sports.espn.go.com - 7/17/2008
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Yao Ming gave China's Olympic basketball hopes a boost when he returned to action on Thursday for the first time since his March foot operation.
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Yao Back, Summer League and Other Notes
The Dream Shake —
... Yesterday Yao Ming took part in a warm up game for the Olympics with his native Chinese National Team. He put up 11 points in 12 minutes and looked rusty by all accounts that aren't full of crap. AP on ESPN article here I have no idea if Yao is rushing back at all, but it seems to fall in line with what most thought, he'd be out until July or August, and here we are right in the middle. My hope is that he doesn't play any more in the warm ups, but I highly doubt I get my wish. And since that is the case, I'll just amend it to say that I hope he plays less than 15 minutes in any ...
Manny Ramirez, Yao Ming, and the ESPYs
The Sports Girl —
... Yao Ming Returns at Stankovic Cup. Yao Ming scored 11 points in just over 12 minutes in his return to basketball for Team China. He made a solid contribution to China's kickoff 96-72 victory in the four-team Stankovic Cup tournament. The game was Yao's first since a stress fracture in his left foot ended his NBA season in February and threatened his return as part of China's team. ...
Yao plays in game
The NBA Source —
... According to the AP on ESPN.com, Rockets’ center Yao Ming played in an actual game for the first time since fracturing his left foot today, playing in a warm-up game for the China national team against a Serbian team. In the game, he scored eleven points and got four rebounds. ...
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YouTube of the Day: Yao and LeBron's Olympic Coke commercial
sports.yahoo.com 7/17/2008 — Yao Ming , a fire-breathing dragon and three kung-fu pandas vs. LeBron James , a lassoing cowboy and three B-boy bears. Winners out, clear everything, games to 11. Who ya got? Let's put a Coke on it. (via Yao Mania! , Ballhype )
YaoMania! » Blog Archive » Yao Ming Coke commercials
yaomingmania.com 7/17/2008 — Here’s a new Chinese Coke commercial that just started airing in China on July 7th: The first part of the following video is a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the video above (spoken in Chinese). The white, bald guy lighting the Olympic torch ...
The New Yao-Lebron Commercial For Coke
awfulannouncing.blogspot.com 7/18/2008 — So Coke came out with a new commercial surrounding the Olympics and Lebron and Yao are featured as both a cartoon and their real selves. Via Ball Don't Lie.... That was all things weird and exciting at the same time. It's like a America versus ...
Yao Ming Scores 11 Points as China Routs Serbia, 96-72
20secondtimeout.blogspot.com 7/18/2008 — Yao Ming returned to action for the first time in nearly five months, contributing 11 points and four rebounds as China routed Serbia 96-72 in the opening game of the four team Stankovic Cup tournament in Hangzhou, China.
Yao rusty in return to action for China —
FOXSports.com News for NBA 7/17/2008
Houston Rockets center Yao Ming played in his first game in almost six months Thursday, joining China's national team in an Olympics warmup against Serbia.
Entering to huge applause from the crowd in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, Yao appeared ...
Yao Ming Likely to Play for China This Week —
NBA.com: News 7/17/2008
According to an Associated Press report on SI.com, "-Houston Rockets center Yao Ming will likely return to duties with China's national basketball team in a series of Beijing Olympic warmups later this week, newspapers reported Wednesday.
Yao has a ...
Yao Ming Returns to Action for China —
NBA.com: News 7/17/2008
Christopher Bodeen of the ASSOCIATED PRESS writes, "Houston Rockets center Yao Ming played in his first game in almost six months Thursday, joining China's national team in an Olympics warmup against Serbia. Entering to huge applause from the crowd in ...
