“If Kobe tells you you can play defense, you can play defense,” she quipped. Five years after Bryant, 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others were killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, ...

Women’s basketball matters. Girls’ basketball matters.” It was a touching moment, one orchestrated by Vanessa Bryant ... that devolved Kobe from Lakers hero to national villain.

Sunday, Jan. 26, was the fifth anniversary of the tragic death of Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe ... on women’s basketball as something to invest in.” Among other things, the elder Bryant ...

Dearica Hamby still smiles at the memory of Kobe ... women’s game. After his 20-year playing career ended, Bryant turned his focus to the next generation, mentoring some of women’s basketball ...

That seemed to be the case for Kobe Bryant in the final years ... “That enhanced his engagement for college basketball, that enhanced his engagement for women’s college basketball, that ...

Women’s basketball matters. Girls’ basketball matters.” It was a touching moment, one orchestrated by Vanessa Bryant — an illustration ... it sparked a 14-month saga that devolved Kobe from Lakers ...

Women’s basketball matters. Girls’ basketball matters.” It was a touching moment, one orchestrated by Vanessa Bryant ... that devolved Kobe from Lakers hero to national villain.

Additionally, the NBA and the National Basketball ... statue reads “Gianna Bryant, Inspirational Icon for Girls in Sports” and “Kobe Bryant, Proud Supporter of Women in Sports.” ...