Kobe was a hooper. And his aura, validation and embrace extended immeasurably into women’s hoops. He confirmed they are ...

Roland Lazenby, a Salem native and NBA writer, published Bryant’s biography, Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant," in 2016.

Social media was filled with photographs, memories and stories of Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant as people looked back at his life ...

The tragedy was met with countless tributes, mourning, and remembrance from the sports community. Five years later, their ...

There’s always a few athletes that cross over into almost superhero world,” said an artist whose mural became a site of ...

"He's one of the first things that come to mind, in just what he represented, how he inspired people." - Russell Wilson on ...

Bryant ‘really was that loud voice and very prominent voice very early when it maybe wasn’t the trendy, popular thing to do or wasn’t cool to show us love,’ Lunar Owls veteran Skylar Diggins-Smith ...

Five years ago on Sunday, the basketball world lost a giant. On Jan. 26, 2020, Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others died in a tragic helicopter crash outside of Los Angeles.

Today marks the five-year anniversary of Kobe Bryant's tragic death, a loss that still resonates deeply within the NBA ...