledging that the country ...

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 ...

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 ...

Yao Ming was one of the most influential big men in the NBA in the 2000s. What if his NBA career went down one of these five alternate paths? Chinese seven-footer Yao Ming will be enshrined in the ...

Although Chinese basketball legend Yao Ming never won a championship during his NBA career, his remarkable size and athleticism have left a lasting impression in the league. Nevertheless, surely ...

LOS ANGELES, CA – OCTOBER 26: Yao Ming #11 of the Houston Rockets looks on during their opening night game against the Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center on October 26, 2010 in Los Angeles, ...

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 ...

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 ...