北京时间7月9日，根据NBA官网、ESPN和美国雅虎体育等权威媒体报道，从02年进入NBA就一直效力于休斯敦火箭的中国球员姚明现在已经正式决定从NBA退役，结束他取得诸多荣誉但也饱受伤病困扰的九年NBA职业生涯。作为中国篮坛历史上最伟大的球星，姚明经历了一番风雨之后，终于做出了他的选择。

我们来看相关英文报道：
Yao Ming's management team released an official statement on Saturday afternoon revealing China's most famous basketball player will face the media and public in 10 days' time in his hometown of Shanghai to make a "significant" decision about his future. The announcement came hours after Yahoo! Sports reported the NBA all-star center had decided to quit the game, after nine star-crossed seasons, on Friday night.

According to Yahoo, the veteran had informed the Rockets, the league office in New York and NBA China of his decision to leave the game. And the league's official website published a story headlined: "Rockets' center Yao retires".

周六下午，姚之队发布官方声明，透露中国最著名的篮球运动员姚明将于10天后在家乡上海召开新闻发布会，做未来发展的重要决定。雅虎体育周五晚报道了NBA全明星中锋姚明在经历了9个赛季后决定退役，之后几小时姚之队发布了该声明。

据雅虎报道，姚明已经向火箭队、纽约NBA办公室以及NBA中国发出通知，告知自己退役的决定。而NBA官方网站也发布了题为“火箭队中锋姚明退役”的报道。

【讲解】文中的“quite the game”，“leave the game”和“retire”都指“退役”，名词为“retirement”，如announce Yao’ s retirement(宣布姚明退役)。NBA是National Basketball Association的简称，文中的center是指篮球比赛的中锋，其它一些角色还包括Power Forward （大前锋），Small Forward（小前锋）, Point Guard(控球后卫)，Shooting Guard （得分后卫）。