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Yao Ming out for the season HOUSTON, -- The Houston Rockets announced Friday that a stress fracture in the left ankle of Yao Ming would knock the seven-time all-star out for the rest of the season. Yao has not played since Nov. 10 and was hoping to return this month. But his ankle did not...

Yao Ming out a week with sprained ankle HOUSTON, -- The Houston Rockets announced Thursday center Yao Ming had a slight ankle sprain and would miss at least one week. The often injured star has been limited to less than 20 minutes a game this year as a precaution after he missed all of the...

HOUSTON – Luis Scola scored 24 points and Kevin Martin added 21 to help the Houston Rockets win their first game of the season with a 120-94 rout of the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday night. Yao Ming, playing under a strict time limit while recovering from foot surgery, had 13 points and...

Yao Ming opts to stay with Rockets HOUSTON, (UPI) -- Houston Rockets center Yao Ming will stay with the team after exercising the player option in his contract Tuesday. Yao, who missed the entire 2009-10 season due to reconstructive surgery on his left foot, could have terminated his contract...