The NBA All-Star Weekend has concluded with Team LeBron taking home the win and Kawhi Leonard crowned as the first recipient of the newly renamed Kobe Bryant NBA All-Star Game MVP. The late Los Angeles Laker superstar was honored considerably throughout the weekend, culminating in moving tributes from Common, Jennifer Hudson, and more on Sunday […]
The global basketball world is hurting over the sudden loss of Kobe Bryant. While the NBA legend’s immediate family is grieving the devastating loss more than anyone, among the NBA fraternity of players LeBron James is particularly hit hard. It turns out King James was one of the last people to speak to the Black […]
MSNBC reporter Alison Morris was like many an on-air journalist scrambling to cover the tragic death of Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna Bryant, leading to a slip-up that sounded to most like the n-word. 50 Cent caught wind of the alleged gaffe and has demanded that Morris be fired from her post. The artist […]
It was a devastating Sunday afternoon as news spread that the legendary Kobe Bryant and his daughter had passed away in a tragic helicopter accident and while the world struggled to process the horrible news, the Grammys gave us something to smile about for a few minutes. Surprising the audience in attendance and viewers across […]
We still wish this is just a bad nightmare, but unfortunately, the grim news is real. The world is still processing after news broke the Kobe Bryant, and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna Maria Onore instantly killed when a helicopter carrying the retired NBA star crashed in Calabasas shortly before 10 a.m. When TMZ broke the […]
Not only did Kobe Bryant just get a day named after him by the city of Los Angeles and start a multmillion dollar company, but his Nike Kobe 11’s are getting the “Mambacurial” treatment. Since Kobe joined the swoosh just over a decade ago, he’s received his own signature sneaker every year. And lately, aside from the slew […]
Los Angeles saw it fit that the city name a day, August 24, after him. The date commemorates the two jersey numbers he wore as a Laker: 8 and 24.
Current investments include The Players Tribune, a website focused on sports media, video designer Scopely, a legal services company called LegalZoom, RingDNA, a telemarketing software company and a home-juicing company named Juicero.
Since retiring from the NBA back in April, Kobe Bryant has kept things pretty low-key, but recently talked about what he's been up to and how he plans to help the Lakers going forward.
While Kobe is still working with Nike and growing the NBA's reach overseas in China, he found the time to write a letter to his 17-year-old self in The Players' Tribune.
Since Kobe Bryant retired he's kept a pretty low profile, but the outpouring of respect and love from fans hasn't stopped, and Snoop Dogg may have given him the best retirement gift yet.
What a difference four years have made for Kyrie Irving and Kobe Bryant. During Team USA's race for gold during the 2012 Summer Olympics, Kyrie was just a bright-eyed youngin' trying to make his way in the league. In an effort to prove himself, he challenged Kobe to a game of one-on-one. To make the deal even sweeter, Kyrie, then 20, wanted to play for $50,000.