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Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna killed in helicopter crash; Tiger Woods, Adam Silver and more pay tribute

Retired Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant, 41, and his daughter Gianna died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California on Sunday

Sex tapes, Rohit, Djokovic, Leicester, Barcelona, and Kobe Bryant: An incredible day in sports

Kobe Bryant provided the exclamation point at the end of a great day in sports - the great storyteller that somehow never ceases to surprise you. Somehow, it always manages to do something so ridiculously apt

Hollywood ending: Kobe Bryant's final game was a microcosm of his entire NBA career

Any way you spin it, Bryant's last match was a fitting microcosm for his incredible indefatigable career

Mamba Out: With Kobe Bryant, it was hard to agree on anything except winning meant everything to him

It was finally time for sentiment for a player who for so long rejected any sentimentality. Up until this train wreck of a season, all Kobe Bryant wanted was the ball and for everyone — teammates and fans included — to get out of the way.

'Aggressive, annoying, a**hole': Watch Nike athletes pay tribute to Kobe Bryant in brutally honest video

Kobe Bryant will play the final game of his career for the Los Angeles Lakers on 13 April and Nike have gone out of their way to commemorate the occasion.