Kobe Bryant locker sells for $2.9 mn at auction
The price for the Staples Center locker, which Bryant used while playing for the Los Angeles Lakers, nearly doubled the $1.5 million it was estimated to fetch.
NBA plunged into mourning as Kobe Bryant dies in helicopter crash
The NBA grappled with the sudden death of league great Kobe Bryant on Sunday, players saying they felt sick to their stomach taking to the court without having ample time to absorb the shocking news. A haunting moment of silence preceded the Houston Rockets’ game against the Nuggets in Denver, which tipped off just hours […]
Grammys underway as Kobe Bryant’s death stuns Los Angeles
The Grammy awards got underway Sunday as grief over the death of NBA legend Kobe Bryant cast a pall on music’s marquee night in Los Angeles. Sorrow cast a shadow over the show held at the Staples Center the same venue where the basketball icon led the city’s Lakers to multiple championships. Dozens of people, […]
Bryant’s 13-yr-old daughter, Gianna, among 9 dead in helicopter crash
NBA legend who played for Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant died Sunday in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California. The 41 years old was reported to have been travelling with at least four other people in his private helicopter when it crashed, killing everyone on board. TMZ has confirmed that his daughter, Gianna ‘Gigi’ Bryant, […]
Nooooooooo God please No! Reactions trail Kobe Bryant, daughter’s death
By Emmanuel Okogba You cannot be a true follower of the slam-dunk game and not know Kobe Bryant. The LA Lakers and basketball legend had a successful career that spanned two decades, making and breaking records in the process. On January 26, 2020, Bryant and four others were killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, […]
How NBA legend Kobe Bryant died in helicopter crash
NBA legend Kobe Bryant died Sunday in a helicopter crash in suburban Los Angeles, celebrity website TMZ reported, in an accident confirmed by police that saw five people killed. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s officials said there were no survivors from the morning crash on a hillside in Calabasas, west of Los Angeles. The helicopter was […]
