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Will Yao Ming Miss the Olympics, Too?
Published 2/26/2008 by Michael David Smith at FanHouse
... with a foot injury has implications far beyond the NBA, and people are already asking how this injury will affect Yao's ability to play in the Olympics -- or whether he ...

Yao Ming stress fracture, goodbye Rockets
Published 2/27/2008 by james at NBA Obsessed - NBA Basketball News
... Does it have to do with getting Yao ready for the Olympics? I mean, there’s no doubt that China runs Yao’s career and negotiates a lot of his Western deals. source ...

I Love Rumors 9!
Published 2/27/2008 by kellex at le basketbawl: The NBA Basketball Blog
Another trip into the world of NBA rumors! Weehoodiddlydo! Yao Ming goes down for the year! Maybe he's just thinking about those Olympics coming up? Stupid theory. Come on people. The Clippers are ready to announce a Sam Cassell buyout! (Please be true for once) Get ready Boston fans for ol' funny head! Jamaal Magloire just joined his 100th team, the Dallas Mavericks! Mr. Eddy Curry is not a happy man in New York. Is anyone? He's starting ...

Yi Might Also Have Season-Ending Surgery
Published 3/7/2008 by Tom Ziller at FanHouse
... . China controls its marquee athletes like no other government; the NBA, as a consistently globalizing corporation, wants China on its 'friends' list. Of course, Yao Ming's surprise season-ending surgery on the eve of the Beijing Olympics spurred conspiracy talk. The chatter got so serious Houston GM Daryl Morey even had ...

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