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It has been 15 months since Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash, but his Hall of Fame enshrinement was no less emotional. Vanessa Bryant, the wife of the Los Angeles Lakers legend, accepted the honor on behalf of her late husband on Saturday, one year later than planned due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Her speech was preceded by the rest of the greatest Hall of Fame class in basketball history and she was escorted by Michael Jordan, but the moment was firmly her’s as she again eulogized a man… Source link

The Los Angeles Lakers are in for a very emotional 36 hours. If they win on Sunday and the Portland Trail Blazers lose, they’ll secure the No. 6 seed and avoid the play-in tournament. But before that, on Saturday evening, Kobe Bryant is being inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.  Bryant, who died in a January 2020 helicopter crash along with his daughter Gianna and seven others, was an iconic Laker, and the players have been asked about him leading up to the ceremony… Source link

The Telegraph Lee Westwood shoots 64 to move into contention at the Byron Nelson Lee Westwood shot his lowest round on American soil in seven years and then declared the AT&T Byron Nelson “the ideal preparation” for next week’s USPGA Championship. Westwood’s 64, featuring 10 pars and eight birdies, took the former world No1 to nine-under and into contention at Craig Ranch, eight off runaway leader Sam Burns – the American who carded a second-round 62 on the back of his win in Tampa two… Source link

It will be incredibly emotional when Kobe Bryant is inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday. Not just for Bryant’s family, who will be celebrating without him, but for Michael Jordan.  Bryant’s widow Vanessa chose Jordan to present Kobe at the ceremony, which will undoubtedly bring up memories of Jordan’s tearful speech at Bryant’s memorial service. Jordan told ESPN’s Jackie MacMullan in a recent interview that he still gets emotional with it comes to Kobe,… Source link

Nike’s longstanding partnership with Kobe Bryant, it seems, has ended. The deal between the company and Bryant’s estate expired this month, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania, meaning his estate can now pursue new deals with other brands. “Kobe Bryant was an important part of Nike’s deep connection to consumers,” Nike said in a statement, via Charania. “He pushed us and made everyone around him better. Though our contractual relationship has ended, he remains a deeply loved… Source link

A federal judge ruled on Monday that the identities of four Los Angeles County deputies accused of sharing photos from the Kobe Bryant helicopter crash scene be unsealed amid a lawsuit filed by Bryant’s widow Vanessa Bryant.  U.S. District Judge John F. Walter rejected the arguments of lawyers for the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department that the names of the accused deputies should not be revealed to Bryant’s legal team or the public, according to a Los Angeles Times report.  Walter cited… Source link

Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving thinks the NBA’s logo needs an update. Irving posted a picture on Instagram on Wednesday suggesting the league alter its logo to honor Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant. What would that look like? Irving has an idea. Irving added his reasoning to the post, saying “Gotta Happen, idc what anyone says. BLACK KINGS BUILT THE LEAGUE.” Bryant’s widow, Vanessa Bryant, is on board with the idea. She shared Irving’s picture of the logo, saying “love this…. Source link

Sabrina Ionescu pledged to live out Kobe Bryant’s legacy and found inspiration in the lives of his daughter, Gianna, and her teammates, Alyssa Altobelli and Payton Chester. One year after their deaths, she reflected on the loss and how she honors their legacies. Ionescu honors legacies of Kobe, Gigi Ionescu, 23, counted Bryant as a mentor and close friend. While working out with Bryant in Los Angeles ahead of her senior season at Oregon she twice helped coach the Mamba Ballers, the team… Source link

It was Day 2 of the Mamba Cup and Los Angeles-based photographers Jineen Williams and Jajuan Tyler were waiting for Kobe Bryant to walk through the door at the Mamba Sports Academy in Thousand Oaks, California. Williams, Tyler and Brandon Green make up the photo and graphics company DAH – Design and Photography and had been covering Gianna Bryant and the Mambas for the past 18 months. DAH has also done freelance work with Ball Is Life, SLAM and Overtime and has taken photographs and videos of… Source link

The coronavirus outbreak, elections and Zoom meetings were on the minds of U.S. consumers this year, according to Google’s list of the U.S. top trending searches in 2020, released this morning. These search trends don’t reflect the most-searched for words and phrases across Google, but rather those that saw high spikes in traffic over a sustained period of time during the year, as compared with 2019. This paints a more accurate picture of consumers’ changing interests during the… Source link