{"id":40344,"date":"2011-07-11T14:11:45","date_gmt":"2011-07-11T21:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=40344"},"modified":"2011-07-11T14:11:45","modified_gmt":"2011-07-11T21:11:45","slug":"nba-news-yao-retires-76ers-pending-sale-11711","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/sports\/nba-news-yao-retires-76ers-pending-sale-11711\/","title":{"rendered":"Yao Ming Calls It A Career | Monday NBA Gossip"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>July 11th NBA Hoops News: Cappers Picks Headlines &#8211; Daily Sports Gossip<\/h2>\n<p><strong>NBA news: Yao Ming retires<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Yao Ming era is officially over. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The 7\u20196\u201d 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.  <figure id=\"attachment_32829\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32829\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Houston-Rockets-Cheerleaders-Bikini-e1296069242652.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Houston Rockets Cheerleaders Bikini\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Houston-Rockets-Cheerleaders-Bikini-e1296069242652.jpg 150w, https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Houston-Rockets-Cheerleaders-Bikini-e1296069242652-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Houston-Rockets-Cheerleaders-Bikini-e1296069242652-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Houston-Rockets-Cheerleaders-Bikini-e1296069242652-134x134.jpg 134w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32829\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yao Ming Retires!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>Yao missed at least 25 games in each of his last six seasons.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>76ers to be sold for $280 million<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Philadelphia 76ers will be sold sometime this week. Chairman Ed Snider, who owns the NHL\u2019s Flyers and the Wells Fargo Center, put the team up for sale last month. <\/p>\n<p>Reportedly, a group headed by Joshua Harris, a director at Apollo Global Management LLC, will buy the team for $280 million. [soliloquy id=&#8221;82219&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s sports water cooler talk. Here, you won\u2019t just find the straight news; you\u2019ll find the stuff everyone is talking about \u2013 the ice breakers, the\u00a0<a title=\"Cappers Picks Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/cappers_picks\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter Sports Picks<\/a> and topics\u2026well, basically all the stuff you discuss at the water cooler.<\/p>\n<h3>PREMIUM PICKS FOR THIS WEEK FROM RAZOR RAY &#8211; THE #5 Capper currently in the WORLD<\/h3>\n<p>CappersPicks.com InHouse Handicapper!!!! The #5 Capper in the WORLD, and #1 NHL Capper! You asked for them. <\/p>\n<p>Now you&#8217;re getting them. Razor&#8217;s plays are PUBLIC. 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