the NBA is in discussions to create “The World Cup of Basketball” in partnership with FIBA, while changing the rules for Olympic basketball so that only players under 23 can compete, Yahoo! Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski reports. NBA commissioner David Stern has been hinting that this summer’s London Games could be the last time the league sends its best...

A whiff of magic as star pair square off Wednesday, June 13, 2012 LeBron James and Kevin Durant are dismissing the perception that whoever wins the NBA finals and earns his first ring will be hailed as the best player. the best-of-seven series between the Miami Heat and Oklahoma City Thunder beginning this morning (HK time)...

My fiance and I, ‘finding joy’ at our engagement party this week! Posted: Tuesday, Jun. 19, 2012 I was once told by a “lifestyle coach,” (yes, I have tried everything to deal with my food-relationship issues) that I used food as a way to show people I loved them, to celebrate, and that I had to find a way to express this love and...

Earthquake data from WorldWide Telescope’s new add-in. WorldWide Telescope, a free program that turns the cosmos into a visual dictionary, has added a plugin that allows virtual astronomers to train their amplified eye on Earth and to look back in time. The original Telescope, from Microsoft Research and powered by Silverlight, can be employed...

Microsoft is set to announce a Windows 8 tablet later today — but new rumours suggest it’ll involve US bookseller Barnes & Noble. Does that mean it’ll be a rival to the Amazon Kindle Fire rather than the iPad — and does it mean it won’t come to the UK? we were expecting a Microsoft-branded tablet that shows off Windows 8, in the style of Google’s Nexus phones, which...