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HOUSTON, June 29 (UPI) -- Houston Rockets center Yao Ming will stay with the team after exercising the player option in his contract Tuesday.
Yao, who missed the entire 2009-10 season due to reconstructive surgery on his left foot, could have terminated his contract early and become an unrestricted free agent, but chose not to do so.
He is set to make $17.7 million next season.
"We're excited to have Yao Ming back. He's the centerpiece of the Rockets for many years, the foundation of our franchise," Houston General Manager Daryl Morey said.
"The foot feels OK. Everything is positive," Yao said. "When training camp starts I believe I will (be ready)."
The top pick in the 2002 draft has averaged of 19.1 points, 9.3 rebounds and 1.9 blocks in 481 career games.
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Minnesota Vikings fullback Jerome Felton was out on bail Saturday after being arrested for driving while intoxicated, jail records indicate.
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LONDON, June 2 (UPI) --
The producer of "'Slumdog Millionaire" is going ahead with plans to create a musical of the movie without British director Danny Boyle.
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U.S. weather forecasters say the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to be about average, despite the rare late-May landfall of Beryl.
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Dogs across Italy are wagging their tails as a new ice cream for man's best friend goes to market.
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