For years, the poster for the slam dunk contest has left a lot to be desired ... And that Julius Erving, Dominique Wilkins, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Vince Carter… all won it in their ...

James' contemporaries such as the late great Kobe Bryant, and the man who he ... James has a career's worth of posters and gravity-defying dunks, which has always left fans begging him to partake ...

Arutyun Gozukuchikyan's new mural of Kobe Bryant and Luka Doncic captures them embracing each other at a Lakers game in ...

By Emmanuel Morgan and Matt Stevens Emmanuel Morgan, who covered Kobe Bryant’s death in 2020, reported from New York. Matt Stevens reported from Los Angeles. Jan. 26, 2025 On the side of a gym ...

Hall of Fame basketball legend Kobe Bryant may be gone, but his signature "Mamba Mentality" lives on. Bryant died in a helicopter crash in Los Angeles on Jan. 26, 2020, at age 41, alongside his ...

Editor’s Note: A new series “Kobe: The Making of a Legend” traces the story of Kobe Bryant from his childhood in Italy to his athletic superstardom and provides an intimate look at his post ...

Andaluz’s loving depiction of Kobe and Gigi in that mural is going worldwide. That portrait of a stoic Bryant with his daughter resting her head on top of his is being used as the cover art for ...

February 8, 1997: Kobe Bryant (age 18) of the Los Angeles Lakers wins the Nestlé Crunch Slam Dunk Contest in Cleveland. Bryant defeated Chris Carr of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Michael Finley ...

Five years ago on Sunday, the basketball world lost a giant. On Jan. 26, 2020, Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others died in a tragic helicopter crash outside of Los Angeles.

Sunday will mark five years since Los Angeles Lakers icon Kobe Bryant died, but his legacy in the NBA continues. A group of young stars, some old enough to have had several interactions with ...

For all that he accomplished on the court, so much of Kobe Bryant’s lasting legacy is being defined by what he did off-the-court. At My Friend’s Place, a homeless youth advocacy nonprofit in ...