Yao Ming landed in the U.S. in the summer of 2002, 7-feet, 6-inches worth of fancy footwork, armed with a soft shooting touch. He was the top pick of that draft, selected by the Houston Rockets, whose ...

Yao Ming, the 7-foot-6, eight-time NBA All-Star who bowed out of basketball in July, boasts an eclectic post-retirement résumé: college student, anti-shark finning activist, panda savior, Napa Valley ...

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 touch ...

HOUSTON — Yao Ming wears a variety of different hats since hanging up his size 18 shoes and retiring from the NBA in 2011. There's the stressed out and probably overzealous Yao, owner of the Shanghai ...

The Houston Rockets feted Hall of Famer Yao Ming on Friday, retiring the ground-breaking Chinese stars jersey in an emotional halftime ceremony during their 121-117 overtime win over the Chicago Bulls ...

SHANGHAI — Yao Ming is likely to make it official on Wednesday, announcing what is expected to be his retirement from the NBA and a sport that made him a household name in China. The 7-foot-6 center ...

Behold Yao Ming's humanity. Really drink it in. Watch him curl himself over his club. Watch him swing it like it's a pencil. Watch him pull his head and get all grass. It's what you want. It's what we ...

Despite only having eight years in the NBA, the sensation of Yao Ming continues to live on as the Houston Rockets legend recently was named to the Bleacher Report's Greatest Players of All Time at ...