At 30, most athletes are hitting their peak and focused on getting the most out of the final years of their prime. For Yao Ming, however, the reality was very different. Nicknamed "The Great Wall," he ...
— -- When the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announces this year's class next Monday in Houston during the NCAA Final Four, Yao Ming will be among the inductees according to ESPN's ...
Tonight, Yao Ming will be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, to be permanently and officially considered one of the greats. From the late Moses Malone to the recently departed Dwight Howard, ...
There are only a few players who left their mark on coach Jeff Van Gundy in the NBA like his former Houston Rockets star players Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady. Van Gundy took genuine pleasure in coaching ...
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 ...