Kobe Bryant

Buddy Hield shook off a sore ankle to score 29 points and the Sacramento Kings beat the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers 123-120 on Wednesday night. Hield’s status for the game was in doubt because of a sprained right ankle, but he decided to play through it and helped the Kings win for just the second time in the past 12…

Vanessa Bryant says she is focused on “finding the light in darkness” in an emotional story in People magazine

Dario Šarić scored 10 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter, Mikal Bridges added 19 and the Phoenix Suns overcame Devin Booker’s ejection for a 114-104 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night. Booker scored 17 points before getting ejected for arguing with 7:10 left in the third quarter, but the Suns (23-11) still took charge down…

The Los Angeles Lakers blew a 14-point, fourth-quarter lead in their first meeting against the Golden State Warriors. They were determined not to let that happen Sunday night. LeBron James scored 19 points in his 1,300th regular-season appearance as the Lakers routed the Warriors 117-91. James is the 23rd player in NBA history to appear in that many regular-season games….

Vanessa Bryant, the widow of Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, publicly called for the LA County Sheriff’s Department to release the names of deputies who took or shared photos of Kobe Bryant, Gianna Bryant and seven other victims of a helicopter crash in Calabasas last January.

LeBron James had 28 points, Dennis Schröder added 22 in his return to the Lakers’ lineup, and Los Angeles snapped its four-game losing streak with a 102-93 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night. Montrezl Harrell had 17 points, while James added 11 rebounds, seven assists, four steals and three blocked shots as the defending NBA champions avoided…

Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving wants the NBA to change its logo to honor Kobe Bryant

At the end of February, Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving posted on Instagram that the NBA should change its logo from a silhouette of former Lakers player Jerry West to honor Kobe Bryant instead.

The NTSB ruled pilot error was the reason for the crash, and made a “poor decision” while flying. Eric Leonard reports Feb. 25, 2021.

The NTSB has finalized the results of its investigation into the helicopter crash that took the lives of Kobe Bryant, Bryant’s daughter, and seven others.

Rudy Gobert and Jordan Clarkson each scored 18 points and the Utah Jazz routed the Los Angeles Lakers 114-89 on Wednesday night. Gobert also had nine rebounds for Utah (26-6), which won for the 22nd time in its last 24 games — with 20 of those victories coming by double-digits. Bojan Bogdanovic added 15 points, Mike Conley had 14 points,…

Facing growing heat over a leaked Kobe Bryant lyric, Meek Mill issued a private apology to Bryant’s widow Vanessa. On Feb. 23, the rapper took to his Twitter amid backlash over a Kobe Bryant name drop in his unreleased song. The leaked song, “Don’t Worry,” features fellow rapper Lil Baby and includes the lyric, “If I ever lack I’m goin’...

Vanessa Bryant is speaking out about Meek Mill’s controversial Kobe Bryant lyric.

Bradley Beal scored six of his 33 points on three consecutive possessions late in overtime, and the Washington Wizards extended their longest winning streak in three years to five straight with a 127-124 victory over the slumping Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night. Russell Westbrook scored six of his 32 points in overtime for the Wizards, who rallied from a…

Although the Miami Heat’s road trip started slowly, Kendrick Nunn thinks they are picking up steam because of a team chemistry that is growing at every stop. The Heat even kept it together to pull out a win over the defending NBA champions despite a fourth quarter that nearly went wrong. Nunn scored 27 points, Jimmy Butler had 24 points…

Life without Anthony Davis just got a lot harder for the Los Angeles Lakers. When any NBA team loses one of their best players, it’s tough sledding. Many expected that would be the case for the Lakers without one of their superstars in Davis. However, entering Thursday, the Lakers were 5-1 in six games this season without Davis in...

James Harden scored 23 points, Joe Harris added 21 with six 3-pointers and the Brooklyn Nets routed the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers 109-98 Thursday night for their season-best fifth straight victory. Kyrie Irving had 16 points and seven rebounds as Brooklyn easily won this matchup of NBA title contenders and improved to 4-0 on a five-game West Coast road trip…

The late great Kobe Bryant was one of the fiercest competitors in sports history. Early in his career, Bryant created an alter ego known as the “Black Mamba,” one of the most venomous and dangerous snakes in the world. It was through this alter ego and his notorious “mamba mentality,” that Kobe was able to strike fear into the hearts…

The Los Angeles Lakers strengthened their rotation during the abbreviated offseason, realizing that defending their NBA title amid the ongoing pandemic would require ample depth. The absence of Anthony Davis will give their enhanced roster an extended test. LeBron James had 30 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists and Dennis Schröder scored 24 points, helping the Lakers beat the Minnesota…