Yao Ming was once the biggest star athlete playing in the city of Houston, Texas -- both literally and figuratively. Now it seems as if Texans star an...
During the peak of his 8-year NBA career, Yao Ming displayed a finesse that belied his hulking size The same can not be said of his recent display on ...
Since learning more about threats to wildlife, I wanted to go and see what's happening to some of these animals myself and so I'm heading to Africa for the first time to learn about elephants and rhinos, two species in peril as a result of demand for ivory and rhino horn.
No one ever said Jimmy Dolan, the inscrutable owner of the New York Knicks, was any kind of genius. But his magnificently botched effort to re-sign Je...
Yao Ming, the 31-year-old, 7-foot 6-inch former NBA star forced into early retirement from injuries, is now trying to make a splash as a venture capit...
A quick and dirty survey of the nation's most prominent futurists left no doubt that Chelsea is the odds on favorite in 2032 to become the most powerful person in the history of the Milky Way.
Whatever their success in the record books, many gridiron heroes and ballpark messiahs have splashed their names on dining establishments that also serve as a shrine to their athletic glory.
(Corrects typo in third bullet point) * China ball maker registers Jeremy Lin trademark * Difficult to take trademark fr...
BEIJING (AP) — Celebrities like basketball star Yao Ming have helped energize China's animal rights movement by speaking out against shark fin soup ...
He knows the thrill of excitement to walk out onto the court every night with the eyes of the basketball world upon you and he knows the burden of inc...
For every one of us eager to claim Lin in our racial draft, there's Lin himself, shrugging off the portentous hype because he's too busy making love to pressure to tangle with Asian American identity politics.
SHANGHAI (AP) -- Retired NBA star Yao Ming has added another line to his post-basketball resume -- politician -- becoming a member of an advisory body...
From the basketball court to the tasting room? That's the latest move from recently retired NBA star Yao Ming, who has started his own Napa Valley win...
Yao Ming is literally the big man on campus. The 31-year-old former Houston Rockets player, who retired in July, recently began management school i...
With the NBA Lockout still ongoing, it appears that Shaquille O'Neal has a little more time to kill before he begins working as an NBA analyst for TNT...
SHANGHAI -- Recently retired Chinese NBA star Yao Ming is taking the fight against eating shark fins back to his homeland, where demand for the tradit...
The former Houston Rockets' center opens up about what led to his decision to retire, shares the experience of first moving to Houston and details the injuries that plagued his NBA career.
With eight all-star appearances, a reputation for dominance and grace on the floor and an indisputable role in spreading the game of basketball throug...
Yao Ming has decided to retire after eight seasons in the NBA, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports. The Houston Rockets star center r...
Chinese tennis star Li Na is a red star on the rise. She has the tabloids eating out of her hands; she has sponsors running around in circles; most of all, she bucked a Communist system that desperately needs her.
We've demonized sharks for far too long. Now the tide is turning, and when it does, sharks won't be the only winners.
Do people not understand that Michael Vick represents what you can do if you put your mind to it? That even if you mess up, you can learn from your mistakes and change your ways?
Old time Oakland Raider Jack Tatum died yesterday of a heart attack at the age of 61. It was Tatum who put the hit on Patriots wide receiver Darryl Stingley in a 1978 game. Stingley was paralyzed.
Houston Rockets star Yao Ming says he might retire from basketball after next season if his foot doesn't completely heal. "If the foot injury does n...
I find it disturbing that anyone, least of all an 18 year-old, would be subjected to forced gender testing in order to appease their competitors.
