Yao said he’s resumed basketball activities and should be 100 percent when training camp begins...
With Yao back, the Rockets also offer a unique marketing opportunity for any free agent to consider. Regular-season games draw enormous television ratings in China and several of Yao’s teammates have landed lucrative endorsement deals with Chinese companies...
Morey said he’s not discouraged by reports that the most coveted free agents of this year’s class have already decided where they’re headed. Free agents can’t sign contracts until July 8.
“Until July 8, no one can make up their minds 100 percent, no one can sign their name to the dotted line,” Morey said. “So there’s an opening there. My sense from the chatter is that no one has really made up their minds. But the only people who really know that are the free agents.
“All we can do is put our best foot forward and make the free agent understand why Houston is a great destination, and hopefully, it works out.”
- Yao Ming coming back to Rockets, foot healed, AP, June 29, 2010.
2. Kelli Shimabukuro, branch manager at the East Columbia branch of the county library system, grew up in Ohio, where spelling bees were a “big to-do,” she said. The absence of a countywide spelling bee here seemed a glaring omission.
“Howard County is known for its great schools and putting an emphasis on education. I thought it was odd that we didn't have any coverage or sponsorship of [spelling bees] in our area,” she said.
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