Vanessa Bryant

In an interview published on Monday, Sept. 21 by Univision’s “El Gordo y La Flaca,” Vanessa Bryant’s mother Sofia Urbieta claimed her celebrity daughter told her she needed to get out of the house where she’s been living in Irvine, California. Urbieta claimed Kobe Bryant gave her the house, though she acknowledged in the interview that the house is...

Vanessa Bryant is paying tribute to late husband Kobe on what would have been his 42nd birthday. She shared a photo of the two on Instagram, writing a lengthy and emotional caption alongside it. “Thank you for loving me enough to last several lifetimes,” she wrote. “In every lifetime I would choose YOU. Thank you for showing me what real...

Vanessa Bryant, got a birthday surprise from her late husband, Kobe Bryant, on her 38th birthday. Bryant shared on her Instagram account on Tuesday, that she had discovered a letter from Kobe a day prior, but waited to open it on her birthday. In the post, which appears to show Bryant’s hand clutching an envelope, she wrote: “Yesterday I...

Vanessa Bryant is feeling the love on her birthday. She shared a heartwarming post on her Instagram on Tuesday, celebrating her 38th birthday, of a picture of what appears to be her hand clutching an envelope and wrote, “Yesterday I found an envelope labeled to: The love of my life. From, Tu Papi,” she captioned the snapshot. “I waited to...

Family members of four of the people killed in a helicopter crash with Kobe Bryant and his daughter are suing the companies that owned and operated the aircraft

Vanessa Bryant is commemorating an emotional milestone. Saturday would have marked her and late husband Kobe Bryant’s 19th wedding anniversary — their first since Kobe and their daughter Gianna died in a helicopter crash three months ago. “My king, my heart, my best friend. Happy 19th wedding anniversary baby. I miss you so much. I wish you were here to hold...

On Monday, she paid tribute to the fallen basketball legend and their 13-year-old athlete in a moving post to commemorate Mamba Day, which honors Kobe’s final NBA game before retiring in 2016. Taking to Instagram with a video of the Los Angeles Lakers player’s highlights from the game, Vanessa reflected on his legacy and questioned what could have been, calling...

For years, people have been comparing Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant as basketball players. But for Jordan, they were more than players and adversaries – they were brothers.

Vanessa Bryant spoke about love and loss Monday in front of a crowd of thousands at the memorial service honoring the lives of her husband Kobe, daughter Gianna and the other seven victims lost in the helicopter crash in Calabasas on Jan. 26.

Vanessa Bryant is honoring her late husband and 13-year-old daughter in a special way.

After retirement, Kobe Bryant became known as a Girl Dad. Kim Tobin reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Monday Feb. 24, 2020.

Kobe Bryant was the 2008 NBA MVP and a two-time NBA Finals MVP during this 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers. But to Vanessa Bryant and his four daughters, he was the MVP of Girl Dads. “Kobe was the MVP of Girl Dads, or MVD,” Bryant said during her 20-minute tribute to her husband and daughter Gianna Monday at…

Vanessa Bryant is honoring the legacy of Kobe Bryant and Gianna Bryant. The wife and mother announced a change in name to Kobe Bryant’s Mamba Sports Foundation on her Instagram account.

Vanessa Bryant continues to mourn the loss of her husband, Kobe Bryant, and daughter, Gianna “Gigi” Bryant....

It’s been just over two weeks since the Los Angeles Lakers legend...passed away in a helicopter crash...with Gigi and seven others in Calabasas, Calif. In the days following their deaths, Vanessa, who is also mom to daughters Natalia Bryant, Bianka Bryant and...

Gianna Bryant’s school retired her No. 2 basketball jersey on Wednesday night in a ceremony that paid tribute to her memory.

On December 18, 2017, Kobe Bryant stood on the floor at Staples Center and watched as both his No. 8 and No. 24 jerseys went into the rafters alongside the pantheon of other Lakers’ legends. As he was handed the microphone to speak, a humble Bryant began by not thanking the Lakers, or those that helped him during his illustrious…

Following in the footsteps of Kobe Bryant’s wife, Vanessa, and the Los Angeles Lakers organization, team owner Jeanie Buss, daughter of the late Jerry Buss, posted her first public comments since the tragic death of Bryant, his daughter, Gianna, and seven others in a helicopter crash in Calabasas. Buss’s emotional post was heartfelt and touching, it included a personal...