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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

NBA legend Yao Ming believes basketball serves as a vital bridge between the United States and China, fostering respect and understanding beyond political complexities. He highlighted the recent ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...