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"It started to get out of hand" - Kobe Bryant on how winning his second championship forever changed his personal life

Los Angeles Lakers icon Kobe Bryant was instantly beloved the moment he made his NBA debut. Here was a brash 18-year-old with good looks, a pleasing personality, and generational basketball talent. By ...
Sports Illustrated

Vanessa Bryant gives special Kobe shoutout on Fourth of July

Vanessa Bryant has been sharing a lot of Kobe Bryant memories lately, and had one more for Fourth of July. The 43-year-old widow of the late Los Angeles Lakers legend shared some tear-jerking memories ...
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"Some people thought Mozart had too many notes in his compositions" - Kobe Bryant once clapped back at critics who said he shot too much

Kobe Bryant was a polarizing figure during his playing days. One of the things critics point out was his shooting inefficiency. In other words, the Black Mamba shoots way too much, and it's not even ...
Los Angeles Times

Joe ‘Jellybean’ Bryant, father of late Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, dies at 69

Joe Bryant, a former NBA player and WNBA coach with a colorful nickname, has died at 69, four and a half years after his son, Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, granddaughter Gianna Bryant and seven other ...
Los Angeles Times

He created the beloved Kobe and Gianna Bryant mural. L.A. taggers keep defacing it. ‘It hurts me’

Weathered and bumpy, the wall hidden among the surplus clothing stores of the Fashion District was hardly the perfect canvas. But artist Sloe Motions’ vision for the memorial mural in honor of Kobe ...