Kobe Bryant No More

'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."

Kobe Bryant's relentless drive to achieve perfection moulded his basketball legacy

After Kobe Bryant scored 60 points in his farewell NBA game, he was asked if it was a perfect ending to his career. “The perfect ending would have been a Championship,” he replied. In a way, both his last game, and that parting statement, were Bryant's life in a nutshell.

NBA legend Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna among 9 killed in helicopter crash near Los Angeles

Kobe Bryant, who won five NBA championships and became one of the greatest basketball players of his generation, died in a helicopter crash on Sunday