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Jayson Tatum wears an armband

Jayson Tatum pays tribute to Kobe Bryant during Game 7

Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum honored the late Kobe Bryant on Sunday during Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Miami Heat. Tatum wore a purple and gold arm band just above his left elbow. The armband featured the number 24 that …

Tracy McGrady smiling

Tracy McGrady shares great Kobe Bryant story

Kobe Bryant was well known for his tireless work ethic and desire to get better at any cost, and basketball Hall of Famer Tracy McGrady knew that from personal experience. On Thursday, McGrady shared a story on WFAN’s “Carton and …

Nick Saban in an Alabama shirt

Nick Saban names 2 NBA players he admires

Nick Saban is arguably the greatest coach in college football history. He has many admirers as a result. But even someone as widely admired as Saban has some people he admires himself. Saban on Monday shared the names of some of the people he …

Lamar Odom warming up

Lamar Odom got neck tattoo of late Kobe Bryant

Lamar Odom has himself a new tattoo, one with personal meaning. Odom revealed in an interview with the New York Post’s Page Six that he got a picture of Kobe Bryant’s face tattooed on his neck. Odom said he was inspired to get the tattoo …

Joel Embiid celebrating

Joel Embiid channeled Kobe Bryant after epic game-winner

It wasn’t quite 81 points, but Joel Embiid definitely pulled a Kobe Bryant in ripping the hearts out of Toronto on Wednesday. The Philadelphia 76ers star center Embiid had a game-winner for the ages in overtime against the Raptors in Game 3 of …

Shaheen Holloway pointing

Old photo of Saint Peter’s coach Shaheen Holloway with NBA legend goes viral

Shaheen Holloway has definitely been about that life for many decades now. An awesome old picture of the Saint Peter’s head coach Holloway with the late Kobe Bryant went viral this week. The photo, posted by Darius Alford on Twitter, was from …

Kobe Bryant in a Lakers jersey

Kobe Bryant estate to continue partnership with Nike

Nike will be able to continue manufacturing new Kobe Bryant gear thanks to a new agreement between the apparel company and the estate of the late basketball star. Vanessa Bryant, Kobe’s widow, shared a statement on her Instagram account …

Shaq sitting courtside

Shaq offended by comparison of 76ers stars to him and Kobe Bryant duo

The tandem of James Harden and Joel Embiid seems to be pretty lethal so far, but Shaquille O’Neal doesn’t want to hear any comparisons between those two and his famous duo. Shaq talked on his “The Big Podcast with Shaq” about …

Charles Barkley on the TNT set

Charles Barkley makes surprising revelation about Kobe Bryant

Charles Barkley is revealing something surprising about a fellow NBA great. Appearing this week on Draymond Green’s podcast for The Volume, Barkley said that the late Kobe Bryant very nearly joined TNT’s “Inside the NBA.” …

Kobe Bryant

Chandler Parsons shares his great Kobe Bryant story, with a twist at the end

So many people have their Kobe Bryant stories, and now that he has passed, it never gets old hearing those stories. One such great Kobe story came from Chandler Parsons. Parsons was a guest on this week’s episode of “All the Smoke.” …

Kobe Bryant

LeBron James had message for Coach K about Kobe Bryant during 2008 Olympics

A new book about Mike Krzyzewski has been making some headlines since excerpts were published. At first, a story went viral that discussed how Coach K disagreed with Duke’s pick for his successor. Now, another story is making headlines. On …

Cooper Kupp holds up a trophy

Cooper Kupp pays tribute to late Kobe Bryant at championship parade

Cooper Kupp had another Los Angeles sports legend in mind during the Rams’ championship parade on Wednesday. Kupp showed up at the parade wearing a Kobe Bryant Lakers jersey. The jersey had both of the late NBA legend’s jersey numbers on …

Gianna Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bryant, daughter Gigi honored with statue at crash site

Wednesday marked the two-year anniversary of the fatal helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven other people in California. One local artist worked extremely hard to pay tribute to the victims. Dan Medina, a sculptor …

Stephen A. Smith

Stephen A. Smith draws criticism for handling of Kobe Bryant tribute

Wednesday officially marked two years since Kobe Bryant, daughter Gianna, and seven others tragically died in a helicopter accident. ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith paid tribute to Bryant in a segment this week, but many were upset with the way that …

Coby Bryant speaks with reporters

Cincinnati’s Coby Bryant had great tribute to Kobe Bryant for CFB Playoff

Coby Bryant wore No. 7 during a season in which he was named the best player in the nation at his position, but the Cincinnati cornerback decided to change jersey numbers for the biggest game of his college career. He had a great reason for it. …

LaMelo Ball

LaMelo Ball, Kobe Bryant share 1 key similarity, Hornets executive says

An executive for the Charlotte Hornets can see a bit of the Mamba Mentality in LaMelo Ball. Hornets GM Mitch Kupchak spoke this week with SI’s Chris Mannix for a feature on the 20-year-old Hornets star Ball. While Kupchak said that he would not …

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