Me, My Cancer and the Vaccine Against My Cancer

This is literally the first time I have written about this publicly, and I am doing so with a considerable knot in my stomach and no small amount of anxiety. As if putting it into words might summon it, wake it up, provoke it… bring it back. And then I read the news from Moderna and Merck about the first positive Phase III trial result for an mRNA cancer therapy. And for my cancer, of all cancers: skin cancer — melanoma.

When the NBA Comes Calling: Europe’s Dilemma

In theory, everything looks fine. The top tier of European basketball gathers to show the way forward and outline concrete cooperation with its richer, proven‑to‑be‑more‑capable cousin across the Atlantic. Yet in practice—after a truly historic meeting—the EuroLeague CEO tells us Europe doesn’t actually need the NBA?!