ST. HELENA, Calif., May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Yao Family Wines, the Napa Valley wine company founded by Yao Ming and launched in 2011, received high scores for its inaugural 2009 vintages in Wine Enthusiast Magazine. Yao Ming® 2009 Napa ...

When Yao Ming brought down the curtain on his larger-than-life career in the NBA last year, he said, “But one door is closing and another one is opening.” Little did we realize at the time that basketball’s 7-foot-6-inch ambassador would ...

AFP - Chinese basketball icon Yao Ming has signed a book deal with Britain's Opus Media Group for a limited-edition volume on his illustrious career, the publisher said. Yao, who retired from the NBA's Houston Rockets last year, became one of ...

Teammates of retired Rockets star Yao Ming had a pretty good situation going on, and not just because it was nice to play with an excellent center. Because of Yao's all-encompassing celebrity in his native China, his teammates found it relatively easy to ...

Yao Ming (center) shows his signature page to go with the first book with Tian Haiming (left), general manager of Time Publishing and Media Co Ltd, and Karl Fowler, CEO of Opus Media Group, in Shanghai on Wednesday. [Yong Kai / for China Daily] Having his ...

Here’s a quick look at some of what’s happening on the Asheville food and restaurant scene: Yao now open: The former Asiana Grand Buffet on Smoky Park Highway recently reopened as Yao. The 10-year-old restaurant closed late last year for a ...

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SHANGHAI, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Yao Jinnan, the backbone of Chinese women's gymnastics team, has dropped out of the National Championships here due to a slight knee injury but remains high hopes of making into the Olympic line-up. Yao, women's all-around ...

Chan, launching the movie at the Cannes Film Festival with co-stars Kwone Sang Woo, Yao Xingtong and Liao Fan, said that people don't believe him when he says he is going to retire. "They say, 'No, you're still young, you can still do it,' but I ...

Former NBA basketball player Yao Ming (R) poses with Brett Jenks, President and CEO of Rare, during a news conference in Hong Kong, May 12, 2012. The Yao Foundation, founded by Yao Ming, unveiled a new partnership on Saturday with Rare, a pro-environment ...