The Lakers and the Portland Trail Blazers, somehow, played a basketball game after a wrenching pregame ceremony honoring Kobe Bryant and the other eight victims of the helicopter crash just five days earlier.
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After Elijah Mitrou-Long broken his left thumb and ultimately lost his starting point guard job at UNLV, he has thrown his support completely behind his replacement, Marvin Coleman.
Aces standouts A’ja Wilson, Kayla McBride and Kelsey Plum are among a group of American players participating in an expanded national team training program.
UNLV center Rodjanae Wade has 12 double-doubles this season and averages 14.1 points and 10.1 rebounds. The Lady Rebels have won seven of nine games.
Vanessa Bryant made her first public comment Wednesday since the helicopter crash that killed her husband, Kobe Bryant, one of their daughters and seven others.
The famed Las Vegas sign displayed purple and gold lights Wednesday in honor of basketball star Kobe Bryant and the victims of Sunday’s helicopter crash in California.
Derrick Jones, a kid from Chester, Pennsylvania, who played his college ball for UNLV, stood at his Miami Heat locker on Tuesday night and spoke about the death of Kobe Bryant.
UNLV got off to a hot start in Mountain West play, but the Rebels are being tested during this difficult stretch. They are midway through their conference schedule.
NTSB investigators went to the crash site in Calabasas on Monday to collect evidence.
The 16-time NBA champion franchise made grief counselors available to employees Monday after the loss of Bryant, who spent his entire 20-year NBA career with the Lakers.
Cassie Soto and Mark Anderson discussed UNLV’s losses at UNR and to San Diego State over the past week in the latest taping of Rebel Nation.
Coroner’s officials worked to recover victims’ remains Monday from the hillside outside Los Angeles where a helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant and eight others crashed.
Kobe Bryant was a hugely popular figure in Asia, no more so than in China where basketball rivals soccer as the most popular sport.
From the red carpet to the main stage, sadness loomed over music’s biggest night Sunday at the arena in downtown Los Angeles where Kobe Bryant played for 20 years for the city’s NBA team.
When former Las Vegas mayor Oscar Goodman was seeking support to bring the league’s All-Star Game to town, Kobe Bryant immediately came to mind.
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