Mamba Mentality: The Random Cruelty of Losing Kobe Bryant

Sad and angry and thankful. That’s how I feel. First, the sad part: Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and seven other souls perished in a helicopter crash yesterday. Kobe was only 41. I only met him twice—at an Academy Awards symposium and then backstage in the winners room when he subsequently won an Oscar for his […]