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A Washington state high school principal has resigned after referring to Kobe Bryant as a “rapist,” the local NBC affiliate reports. The head principal at Camas High School, Dr. Liza Sejkora, made a Facebook post on the same day Bryant and his daughter, Gianna, were killed in a helicopter crash. Although she doesn’t mention the NBA […]
Sunday, Feb. 9 will mark two weeks since the untimely passing of NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and seven others in a helicopter accident in Calabasas, California. The passing left the sports world, and millions of others from all walks of life, stunned. Social media tributes have been endless. The Los Angeles Lakers […]
Gayle King has been at the center of controversy after a clip of her asking WNBA player Lisa Leslie about Kobe Bryant’s 2003 sexual assault case went viral. The video was from a longer interview with Leslie, and King even called out CBS for sharing the clip “out of context.” In response, she received a […]
Students, faculty, and teachers at Harbor Day School presented a touching tribute to Gianna Bryant on Wednesday night, less than two after she was killed in a helicopter crash alongside her father, Kobe Bryant. Vanessa Bryant shared the touching event via Instagram, posting photos and videos of moments throughout the night. One of the first posts showed large arrangements […]
The NBA has several Kobe and Gianna Bryant tributes planned for this All-Star weekend. This includes Team Giannis wearing No. 24 jerseys to honor Kobe while Team LeBron will don No. 2 jerseys to pay homage to Gianna. When asked why he decided to have his team wear Gianna’s number, LeBron James gave an answer that alluded to […]
Following the death of Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and seven others, his family has issued a statement asking for privacy while criticizing the media for the false reports that emerged soon after the news first broke. “We are disappointed in some media’s broad use of unnamed sources and blind quotes, and remind everyone that the […]
For years, an awkward photo of Jonah Hill sitting courtside next to Kobe Bryant had been sort of a meme. The picture showed a very young Hill looking uncomfortable at a Lakers game, with Kobe in the background draped in towels. Taken by his older brother Jordan Feldstein, who died of a heart attack in 2017, […]
NBA fans are on the fence about the league’s elaborate new All-Star Game format. Among the most glaring changes, the first three quarters will serve as mini-games played for charity. The team with the most points will win $100,000 for their assigned charity and the score will reset at zero at the top of each quarter. At the end of the […]
The Memphis Grizzlies and New York Knicks got heated near the end of their Wednesday night game, with Elfrid Payton taking issue with a move from Jae Crowder. The resulting scuffle meant that Payton, Crowder, and Marcus Morris were all ejected from the game during its closing moments. Morris addressed the situation in a post-game […]
Vince Carter checked into Tuesday’s game between the Toronto Raptors and Atlanta Hawks with 2:13 remaining in the first quarter to an exceedingly warm welcome. The eight-time All-Star started receiving ovations from Raptors fans (again) beginning five years ago—the team’s 20th anniversary—when he represented the Memphis Grizzlies. That moment brought him to tears as he gazed […]
