Behold, A Giant

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Pradamaster Pradamaster posted 4/13/2007 from myespn.go.com [flag]
In the current Sports Illustrated (after the part in the letters where Matt Ufford of the blog With Leather gets a nice apology for a lifted John Amaechi quote ), Chris Ballard checks in with an extended look at the continuing evolution of Yao Ming . First there's a little anecdote about Yao's first off-season, in 2003, before he understood what it would take for him to become a major force ... [link]

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