Kobe Bryant Death

Kobe Bryant's presence remains strong, legacy growing year on from demise

The Lakers are not planning any formal marking of the day, nor is the NBA. It is not a day for celebration. It is a day for remembrance, not that it's needed.

Year in Review 2020, Biggest Sports Stories: NBA legend Kobe Bryant dies in helicopter crash

NBA legend Kobe Bryant had been flying with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna in a helicopter when it crashed, killing them and seven others in January.

Kobe Bryant's widow Vanessa slams lawsuit from mother seeking support

The 48-page lawsuit filed by Sofia Urbieta Laine, 68, claims Kobe Bryant "promised to take care" of her for life.

Heavy fog may have disoriented pilot in Kobe Bryant helicopter crash, says US' National Transportation Safety Board

The pilot of a helicopter that crashed outside Los Angeles in January, killing basketball great Kobe Bryant, his daughter and all seven others on board, likely became disoriented in the fog, federal investigators said

Kobe Bryant, others died in an instant due to blunt trauma, autopsy into helicopter crash reveals

A celebrity figure across the globe, Bryant had to be identified by his fingerprints after his body was found in the dirt outside the wreckage of the chopper.

Kobe Bryant memorial: 'I couldn't see him as a celebrity. He was mine, he was my everything,' says wife Vanessa Bryant

Fans, many wearing Bryant's jersey or team colors, filled the seats at the arena where Bryant played for the final 17 seasons of a two-decade NBA career spent entirely with Los Angeles' most popular sports franchise

NBA: With moving speech in honour of Kobe Bryant, LeBron James soothes grieving Los Angeles Lakers

Five days after Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash, the simple eloquence of LeBron James' words left most of the arena cheering through tears.

After Kobe Bryant's death, re-examining his alpha male playing persona, his contradictions, and his final role of a father

After Kobe Bryant's death, re-examining his alpha male playing persona, his contradictions, and his final role of a father

'I wish they were here with us forever', Kobe Bryant's wife Vanessa says in her first public comment

Thank you for all the prayers. We definitely need them. We are completely devastated," wrote Vanessa Bryant since the helicopter crash that killed her husband Kobe Bryant, one of their daughters and seven others.

Kobe Bryant death: Shaquille O'Neal says he hasn't felt pain like he did on hearing about ex-Lakers teammate's fatal accident

Shaquille O'Neal tearfully said on Tuesday he never could have imagined anything like Kobe Bryant's death, remembering his former teammate as a great player whose kids called him “Uncle Shaq."