Wang was the first Chinese-born player in the NBA.

With NBA player shoe deals set to expire Sept. 30, there are several key players who will be signing new deals for the upcoming season. Thanks almost entirely to newly enshrined Hall of Famer Yao Ming ...

— -- 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 ...

Hall of Fame NBA center Yao Ming spent nine years in the NBA. Although he was riddled by injuries for most of his career, his impact on the NBA may have been the greatest since the Bulls first drafted ...

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, ...

Basketball fans and sports collectors have a chance to own a piece of history with the 2002 Honor Roll /25 Yao Ming Jay Williams #YM/JW-S BGS 9 MINT Rookie Auto RC HOF Sports Card. This exclusive ...

[media number=1 size=small align=left]Yao Family Wines.[/media] Fresh into his retirement from the Houston Rockets, Yao Ming has taken up viticulture and is hoping ...

Chinese basketball legend Yao Ming has for the first time addressed his encounter last month with tennis star Peng Shuai, describing her as in “pretty good condition.” Peng’s well-being has become a ...

Yao, who retired in July, was nominated by a member of the Chinese media as a contributor to the game, and would've been eligible for induction as early as 2012. But Hall of Fame president and CEO ...

Houston Rockets center Yao Ming is playing basketball for his native China this summer at the Olympic Games in Beijing. Yao discusses the earthquake that has devastated southwest China, the popularity ...

The 2000 U.S. Olympic team wanted to make Yao Ming another Frederic Weis. Weis was on the wrong end of one of the most memorable dunks in Olympic history when Vince Carter leaped over the 7-foot-2 ...

Having appeared in a documentary and played himself on "The Simpsons," Houston Rockets star Yao Ming finally gets to voice a whole different character for an upcoming Chinese-language animated film.