After Yao the NBA Cheers Yi
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A seven-foot phenom may be China's second hoops star, and the search is on for the third
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Before flying to the United States to pursue his NBA dream in April, Yi Jianlian said he wanted to step out from the shadow of Yao Ming and carve out a career in the world's top league in his own way.
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Yao Ming didn't feel his best last night, but wouldn't let that stop him in the fourth quarter.
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As the widespread coverage of Yi Jianlian's NBA move reaffirmed China's love affair with basketball, a first-round pick from the 2004 NFL draft was in Beijing on Friday to promote "America's favorite sport".
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A day before starring in the NBA&#39;s first China game, Yao Ming went back to school. All the way back. The 7-6 center visited his old elementary school Wednesday as part
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On this day devoted to ex pressing gratitude for the bounty of life, the NBA should give thanks for LeBron James, because he could be the one chosen to lift the league up again.
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Chinese basketball officials gave a mixed reaction on Friday to the Milwaukee Bucks selecting Yi Jianlian as the number six pick in the NBA draft, insisting he must get on court playing time.
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China&#39;s Yi Jianlian, taken by the  Milwaukee Bucks with the sixth selection in the NBA draft,  wants to be traded to another team, according to the player&#39;s  Chinese agent.
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Yao Ming came through in the clutch to secure a win for Houston &#151; and put an end to Lamar Odom's bid to almost single-handedly beat the Rockets.
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Yao! As in, wow! If there was a five-year plan for Yao Ming, the dividends are rolling in here in Year 5. The altitudinous center is playing the best basketball of his career, the Houston Rockets are off to a terrific start, and, well, with Shaquille O'Neal on the sidelines, there isn't a better pivot in the league. (With apologies ...
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A day before starring in the NBA&#39;s first China game, Yao Ming went back to school. All the way back. The 7-foot-6 center visited his old elementary school Wednesday as part of an NBA sponsored program to promote reading.
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China&#39;s Yi Jianlian, the 2-meter tall  power forward who may be taken in the top-10 of Thursday&#39;s NBA  Draft, is looking forward to playing against Houston&#39;s Chinese  center Yao Ming.
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China&#39;s basketball star Yao Ming is to take centre stage in the first National Basketball Association game to be played in China, later on Thursday.
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NBA NOTESA day before starring in the NBA&#39;s first China game, Yao Ming went back to school. All the way back. The 7-foot-6 center visited his old elementary school yesterday as part of an NBA-sponsored program to promote reading.
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When Yao Ming's Houston Rockets edged the Sacramento Kings in the first ever NBA game played in China, the towering star center only wanted to run and hide from his adoring hometown fans.
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Bee Sports Columnist. BEIJING - The world probably gets smaller only a little bit at a time. When Peja Stojakovic watched Yao Ming moving gracefully through a sea of people here late Sunday
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Yao Ming has cemented his stature as one of the dominant big men in the National Basketball Association, and now he has a chance to become an integral part of the league's most explosive one-two tandem.