“s biggest sports star, basketball legend Yao Ming, has returned to college months after he announced his retirement from the game.”
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Yao Ming
Yao Ming is a Chinese basketball executive and former professional player. He played for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA), and then spent his entire nine-year National Basketball Association (NBA) career with the Houston Rockets. Yao was selected to start for the Western Conference in the NBA All-Star Game eight times, and was named to the All-NBA Team five times. Du…
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2026· 3 entries
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Public attention spiked: 8,694 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.3× the usual 2,659, with 0 article edits.
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2023· 1 entry
Won the FIBA Hall of Fame with _Retired Basketball (2023).
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2018· 2 entries
Awarded Pioneer of Reform (2018).
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Yao completed his studies in July 2018, graduating with a degree in economics after 7 years of study.
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2017· 1 entry
Yao's Number 11 jersey was retired by the Houston Rockets
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2016· 2 entries
Yao was inducted into the Hall of Fame along with 4-time NBA champion Shaquille O'Neal and Allen Iverson
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Yao opened a winery called Yao Family Wines in Napa Valley, California, which serves Cabernet Sauvignon blends and "the kind of rich-but-balanced luxury reds he'd come to enjoy in Houston steakhouses
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2015· 1 entry
In a 2015 AMA post on Reddit, Yao stated that this was not true and that he started playing basketball for fun at age 9.
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2014· 1 entry
Was also part of the documentary The End of the Wild about elephant conservation
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2013· 1 entry
Yao attended the First Session of the 12th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference as one of its 2,200 members
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2011· 1 entry
Yao announced his retirement from basketball in a press conference in Shanghai
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2010· 2 entries
It was announced that Yao had developed a stress fracture in his left ankle, related to an older injury, and would miss the rest of the season
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The couple's daughter Yao Qinlei (Chinese: 姚沁蕾; her English name is Amy) was born in Houston, Texas
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2009· 2 entries
Yao bought his former club team, the Shanghai Sharks, which were on the verge of not being able to play the next season of the Chinese Basketball Association because of financial troubles
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Yao provided the voice for a character of a Chinese animated film, The Magic Aster, released on June 19
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2008· 2 entries
However, it was reported that Yao would miss the rest of the season with a stress fracture in his left foot
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“It would be the biggest loss in my career to right now.”
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2007· 3 entries
Yao played against fellow Chinese NBA and Milwaukee Bucks player Yi Jianlian for the first time
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Yao and Ye married in a ceremony attended by close friends and family and closed to the media
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Only weeks after the Rockets were eliminated from the playoffs, Jeff Van Gundy was dismissed as head coach
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2006· 1 entry
Which left him with a broken bone in his left foot
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2005· 3 entries
Won the NBA All Star with Houston Rockets (2005).
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In 2005, former Newsweek writer Brook Larmer published a book entitled Operation Yao Ming, in which he said that Yao's parents were convinced to marry each other so that they would produce a dominant athlete, and that during Yao's childhood, he was given special treatment to help him become a great basketball player.
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Former Newsweek writer Brook Larmer published a book entitled Operation Yao Ming, in which he said that Yao's parents were convinced to marry each other so that they would produce a dominant athlete, and that during Yao'
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2004· 2 entries
Won the NBA All Star with Houston Rockets (2004).
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Yao co-wrote an autobiography with ESPN sportswriter Ric Bucher, entitled Yao: A Life in Two Worlds
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2003· 6 entries
Won the Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year with Houston Rockets (2003).
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Won the NBA All Star with Houston Rockets (2003).
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O'Neal said, "Tell Yao Ming, ching chong-yang-wah-ah-soh", prompting accusations of racism
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Yao hosted a telethon, which raised US$300,000 to help stop the spread of SARS
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When they used his image on their bottles while promoting the national team
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Played for Houston Rockets (2003–2011).
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2002· 3 entries
The Heat passed out 8,000 fortune cookies, an East Asian cultural stereotype
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Joined Houston Rockets in 2002.
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The Chinese government released new regulations that would require him and other Chinese players to turn over half of any NBA earnings to the government and China's national basketball association, including endorsements
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2001· 1 entry
2003, and 2005, winning MVP of the tournament all three times
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2000· 2 entries
Yao said he had never seen a fortune cookie in China and guessed it must have been an American invention
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Joined China Basketball in 2000.
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1999· 1 entry
By Li Yaomin, the deputy general manager of the Shanghai Sharks
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1997· 2 entries
Joined Shanghai Sharks in 1997.
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Played for Shanghai Sharks (1997–2002).
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1980· 1 entry
Born 1980-09-12.
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