MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Houston Rockets center Yao Ming said he was “saddened” by news of Monday's massive earthquake in China, calling it a “dark and emotional” time for his country.
CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Houston Rockets center Yao Ming said he was 'saddened' by news of Monday's massive earthquake in China, calling it a "dark and emotional" time for his country.
ESPN (Free subscription) | yesterday
Houston Rockets center Yao Ming said he was "saddened" by news of Monday's massive earthquake in China, calling it a "dark and emotional" time for his country.
Chinalyst - China blogs in English (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Yao Ming is confident China can at least reach the quarter finals in the basketball at the Beijing Olympics. Yao Ming is currently suffering from a knee injury, but he is now able to place 80 per cent of his weight on his leg while running on an Alter-G treadmill. China is in Group B together with Angola, Spain and the United States. “Certainly there are teams in our group that we are...
CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
The Olympics are still three months away, and already Yao Ming is trying to work the officials.
ESPN (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
The Olympics are still three months away, and already Yao Ming is trying to work the officials.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
NEW YORK -- The Olympics are still three months away, and already Yao Ming is trying to work the officials.
The FanHouse - NBA (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Filed under: Rockets I was lucky enough to get a chance to "sit down" (via video-conferencing) with Yao Ming on Thursday. Yao was in Houston at the time, but met with a few writers from New York and Beijing to talk about the upcoming Olympics and how his busted foot's holding up. You can read the full feature here ; of particular interest is a candid quote where he talks about how "beaten and...
Off the Kuff (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
Still pondering what this year's NBA playoffs might have been for the Rockets with a healthy Yao Ming? I can't...
Knicks Knacks (Free subscription) | 04/28/2008
By now, we’ve all heard Patrick Ewing wonder out loud why he isn't being mentioned to succeed Isiah Thomas. Well? I agree he’s been typecast. After working to educate Yao Ming and Dwight Howard, it's hard to see Ewing as head coaching material. He’s already gotten a number of endorsements. What do you think? Should the Knicks grant Ewing [...]
JSOnline (Free subscription) | 04/27/2008
Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian will face a stern challenge when they take the court for host China on the opening day of Olympic...
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008
Thanks to the stress fracture in his left foot, Yao Ming hasn't played a minute for the Houston Rockets in the last two months. That doesn't mean, though, that his footprints aren't all over this first-round playoff series with the Jazz.
FIBA (Free subscription) | 04/23/2008
BEIJING (Olympics) - Yao Ming is never short of a few RMB (Chinese currency) these days, but it hasn't always been that way. Back in his early teens, when he signed for Shanghai, Yao sure didn't play for love of money. His close friend and fellow China national team star Liu Wei has revealed just how much Yao did earn. "We both ...
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 04/22/2008
Posted: 10:25 PM- HOUSTON - Every time they look at the Houston Rockets' bench in this first-round playoff series and find Yao Ming wearing a suit, the Jazz can say a quiet thanks for the good health that has marked their season.
The FanHouse - NBA (Free subscription) | 04/22/2008
Filed under: Rockets , Western , NBA Videos , Houston We've mentioned it before , but one of the perks of being one of Yao Ming 's teammates is that Chinese companies shower you with offers to endorse their product. That's how Shane Battier not only ended up wearing PEAK shoes but also becoming something of a national icon (at least in the Jared Fogle kind of way). From Ross Siler of the Salt...
