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James caps Kobe 'celebration' with stirring speech
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Friday, 31 January 2020 21:01
LOS ANGELES -- Just over 25 minutes before a game unlike any other ever played at Staples Center tipped off, a celebration of Kobe Bryant began.There were two moving and powerful video tributes, R&B artists Usher and Boyz II Men, and cellist Ben Hong performed, an emotional LeBron James addressed the crowd for the first time since Bryant's death Sunday,…
LeBron reveals Black Mamba tattoo saluting Kobe
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Friday, 31 January 2020 17:06
LeBron James revealed his new tattoo in memory of Kobe Bryant on Instagram on Friday.The tattoo is mostly black, with the main image that of a snake -- a Black Mamba -- entwined around the number 24 and the number 8, with a black rose on the upper left and lower right. Underneath, the caption in script is "Mamba 4…
NBA All-Stars to don Nos. 24, 2 for Kobe, Gianna
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Friday, 31 January 2020 12:39
The NBA's All-Stars will be playing this year with Kobe Bryant and Gianna Bryant on their minds and on their jerseys.So, coming soon: No. 24 Giannis Antetokounmpo and No. 2 LeBron James.As part of what will be a series of tributes to Bryant and his daughter Gianna, the NBA announced Friday that every player on Team Giannis will wear 24…
Fans asked to watch Kobe tribute from home
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Friday, 31 January 2020 12:38
LOS ANGELES -- Hundreds of thousands of people have cycled through the L.A. Live campus outside Staples Center in the days since Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others died Sunday in a helicopter crash. Flowers, candles, jerseys, stuffed animals, balloons, letters and other tokens line the street outside the home arena where Bryant starred for the Los Angeles…
Emotional Melo 'not ready,' to sit out vs. Lakers
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Friday, 31 January 2020 13:17
LOS ANGELES -- Portland Trail Blazers forward Carmelo Anthony, a close friend of Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, will not play in Friday's game against Los Angeles for what the team is officially calling personal reasons.Friday's game (10 p.m. ET, ESPN) will be the first for the Lakers since Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven other people died in a helicopter…
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