Yao, the face of Games, is model for new Chinese athlete

Today's warnings : 23 July, 2008

mookie posted 7/23/2008 from asternwarning.blogspot.com

Circum-navigating the world wide web quicker than you can say Sarunas Marciulionis, it's today's warnings, including Yao ain't afraid of nobody, the best of the blogs (that we've had time to read) and the mainstream press' attempts at basketball journalism.

Donte has a lot of faults, but not all are because of him

AEM posted 7/23/2008 from theorangesports.blogspot.com

Before I write this post let me say that I am one of the many (and I should say MANY) people that thought Donte Greene should stay under the tutelage of head coach Jim Boeheim and his staff for one more year.

USA Basketball Skipping Olympic Village Again

And One posted 7/27/2008 from nba.fanhouse.com

As is tradition, the United States men's and women's basketball teams will skip the Olympic Village for alternate environs in Beijing , according to Xinhua. The Chinese news service says the men's team hasn't stayed in a Village since NBA players began appearing with the Dream Team in 1992. Famously, the men's team stayed on a luxury cruise liner docked in the Athens harbor in 2004. This ...

TIME’s Top 100 Olympians To Watch

MixMakers posted 7/28/2008 from mixmakers.net

TIME.com put out a list of the Top 100 Olympic Athletes to Watch. Some notable names on the list are: * 1. LeBron James * 2. Dara Torres * 5. Yao Ming * 7-17. People I’ve never heard of * 33. Kobe Bryant

NBA star Yao an ambassador for China on, off basketball court

And One posted 7/28/2008 from www.canada.com

In the affluent lakefront capital of Zhejiang province last week, Yao Ming, China's 7-foot-6 centre, walked onto the basketball court at Yellow Dragon Stadium to thunderous applause. It was a small, but significant step for the upcoming Beijing Olympics: Yao would play.