Word: ming
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...rookies—that’s putting everyone in a tizzy. Yao is the first Chinese player to come to the NBA with such a high profile, and he’s certainly the best the People’s Republic has ever had to offer. What Yao Ming represents is almost as important as what he does...
...have to understand that Yao Ming means a lot to the Asian-American community even if he’s not really Asian-American,” says Harvard sophomore Dennis Chira, a Celtics fan who went with the CSA group. “He’s what I and many others hope will bring a wrecking ball to the ignorant insulting age-old stereotype that Asians are unathletic...
...exhibit even gives visitors a glimpse of a traditional Chinese garden courtesy of its “Garden Rocks” installation, a unique set of eroded gray limestone rocks and plants that receives both natural and artificial light. This magnificent Ming Dynasty formation, set off from the rest of the exhibition in its own recessed niche, spiritually thrusts upwards toward the open...
...bows to a different God than the rest of us do, but as Michael Jordan, 39, limps toward retirement (he swears he means it this time), Yao appears to be the answer to the league's prayers. You see, in addition to his vast potential as a player, Yao Ming has a personality--and an appealing one at that. Despite his temporary reliance on an interpreter, Yao's English already reveals a sly, self-deprecating sense of humor. He loves Starbucks, computer games, action movies and SUVs, and when his Great Wall of a face cracks a smile, arenas light...
...even dealt deftly with his first media mini-controversy. Last summer Shaquille O'Neal asked a reporter to "tell Yao Ming, 'Ching-chong-yang-wah-ah-soh.'" In an Asian Week column early last month, the remarks were repeated, and Yao was asked for a response. Tongue in cheek, he said that Chinese was a hard language to learn. (To defuse any controversy, Yao had also sent Shaq a Christmas card, not a typical Chinese gesture.) Before the two played in Houston later in January, Shaq apologized, using the Mandarin dui bu qi. Yao invited Shaq to his home...