Asterisk on the NBA title? Coaches, players say not a chance

07/02/2020

The 2020 NBA champion, if one is crowned, will have emerged as the ultimate winner from a season that lasted more than a full year from start to finish. A season that saw political unrest between the…

Kobe Bryant chopper crash pilot had no drugs in system—autopsy

AFP 05/17/2020

The pilot of the helicopter that crashed while carrying Kobe Bryant and his daughter to a basketball tournament in California did not have alcohol or drugs in his system, according to the autopsy report released on Friday. Ara Zobayan,…

Kobe Bryant’s sports academy retires ‘Mamba’ nickname

05/13/2020

LOS ANGELES— The Southern California sports academy previously co-owned by Kobe Bryant has retired his “Mamba” nickname and rebranded itself nearly four months after the basketball icon’s death in a helicopter crash. Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna…

Vanessa Bryant sues LA County sheriff over Kobe crash site photos

Agence France Presse 05/09/2020

  Vanessa Bryant is suing the Los Angeles County sheriff’s department over unauthorized photographs of the scene at the helicopter crash that killed her husband, NBA legend Kobe Bryant, and their 13-year-old daughter Gianna. People magazine obtained…

Vanessa Bryant honors daughter Gigi on her 14th birthday

Mark Giongco‎ - INQUIRER.net 05/02/2020

MANILA, Philippines — “Play Gigi’s way.” That’s how Vanessa Bryant honored her late daughter Gianna on what would have been her 14th birthday on Friday. “Gianna loved to wear a red bow in all of her school…

Kobe Bryant’s latest book to debut atop best-seller list

Associated Press 04/09/2020

  Kobe Bryant is back atop the best-seller lists, days after the late Los Angeles Lakers superstar was selected to the Hall of Fame. The latest release from Bryant’s Granity Studios, “The Wizenard Series: Season One” will…

Public memorial service c the private Kobe Bryant

02/25/2020

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kobe Bryant’s wife remembered him as a devoted father and husband who arrived early for school pickups and wrote heartfelt cards and letters. Rob Pelinka, Bryant’s longtime agent and close friend, recalled his…

Jordan: ‘When Kobe Bryant died, a piece of me died’

02/25/2020

A tearful Michael Jordan on Monday remembered his “little brother” Kobe Bryant at a star-filled memorial in Los Angeles for the basketball great and his daughter Gianna, who died with seven others in a helicopter crash last…

NBA names All-Star Game award in honor of Kobe Bryant

Agence France Presse 02/16/2020

NBA commissioner Adam Silver announced Saturday that the All-Star Game MVP award will now be called the Kobe Bryant Award as players lined up to pay tribute to the late NBA icon. “Kobe Bryant is synonymous with…

CBS denounces threats against anchor over Kobe Bryant story

02/10/2020

The president of CBS News on Sunday denounced as “reprehensible” a comment by famed rapper Snoop Dogg that appeared to threaten a news anchor over an interview about late basketball star Kobe Bryant. Bryant died, along with…

1K Cebuanos pay tribute to fallen NBA star in ‘Run for Kobe’

Mars G. Alison 02/02/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — More than a thousand  Cebuanos joined the “Run for Kobe” held early Sunday morning, February 2, 2020 which started and ended at the Cebu City Sports Center.  The run was organized by the…

Kobe’s stolen jersey returned for ceremony at high school

Associated Press 02/02/2020

  ARDMORE, Pa. — Kobe Bryant’s high school jersey spent more time in China of late than it did hanging on the wall of the gym named in honor of the school’s career leading scorer. Bryant’s retired…

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