Yao Ming Retires From Professional Basketball. Yao Ming made it official Wednesday, ... Today I am announcing a personal decision, ending my career as a basketball player and officially retire.

Basketball is the most emotive mainstream sport, and that’s what keeps us watching. I watch basketball for different reasons than I did as a teenager, when Yao Ming was drafted in 2002.

Yang Hansen reveals how Yao Ming's advice to enjoy life guided his mindset ahead of his NBA debut with the Trail Blazers.

It feels silly to describe a player who’s about to be a first-ballot inductee to the Basketball Hall of Fame as “under-appreciated,” but if anyone fits that description, it’s Yao Ming.

Yao Ming has made it official, ... Today I am announcing a personal decision, ending my career as a basketball player and officially retire. But one door is closing and another one is opening." ...

But as my Fix colleague David Roth pointed out this week, Yao also was a really, really good basketball player, one of the best to play so briefly in the NBA. Yao Ming's retirement ends a too ...

Yao Ming is considering retirement afterthis upcoming season. Professional athletes have been known for some brazen pride and arrogance. This can be particularly true when returning from a major ...

After entering the league as the Houston Rockets’ No. 1 overall pick in 2002, the impact has been immense in Yao’s native China, where more than 300 million people now play basketball ...

Yao Ming took a timeout from the Worlds to answer questions about his NBA future. ... Your parents were both basketball players. When did your parents first make you aware about the game?

Yao said in a statement announcing a youth basketball partnership with NBA China in 2012. “I look forward to working with the NBA to give more youth the opportunity to play basketball at an ...

In fact, only one basketball player: Yao Ming. Yao, who was voted into the Basketball Hall of Fame on Monday, is so much more than stats on a basketball court.

The nation grew so interested in basketball that it helped vote Yao into the All-Star game as a rookie, ahead of Shaq. In 2005, he received a then-record 2.58 million All-Star game votes, still ...