Despite all of the stories circulating around the internet regarding  relationships of some of our FAVORITE NBA a ballers, LOVE does exist within athlete’s lives……we just never get to read about it (unless you are AllStarGrind fan/visitor)!!

PROOF: One of my FAV Houston Rockets NBA baller, Yao Ming and his wife Ye Li are expecting their first child in July, a Chinese newspaper reported on last Tuesday (yes, I am late).

 The news was accidentally revealed by Ye’s close friend Miao Lijie, who is her former teammate on China’s women’s basketball team, when attending a show at Shanghai World Expo on Monday. When asked why Ye did not come to the show with her, Miao said a “pregnant woman deserves less public activities.”

Yao, 29, marked his marriage to longtime girlfriend Ye, 28, with a lavish August 2007 ceremony. The couple hasn’t decided yet where the baby will be born, but whether boy or girl, “lil’ Yao” is surely  tall blessing. Yao stands at 7-foot-6-inches, while Ye towers over most women at 6-foot-2.  POW!! 

CONGRATS to YAO and his Family!