Tag: Kobe

Kobe Bryant: What’s Now Been Confirmed

by Ken Allison -

When news of Sunday's crash involving Kobe Bryant broke, the reports came fast and furious, but were, in some cases, incorrect. Too often in a "big story", the media is concerned more about being first, than being correct. Here's what's now been confirmed through national news networks. ABC News' chief national

Thank You, Kobe – Remembering Mamba

by Eric Mintzer -

"Be sad, Be mad, Be frustrated. Scream. Cry. Sulk. When you wake up you will think it was just a nightmare only to realize it's all too real." - Kobe Bryant wrote on Instagram after Gordon Hayward's devastating injury. Little did Kobe know, he would be guiding all of us

Kobe Bryant: In the Eyes of a Casual

by Spencer White -

On January 26th, the world feared for the worst. TMZ had just put out a bombshell. Kobe Bryant had been killed in a helicopter crash. Was it fake? Were they hacked? Is this another hoax? Then, the LAPD Sheriff Twitter tweeted this out: https://twitter.com/LASDHQ/status/1221514409056432128 Okay. So they got the crash right, that doesn’t have

To my Hero who is thousands of miles away.

by Kuzey -

February 2008, Turkey. As an eight-year-old, I knew about basketball. But I didn't know the details or the statistics. I knew only five tall people were trying to throw an orange ball into the hoop. I was following Fenerbahce in Turkey; neither very good nor very bad, they were an average team. I knew

15 Of The Best NBA References in Rap

by Dan Soden -

NBA basketball and rap music have been synonymous with one another since Kurtis Blow told us basketball was his favorite sport. Since then we’ve seen rappers want to be ballers, and ballers want to be rappers. With ballers having the upper hand in crossing over, rappers, minus Master P, can not