The death of Kobe Bryant didn’t stop Alicia Keys — standing on stage in the Staples Center, the house that the NBA legend built — from making the Grammys about politics and dumping on President Donald Trump.
Thousands of fans gathered outside of the Staples Center on Sunday in Los Angeles to pay respect to and mourn the loss of NBA legend Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna Marie Onore.
An emotional LeBron James was spotted as he exited the Lakers team plane on Sunday after learning of the death of fellow NBA legend Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna Maria Onore Bryant.
As tributes pour in for basketball legend Kobe Bryant after his tragic death in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, on Sunday at the age of 41, some fans are remembering how Bryant’s Catholic faith sustained him during a difficult period of his life and inspired his philanthropy.
The 2020 Grammy Awards on Sunday night opened with a tribute to NBA legend Kobe Bryant, with Alicia Keys and R&B group Boyz II Men honoring Bryant and the eight others killed in a helicopter crash in California on Sunday morning.
“There are millions of people, not just in Los Angeles, but around the world right now mourning because they were inspired by what he did on the field, what he meant off the field,” Buttigieg said.
“Kobe Bryant, despite being one of the truly great basketball players of all time, was just getting started in life,” Trump wrote. “He loved his family so much, and had such strong passion for the future.”
LOS ANGELES, California — Memorials to the late Kobe Bryant began appearing across Los Angeles within hours of news that the Lakers basketball legend had perished tragically in a helicopter crash near his home in Calabasas.
Assorted “verified” Twitter accounts focused on rape allegations made against Kobe Bryant within hours of the athlete’s tragic death on Sunday.
Celebrities from Ellen DeGeneres to Disney CEO Bob Iger to Kanye West took to social media on Sunday to express their shock and sadness at the death of NBA legend Kobe Bryant, who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday outside Los Angeles with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna Maria Bryant and seven others.
Here are some of the many highlights of Kobe Bryant’s career. The former Los Angeles Lakers star was killed in a helicopter crash in California on Sunday morning:
The world reacted with shock late Sunday morning after hearing that NBA legend Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, were killed in a helicopter crash in California.
During CNN’s coverage of the death of former NBA star Kobe Bryant and his 13- year-old daughter Gianna Maria Bryant, both killed Sunday morning in a helicopter crash near Malibu, CA along with seven others, network sports analyst Christine Brennan reflected on the learning curve the elder Bryant faced as an athlete that turned pro immediately after high school.
Former President Barack Obama reacted to the death of basketball star Kobe Bryant and his daughter on Sunday, describing their passing as an “unthinkable day.”
The NBA world reacted with shock and disbelief to news that NBA legend Kobe Bryant, and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, were killed in a helicopter crash in California.
President Donald Trump reacted to the death of basketball legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter on Sunday, describing their passing as “terrible news.”
Fans, reporters, and fellow sportsmen mourned the shocking death of L.A. Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter, who were killed in a helicopter crash early on Sunday morning.
Pop superstar Taylor Swift is cozying up to some of China’s biggest power players by agreeing to perform at an Alibaba promotional event for Singles’ Day, the country’s biggest shopping day.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Magic Johnson abruptly quit as the Los Angeles Lakers’ president of basketball operations Tuesday night, citing his desire to return to the simpler life he enjoyed as a wealthy businessman and beloved former player before taking charge of this tempestuous franchise just over two years ago.
A past rape accusation against Lakers legend Kobe Bryant caused officials at the Hollywood Animation Is Film Festival to remove the player as a judge for the event.
Monday on Fox Sports Radio’s “Outkick the Coverage,” host Clay Travis reacted to former Los Angeles Laker star Kobe Bryant winning an Oscar for Best Animated Short because of his documentary titled “Dear Basketball.” Travis noted Kobe Bryant’s history of sexual
The #MeToo movement sought to remove those in Hollywood who have been accused or found guilty of rape and sexual assault. Instead, they just gave one of them an Oscar.
Kobe Bryant hasn’t said too much about anything but basketball, since retiring from the game in 2016. However, that all changed when he sat down for an interview with ESPN.
The Los Angeles Lakers retired both of Kobe Bryant’s jersey numbers Monday night at Staples Center. Team president Magic Johnson shared a speech about Bryant’s amazing NBA career and concluded that he thinks Bryant should get into politics and use his
Sure, it’s against the rules for NBA players to kneel during the playing of the national anthem. However, former Lakers great Kobe Bryant says that if he were still playing, he would kneel.
Former Los Angeles Lakers Kobe Bryant jumped onto the anti-Trump bandwagon, Saturday evening, tweeting that President Donald Trump’s very name “inspires hatred.”
Former Los Angeles Laker Kobe Bryant says he misses President Barack Obama. The 44th president spent a lot of time pandering to the sports world, especially professional basketball and Bryant misses the personal attention.
Over half of the people who made it onto Forbes’ list of “America’s Richest Entrepreneurs Under 40,” released in early December, live in California’s Bay Area.
Sounding more like Ayn Rand than the third-greatest scorer in NBA history, retired Los Angeles Laker Kobe Bryant penned a letter to his 17-year-old self, telling him to give relatives tools and opportunities rather than just showering them with money and gifts.
The National Basketball Association has gone international. It happened years ago. But the tuned out tuning-in to Thursday night’s first round of the NBA Draft witnessed a shocker, an überraschen even.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kobe Bryant went out with a Hollywood ending to his remarkable career. Bryant scored 60 points in his final NBA game Wednesday night, wrapping up 20 years in the NBA with an unbelievable offensive showcase in
Like much of professional sports, the National Basketball Association has gone head over heals for the homosexual agenda. This week the league condemned the new law in North Carolina that makes it illegal for men and boys posing as females to use restrooms and showers of the opposite sex.
The NBA announced its All-Star Game starters, and Kobe Bryant led the balloting to win a spot playing in his 18th such midseason exhibition.
The first returns in voting for the All-Star Game indicate that a player making his last appearance figures to start.
After announcing Sunday he plans to hang up his sneakers at the end of the 2015-16 NBA season, Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant may play in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, according to ESPN’s Marc Stein.
After announcing his retirement in a poem, Kobe Bryant followed up with a more traditional press conference. But he did so in a very unconventional, Kobe way, taking questions in Spanish, Italian, and English.
Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant announced his retirement from basketball effective at the end of the 2015-2016 campaign, saying that “this season is all I have left to give.”
The Los Angeles Lakers roll into Oakland on Tuesday night. But Kobe Bryant carries confidence despite the Worst in the West facing the NBA’s undefeateds.
Lamar Odom has awoken from his coma and is reportedly slowly recovering, although doctors do not yet know the extent of the damage done to his body.
Air Obamas drop on Wednesday at 10 a.m. Everybody get in line now.
