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Houston Rockets All-Star center Yao Ming will have to wait up to a week before he knows whether he will need surgery on his broken left foot. The future of 7-foot-6 (226-centimeter) Yao are in question amid reports from the team doctor that the hairline fracture in his foot could keep ...

Rockets center Yao Ming's broken left foot could be a "career-threatening" injury. Dr. Tom Clanton, the Houston Rockets' team physician, told the Houston Chronicle on Monday that Yao's injury "has the potential for him missing this next season and could be career-threatening." Yahoo! Sports first reported the Rockets and Yao's representatives were ...

Yao Ming's broken foot is not healed and the Houston Rockets said Wednesday the All-Star center is out indefinitely. Yao suffered a hairline fracture in his left foot in the Rockets' second-round playoff loss to the Lakers on May 8. The team initially said Yao would miss eight to 12 weeks, ...

Houston's Yao Ming has called a possible move to Cleveland an "unknown," but did nothing to dampen ongoing speculation that the Cavaliers' new Chinese part owners want to sign him. In a recent interview with his hometown Shanghai TV station, Yao said he continued to have "much affection" for the Rockets, ...

Ron Artest was on his best behavior for the Houston Rockets this season. He was also a key contributor during their surprising run to the second round of the playoffs. Both Artest and the team say they want to extend their relationship for another season, but the fiery forward also said ...

With Yao Ming out, the Houston Rockets had no chance to beat the Los Angeles Lakers. Right? Wrong. Aaron Brooks scored a career-high 34, Shane Battier sank five 3-pointers and added 23 and the Rockets beat the Lakers 99-87 on Sunday to even their Western Conference semifinal at two games apiece. "I think ...

Yao Ming will miss the rest of the Playoffs because of a broken left foot. The Houston center limped off the court late in the Los Angeles Lakers' 108-94 victory over the Rockets on Friday night. Yao missed Saturday's practice to get treatment and the team said the 7-foot-6 All-Star would ...

Pau Gasol and Yao Ming jump for the Game 2 opening tip-off. Lakers beat Rockets 111-98 to even playoff series.

It was fitting that tiny Aaron Brooks was the one to lean down and pry the 7-foot-6, 310-pound Yao Ming from the floor late in Houston's 100-92 victory in Game 1 of the Western Conference Semifinals, because the Rockets' smallest and tallest players had just spent the last 48 minutes ...

Rockets center Yao Ming puts up a left-handed layup against Ronny Turiaf in Houston's 110-93 win over Golden State. Yao finished with a double-double with 25 points and 11 boards.