Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bryant's widow said she worked with the brand on the sneakers in honor of her late daughter Gianna, but never approved their release.
In 2020, 1,500 baby boys were named Kobe and 7,826 girls were named Gianna.
Kobe Bryant's widow, Vanessa Bryant, accepted her husband's posthumous induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame with Michael Jordan at her side.
The former Bulls great will induct his fellow NBA legend into the Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday.
Legal filings posted on her Instagram account contain disturbing allegations about how those deputies obtained and shared images from the crash site.
The judge's ruling allows their names to be added to a lawsuit that Vanessa Bryant has filed against Los Angeles County and its sheriff’s department.
"Lying in bed crying isn’t going to change the fact that my family will never be the same again,” she said about her grieving process and pushing forward.
"BLACK KINGS BUILT THE LEAGUE," the Brooklyn Nets star wrote on Instagram.
"There’s a better way to show your admiration for my husband," she wrote in a post on Instagram.
Let the man rest in peace a "little longer," tweets Washington Post sports reporter Michael Lee.