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Yao Ming Calls It A Career | Monday NBA Gossip

Sports water cooler headlines and NBA basketball gossip for Monday July 11th 2011. Shea Matthews weighs in with his analysis and opinions on today’s NBA action…

July 11th NBA Hoops News: Cappers Picks Headlines – Daily Sports Gossip

NBA news: Yao Ming retires

The Yao Ming era is officially over.

The 7’6” big man retired officially from the NBA on Friday after nine seasons because he was unable to overcome a stress fracture in his ankle, just another in a series of major injuries.

Yao Ming Retires!

Yao missed at least 25 games in each of his last six seasons.

He retires with eight All-Star selections in nine seasons and averaged 19 points, 9.3 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game for his career.

76ers to be sold for $280 million

The Philadelphia 76ers will be sold sometime this week. Chairman Ed Snider, who owns the NHL’s Flyers and the Wells Fargo Center, put the team up for sale last month.

Reportedly, a group headed by Joshua Harris, a director at Apollo Global Management LLC, will buy the team for $280 million. [soliloquy id=”82219″]

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By Shea Matthews

Shea Matthews the Senior Writer at CP. Lives and breathes sports. He made the transition from athlete to sports journalist at a young age, writing in TV & national papers. Shea applies his knowledge to sports betting + handicapping daily, and shares winning picks with the world.