LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Matthew A. Cherry became an Oscar nominee, that was initially good enough for him, until he heard about the death of Kobe Bryant, a former professional athlete — just like himself — who was nominated in the same category in 2018. For Cherry, Bryant’s death is fueling his desire to […]
Scoring will look a bit different for the NBA All-Star game next month, and it’s all in an effort to honor the late Kobe Bryant. LIKE US ON FACEBOOK. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM The league announced Thursday that the score will be kept normally for the first three quarters. In the fourth, the game clock will be turned […]
NEW YORK (AP) — ABC says it has suspended reporter Matt Gutman for incorrectly reporting that all four of Kobe Bryant’s children were with him in the helicopter crash north of Los Angeles on Sunday that killed the basketball star and eight others. The network said reporting the facts accurately is a cornerstone of its […]
According to a new report from YahooSports, the NBA logo redesign won’t be happening for various reasons, despite the best efforts of millions of Kobe Bryant’s fans. The loss of Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Gigi, has saddened people around the world, basketball players and fans. And there is no question that Kobe was one […]
In the days following Kobe Bryant’s shocking death, former Los Angeles exec Jerry West has been sharing memories about their close friendship. “I feel like I lost a son…,” West tells “Extra’s” Billy Bush. “When we traded for him, he was 17. To watch him grow up and be part of our family for two to three months here, he’d […]
Vanessa Bryant spoke publicly Wednesday for the first time since the helicopter crash that killed her husband Kobe Bryant, one of their daughters and seven others, taking to Instagram to thank people for the global outpouring of support since the tragedy. She also announced the formation of a fund to help support the other families […]
Kobe Bryant’s death last weekend shocked the world. He perished in a helicopter crash along with seven others, including his 13-year-old daughter Gianna. After his 2016 retirement, Bryant appeared to settle into his post-basketball life. He stayed mostly away from the Staples Center, his workplace for 20 years. But Gianna, nicknamed Gigi, took an interest […]
“I don’t wish it on anyone,” he said.
D.L. Hughley wants to make it very clear that “death does not make your life antiseptic.” In the aftermath of the death of Kobe Bryant many people around the world are shaken and grieving his loss as well as the loss of 8 other lives. But of course, there are some folks who D.L. says […]
Blac Chyna has put Kylie Jenner on blast for taking her daughter Dream for a ride onboard the very same helicopter and with the same pilot who died in the crash Sunday, killing Kobe Bryant, his teen daughter and seven other people. “No parents should find out after-the-fact that their child has participated in a dangerous activity without their permission,” Chyna’s […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant didn’t have a recommended warning system to alert the pilot he was too close to land but it’s not clear it would have averted the crash that killed nine as the aircraft plummeted toward a fog-shrouded hillside, federal regulators and experts said. Pilot Ara Zobayan had […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A Washington Post reporter who had been placed on administrative leave after she tweeted a link to a story about a 2003 rape allegation against Kobe Bryant has been cleared to return to work, the paper said Tuesday. In a statement, the Post said that an internal review had determined that […]
