Indian Express (Free subscription) | 23 hours ago
In the affluent lakefront capital of Zhejiang province last week, Yao Ming, China's 7-foot-6 centre, walked onto...
ONE INCH PUNCH (Free subscription) | yesterday
NBA stars Yao Ming and Lebron James unite after an initial CGI ego flarring. Yao Ming conjures up the typical Chinese dragon and pandas. This is the third spot from Coca-Cola for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Via NotCot Technorati Tags: Coca-Cola, Lebron James, Yao Ming
Get Mash (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
HANGZHOU, China, July 23 — In the affluent lakefront capital of Zhejiang province last week, Yao Ming, China’s 7-foot-6 center, walked onto the basketball court at Yellow Dragon Stadium to thunderous applause. It was a small but significant step for the upcoming Beijing Olympics: Yao would play. Read the full story
The Washington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
Yao Ming is both a towering global commodity and a reflection of the image China hopes to project.
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
No doubt many eyes will be on Yao Ming during the Olympics, but will China's men's basketball team be able to take the gold? More on that at sometimes sports blogger the black China hand in The Luanda Shiver
Chinalyst - China blogs in English (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Yao Ming is not confident China can win a medal in basketball at the Beijing Olympics. China won two out of three matches at the recent Stankovic Cup, but will face tougher opponents at the Olympics. They beat Serbia and Russia but lost to Angola. China’s first game is against the U.S. It also has Spain, Angola, Greece and Germany in its draw. “My form in the games might be an illusion, caused by the...
Shanghaiist (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Three weeks before Beijing hosts the Olympics, two weeks after Zheng Jie stormed Wimbledon, the same week that Yao Ming returned to action with the Chinese national team and Sports Illustrated China puts on its cover a tennis player who hasn’t played a professional match in four years and never won a Grand Slam. Apparently in the magazine’s Olympics-run-up newsroom, great legs beat greatness. Anna...
Danwei (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Yao Ming This roundup of the past week's sporting news is from China Sports Today . Yao Ming rejoined the Chinese national team Thursday night in a game against Serbia. The Houston Rockets center had been out with a stress fracture in his foot since February ( report ). City Weekend ’s Olympic guide hit newsstands this week, with a complete games schedule, venue map and a roundup of Beijing’s best...
Chinalyst - China blogs in English (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Yao Ming This roundup of the past week's sporting news is from China Sports Today. Yao Ming rejoined the Chinese national team Thursday night in a game against Serbia. The Houston Rockets center had been out with a stress fracture in his foot since February (report). City Weekend’s Olympic guide hit newsstands this week, with a complete games schedule, venue map and a roundup of Beijing’s best sports...
India eNews: Top Headlines (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Basketball is keenly followed in China and National Basketball Association (NBA) stars Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian would be looked up to by millions of fans at home when they begin their Olympic stint next month.
Chinalyst - China blogs in English (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
China has had a good win over Russia after yesterday’s loss to Angola 72 - 50. I am not an NBA fan, so it was good to see Yao Ming play. He towers over his team mates and looks more like an older brother to them. Angola leads the cup with 3 wins and no losses.
the black China hand (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
China’s basketball team lost to Angola when Yao Ming failed to convert an offensive rebound as time expired. Ouch! I’m not sure of Angola’s ranking but I would suspect that China’s must be higher. Whatever, this does not bode well for the Chinese team in the upcoming Olympics. The Starting Line: Closure for Britain and a Loss [...]
20 Second Timeout (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Yao Ming is guarded by Serbia's Boban Marjanovic (AP photo) Yao Ming had 11 points and four rebounds in 12 minutes of action as China defeated Serbia 96-72 in the opening game of the four team Stankovic Cup tournament in Hangzhou, China. Ex-Dallas Maverick Wang Zhizhi led China with 18 points, while New Jersey Net Yi Jianlian scored 14 points. The annual event, first played in 2005, is always hosted...
SLAM Online (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
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The Dream Shake (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
I'm a day late on this, but here is some information I got from LinkedIn: Link to Yao's Question Yao's LinkedIn Profile On Thursday morning, July 17th, Houston Rockets' player Yao Ming will post a question on LinkedIn, an online professional networking site with more than 24 million members. This is the first featured question that an athlete has ever posed on LinkedIn. Unlike some celebrities and...
