was skeptical when his firm's president came up with the idea of recruiting NBA megastar Yao Ming for its first cell-phone game for the mobile-phone market in China. Orr knew from the 10 years he ...

Brian Berger of Sports Business Radio was at the big game in Beijing, and has written a detailed report. Some highlights: Bill Duffy and Bill Sanders of BDA Sports allowed me unlimited access to the ...

Yao Ming made the announcement on Wednesday.

Chinese Basketball Association president Yao Ming has accused the country’s players of being “slackers” and gave another sobering address to the media after the men’s team’s Asian Games bronze medal ...

There is a major reason that we have hope in the rise of basketball in India today. A reason why we feel that, one day, the game can grow in India, one day we can produce our own NBA superstar, and ...

(CBS) On July 20th, 2011, Houston Rockets all-star center Yao Ming retired from the NBA after eight injury-plagued seasons. He put up solid career numbers, averaging 19 points and nine rebounds. He ...

When Yao Ming went down last week with a season-ending stress fracture in his left foot, it was looking like the Houston Rockets’ playoff hopes were shattered. The injury was a tough break for the ...