Team USA entered Beijing after years of embarrassment and needed Kobe Bryant to help restore its pride. After the 2004 ...

Dwyane Wade said the new Redeem Team documentary on the 2008 U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team “shines a light” on Kobe Bryant, whom Wade called the leader of the team that took gold. “One of the ...

Kobe Bryant was regarded as the missing piece in Team USA, following their bronze finish in the 2004 Olympics, which served as a wake-up call that taught them the world was catching up in skill. If ...

Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol were teammates on the Los Angeles Lakers and very close friends off the court. Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. But their tight bond was temporarily ...

Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant is most well-known for his five championships with the purple and gold, but he’s also responsible for helping turn Team USA around. Bryant agreed to join USA ...

Kobe Bryant remains evergreen in the NBA world for his unmatched legacy, and LeBron James also believes that. A former NBA legend recently explained why Kobe is the best of all time. In 2020, Bryant’s ...

Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant was enshrined for a second time in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame as a member of the 2008 Olympics Men’s Basketball Team nicknamed the “Redeem Team.” The ...

THE ICONIC MOMENT associated with the Redeem Team, rightly, is Kobe Bryant with his finger pressed to his lips. The defiant pose, after a crushing 3-pointer as he was being fouled in a vital moment in ...

Jerry Colangelo still remembers all the meetings. They were in 2005 and 2006, sit-down sessions, often over breakfast, with the likes of Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony and ...

Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol were teammates on the Los Angeles Lakers and very close friends off the court. But their tight bond was temporarily put aside during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Bryant was ...