Yao undergoes surgery on left ankle
Spears, Yahoo! Sports Jan 6, 1:11 pm EST Houston Rockets center Yao Ming underwent surgery on his left ankle Thursday morning in hopes of eventually resuming his NBA career, league sources told Yahoo! The Rockets announced last month that Yao would miss the remainder of the season because of a stress fracture in his ankle.
Chinese basketball star Yao Ming, pictured in October, has a stress fracture in his left ankle, another devastating setback for the Houston Rockets center as he vies to resume his injury-plagued NBA career.