Kobe Bryant was a hugely popular figure in Asia, no more so than in China where basketball rivals soccer as the most popular sport.
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Green Bay linebacker Za’Darius Smith hastily organized an homage to Kobe Bryant minutes before the Pro Bowl.
John Altobelli, the longtime baseball coach at Orange Coast College, was killed along with his wife and daughter in the helicopter crash Sunday that also took the lives of retired NBA superstar Kobe Bryant and Bryant’s daughter, Gianna.
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.
Talya Zandeberg and Abby Amos each won a singles match and teamed for a doubles victory to lead Arizona past UNLV 4-0 in an ITA Kickoff Weekend consolation match Sunday in Malibu, California.
Shania Twain and Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis are fast friends.
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.
Tiger Woods and Kobe Bryant arrived at roughly the same time in 1996. Woods won the first of his 82 titles on the PGA Tour on Oct. 6, 1996, at the Las Vegas Invitational. Bryant made his first appearance for the Lakers the following month.
While few in sports history owned Bryant’s cutthroat competitive nature as a player, fatherhood seemed to soften him.
The LVCVA on Sunday canceled the rollout of its newest advertising campaign activities after the sudden death of Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant.