Yao Ming News and Gossip

• Un-American

  FOXSports.com - Found Aug. 28, 2008 Would David Stern have suspended Yao Ming before he was ready to lose his translator?

• Kobe Bryant's Chinese Reality Show Kobe's Disciples

  FanIQ Blog - Found Aug. 27, 2008 ... popular there, but I had no idea that he was basically on par with Yao Ming. Hell, Bryant's jersey sells even better than Yao's does over there.

• China to auction Yao Ming's Olympic bed

  The Age - Found Aug. 26, 2008 China plans to auction off 20 million items related to the Beijing Olympics, including the bed that basketball star Yao Ming slept in while taking Yao bed seeks dream sales team - The Standard China to auction off 20 million items of Olympic memorabilia - Irish Examiner 20 million Olympic items on auction - Asiaone China to auction off Olympic memorabilia - Radio New Zealand Explore All

• China to auction Yao Ming's bed and other Olympic items

  CHINAdaily - Found Aug. 27, 2008 BEIJING - China plans to auction off 20 million items related to the Beijing Olympics, including the bed that basketball star Yao Ming slept in while ... China to auction Yao Ming's Olympic bed - Sydney Morning Herald Yao Ming's Olympic bed to be auctioned - The World News The big Beijing sell-off - WA Today.com.au China to auction Yao Ming's bed, 20mln other Olympic items:report - Yahoo! Canada Explore All

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• China to auction Yao Ming's bed, 20mln other Olympic items:report

  AFP via Yahoo! - Found Aug. 26, 2008 China plans to auction off 20 million items related to the Beijing Olympics, including the bed that basketball star Yao Ming slept in while taking China to auction Yao Ming's bed, 20mln other Olympic items:report - Breitbart.com China to auction Yao Ming's bed, 20mln other Olympic items:report - Yahoo! News Australia Explore All

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• China shines in new areas amid record medal count

  WBZ News Radio 1030 - Found Aug. 25, 2008 BEIJING (AP) Hurdler Liu Xiang's painful withdrawal and a ho-hum performance by basketball star Yao Ming were low points for China at the Beijing China shines in new areas amid record medal count - Boston Globe China shines in new areas amid record medal count - Forbes.com In record Olympic medal count, Chinese shine where impact before had ... - Canadian Business Magazine China shines in new areas amid record medal count at Olympics - Breitbart.com Explore All

• Beckham sets ball rolling towards London 2012

  International Herald Tribune - Found Aug. 24, 2008 The towering figure of Chinese basketball player Yao Ming was seen grinning from ear to ear. Beckham sets ball rolling towards London - National Post Bye-bye Beijing; welcome London 2012 - Manorama Online London takes over Olympics - Straits Times Beckham sets ball rolling towards London 2012 - Yahoo! India Explore All

• Critics Consensus: Bangkok Dangerous Plays Too Safe

  Rotten Tomatoes - Found Sep. 5, 2008 With Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady sidelined with injuries, this guy singlehandedly kept the Rockets' playoff hopes alive. ?Bangkok Dangerous?? More like tedious - MSNBC Nicolas Cage Dares to Be 'Dangerous' - ABCNEWS.com Box Office Guru Preview: Cage Offers One Night in Bangkok - Rotten Tomatoes 'Bangkok Dangerous': A Hit Man Adrift In Thailand - NPR Explore All

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• Weeks later, opening ceremony still has an effect

  Los Angeles Times - Found Sep. 5, 2008 ... example of what the Olympians can mean to even the highest-paid professionals), it named only flag bearer Yao Ming among the host country's...

• The Beijing Olympics and China?s Soft Power

  Brookings Institution - Found Sep. 5, 2008 Many Chinese coaches and athletes like Yao Ming now are fully employed with the foreign teams outside the Olympics.