Kobe Bryant remains arguably the greatest foreign sports figure in China. The late great NBA superstar was loved by the fans there and even the LA Lakers legend reciprocated the love.

Nestled in a peaceful corner of the quaint Italian city of Reggio Emilia sits a tiny playground with basketball hoops glued on opposing walls.

YouTube superstar MrBeast compares himself to NBA legend and Los Angeles Lakers icon Kobe Bryant in recent interview with ...

By Emmanuel Morgan and Matt Stevens Emmanuel Morgan, who covered Kobe ... Bryant, Kobe’s widow and Gianna’s mother. The video game publisher 2K, which creates the popular NBA 2K basketball ...

Los Angeles Lakers. Kobe Bryant Legacy: Titles, stats, awards, records and his greatest game performances Los Angeles Lakers. Kobe Bryant's death anniversary: What we know about the helicopter ...

But this small playground in an idyllic pocket of Italy was once the second home of one of the greatest basketball players in history, Kobe ... local youth team for two years, with Bryant playing ...

Five years ago on Sunday, the basketball world lost a giant. On Jan. 26, 2020, Kobe Bryant and his ... the WNBA honored the three youth players — Gianna Bryant, Alyssa Altobelli and Payton ...

Kobe Bryant was a guest on The HoopsHype Podcast on June 2018, and he had a wide-ranging conversation with Alex Kennedy. They ...

Dearica Hamby still smiles at the memory of Kobe ... Bryant became heavily involved with his daughters’ hoops journeys and coached Gianna’s youth team. He was often at women’s basketball ...