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Joe Bryant, the father of NBA legend Kobe Bryant, has died. La Salle head coach Fran Dunphy told Mike Sielski of the Philadelphia Inquirer on Tuesday that Bryant had recently suffered a massive stroke. He was 69. Like his late son, Joe Bryant enjoyed …
Paul George is trying to bring the Mamba Mentality to Philadelphia. The Philadelphia 76ers revealed over the weekend that George will be wearing the No. 8 jersey for them next season. welcome to Philadelphia, @Yg_Trece! pic.twitter.com/lWPae9FiTc …
Kobe Bryant might be underwhelmed with the Los Angeles Lakers’ choice of head coach, at least according to one tale. Carmelo Anthony claimed on his “7PM in Brooklyn” podcast that during Team USA tryouts in 2008, Bryant made it his …
Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum on Monday finally climbed the NBA mountaintop. Fans couldn’t help but joke about Tatum potentially copying an iconic Kobe Bryant photo after winning his first title. Tatum led his team to a 106-88 victory over …
You can take Alex Caruso out of the Los Angeles Lakers, but you can’t take the Los Angeles Lakers out of Alex Caruso. The Chicago Bulls guard Caruso went viral this week for the new tattoo that he showed off to social media. In a post to his …
The Los Angeles Lakers are righting some wrongs with their recently-unveiled statue of the late Kobe Bryant. ESPN’s Dave McMenamin reports Tuesday that the Lakers completed several corrections earlier that morning to the statue of Bryant …
The proofreaders apparently missed a few on the new Kobe Bryant statue. Basketball journalist Andre Voigt posted several photos to social media this week showing that there are multiple spelling mistakes on the Los Angeles Lakers’ …
Iowa superstar Caitlin Clark on Sunday paid homage to Kobe Bryant in more ways than one. Clark led the Hawkeyes to their third straight Big Ten Tournament title in a thrilling 94-89 overtime win over Nebraska at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minn. …
A statue of Kobe Bryant outside of crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, Calif. was unveiled on Thursday, and Bryant’s widow Vanessa had a great line about it. Vanessa Bryant spoke at a press conference for the statue’s unveiling. She told …
The Los Angeles Dodgers had quite the trump in their successful recruitment of Shohei Ohtani. ESPN’s Jeff Passan wrote a lengthy feature diving into the Dodgers’ pursuit of Ohtani, and revealed that the team used a secretly-recorded …
Novak Djokovic won the US Open on Sunday for his 24th career major, and he came prepared with a tribute to the late Kobe Bryant. Djokovic beat Daniil Medvedev in straight sets 6-3, 7-6(5), 6-3 at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. to win …
Former FIBA ambassador Kobe Bryant is, unfortunately, not at the 2023 iteration of the FIBA World Cup after his tragic death in 2020. One former NBA journeyman is trying to keep the Mamba’s spirit alive with his play. Rondae Hollis-Jefferson …
The Los Angeles Lakers have had plans in the works to construct a Kobe Bryant statue outside their arena, and we now know when that ceremony will take place. On Thursday, the Lakers issued a press release announcing that they will unveil a bronze …
The Los Angeles Lakers are finally set to give a long-overdue honor to the late Kobe Bryant. Russ Weakland and Alex Raskin of Daily Mail reported Wednesday that the Lakers plan to unveil a statue of Bryant outside of Crypto.com Arena in one year on …
Nike CEO John Donahoe announced big news regarding the Kobe Bryant brand during a Q4 earnings call earlier this week.
Vanessa Bryant has been through several legal battles since her husband Kobe and daughter Gianna were killed in a helicopter crash, and she emerged victorious in the latest. Molly Carter, the former president of Kobe Inc., claimed in a 2019 lawsuit …
