Yao, watch Shark Week.

As an extension of our policy of not negotiating with terrorists, we really ought not to appease these killing machines either:

NBA star Yao Ming recently pledged to give up eating shark's fin soup, a Chinese delicacy, as part of a campaign to promote wildlife protection in his homeland.

Who at ESPN decides whether this is classified under ESPN Outdoors (where you'll find it) or, say, ESPN NBA? I'm not sure they have a consistent policy. This falls under ESPN NFL, rather than, say, ESPN Robberies or ESPN Justice. It's not the case that ESPN Justice would suffer from a dearth of stories.

If an NBA player does something outdoors-y, the ESPN Outdoors department takes over. It follows that when an NFL player does something justice-y, ESPN Justice should take the reins.

[While we're at it, why does news about Barbaro's health qualify as sports news at all?]

Maybe ESPN Outdoors took control because of the story's depth:

The campaign promotes the protection of animals besides sharks. A Chinese television commercial shown at Yao's news conference features him leaping from a basketball court to block a bullet fired at an elephant.

I know what you're wondering. The answer is yes.