Kobe Bryant

Bryant’s Chopper Crashed in Fog that Grounded Other Aircraft

Courtesy Photo CALABASAS, Calif. (AP) — The helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant and eight others that crashed in the rugged hills outside Los Angeles was flying in foggy weather considered dangerous enough that local police departments had grounded their choppers. The aircraft plunged into a steep hillside Sunday, scattering debris over an area the size of a football field and killing everyone aboard. The accident generated an outpouring of grief and shock around the world over the sudden loss of the all-time basketball great who spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers. Thousands of fans, many wearing Bryant jerseys and

Kobe Bryant Dies in Helicopter Crash

CALABASAS, Calif. (AP) — Kobe Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas on Sunday morning, according to TMZ. Reports say he was on board with at least three other people at the time the private helicopter went down. The Los Angeles County Fire Department say there were no survivors. Emergency crews responded after a helicopter crashed and sparked a small brush fire Sunday. The crash occurred in Calabasas, said Art Marrujo, a dispatch supervisor with the Los Angeles County Fire Department. He didn’t know how many people were on board or if there were any injuries. Firefighters worked to

Popularity of NBA In China Seems to Create Endless Options

Kobe Bryant went to China for the first time in 1998, making the trip to Beijing to help operate an instructional basketball clinic for about a dozen kids. The local coaches working with him didn’t know a lot about the game. Barely anyone noticed that an NBA player was in town.

LeBron James Scores First Triple-Double in Lakers Win Over Nuggets

The electric atmosphere inside Staples Center continued as LeBron James earned his first triple-double as he led the Los Angeles Lakers to their first home win of the season against the Denver Nuggets with Laker great Kobe Bryant sitting court-side on Thursday. “It’s my first triple-double as a Lakers and my first home win as a Laker,” started Lakers star forward LeBron James. “Any time you can do good things individually that results in a win, that’s what important to me. I think our crowd has been great in our home games and they were great again tonight. James finished

Coach Kobe: Bryant shares philosophies on how to reach kids

Kobe Bryant sounded just as passionate about coaching his daughter’s middle-school basketball team as he was about playing for the Los Angeles Lakers under Phil Jackson as he held court about his coaching philosophies and the state of youth sports on Tuesday.