Our picks and snubs for game Feb. 16

In Kobe’s last sit-down interview he talks about upcoming projects and daughter Gigi In his last on-camera interview, NBA legend Kobe Bryant talks to USA TODAY’s Mark Medina about life after basketball and his daughter Gigi’s favorite NBA player. Picking NBA All-Star reserves is more difficult than picking All-Star starters. If a player is a…

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Can you actually die of a broken heart?

Passing quietly away from sheer heartbreak is a trope that pops up in myth and fantasy. In the Star Wars universe, Padmé Amidala may have died of a broken heart after her husband turned to the dark side, becoming Darth Vader, and she gave birth to Luke and Leia. Shakespeare’s King Lear succumbs to heartbreak…

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