Vanessa Bryant filed a lawsuit in February blaming pilot Ara Zobayan, who died alongside her husband, Kobe Bryant, and daughter, Gianna Bryant, for their deaths. The widow’s claim states Zobayan failed to get weather data prior to departing and didn’t cancel when he learned about the poor weather conditions, including fog. The Blast reports that […]
The induction of Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, and Tim Duncan into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame will have to wait until 2021. ESPN revealed the annual ceremony will be moved to the spring due to coronavirus. Jerry Colangelo, chairman of the board of governors for the Hall of Fame, revealed both the original dates […]
Vanessa Bryant shared the first look of her late husband, Kobe Bryant’s, upcoming novel, Geese Are Never Swans. The book is a collaboration with psychologist Eva Clark and is scheduled for a July 21st release via Granity Studios, Bryant’s multi-media original content company. The story is centered on an aspiring Olympic swimmer who also battles […]
At times, Paul Pierce has taken heat for his takes on the NBA most notably when he argued that he had a better career than 3x NBA champion Dwayne Wade. Pierce is taking hits again from hoop fans after he name-dropped his top 5 omitting The King. Michael Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Russell, Magic Johnson, […]
The Mamba Sports Academy is retiring the “Mamba” name in honor of the late Kobe Bryant. Sports Academy CEO Chad Faulkner, who partnered with Bryant for the athletic training venture two years ago, told ESPN’s Marc J. Spears on Tuesday that he is changing the name of the Mamba Sports Academy back to The Sports Academy. Sports […]
According to CNN, The brother of the pilot that was involved in the helicopter crash that took the lives of Kobe Bryant and eight others says that the passengers were at fault and negligent of the risk of the flight that took place January 26th. According to the seven-page court document, Berge Zobayan lawyers allege […]
Carmelo Anthony was going through a rough patch before signing with the Portland Trail Blazers in November 2019. The 10-time NBA All-Star revealed that he hit “rock bottom” when he was a free agent. “I don’t think nobody will understand what I went through emotionally to get through and to be where I’m at today. […]
Drake was the guest for the second episode of Lil Wayne’s Young Money Radio, rightfully since he just delivered the surprise Dark Lane Demo Tapes. One of the standout tracks, “From Florida With Love,” mentions a moment when Weezy played his hit single, “Lolipop” for the then-young rapper and Kobe Bryant. “Weezy played that shit […]
This weekend’s edition of The Last Dance will be a bit more emotional as it will have an interview with the late Kobe Bryant. The Los Angeles Times’ Arash Markazi reveals Episode 5 is dedicated to Kobe Bryant as it was filmed in his office in Costa Mesa last July. The clip finished editing a […]
Kobe Bryant passed before he could get to enjoy The Last Dance documentary-like the rest of us. Fortunately, there is a chance that Bryant might have been thinking about doing his own last ride. Bryant had his own personal camera crew following the Los Angeles Lakers’ every move during the 2015-16 season, which was Kobe’s […]
Kobe Bryant always envisioned his Mamba Academy would feature future basketball stars, now that vision is getting a facelift. According to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports, the G League’s new “Select Team,” featuring prep stars skipping college to play in the developmental league, is exploring using the Mamba Academy as its headquarters starting in the 2020-21 […]
In an unprecedented move by any professional sports organization, the WNBA has chosen to honor Kobe Bryant’s daughter and her teammates that were killed in the helicopter crash earlier this year by selecting them as honorary draftees in the 2020 Women’s basketball draft. Gianna and her two team members from Mamba Academy will be memorialized […]
Kobe Bryant’s new children’s book, The Wizenard Series: Season One, is set to debut on top of The New York Times bestsellers list. The book followed the first Granity title, The Wizenard Series: Training Camp, which also hit the top of the list last year. We are honored to see Kobe’s latest novel, The Wizenard […]
The follow-up volume to fallen NBA star Kobe Bryant’s literary series is finally available and Bryant’s widow is celebrating the book series’ staying power despite the untimely tragedy. Season One, the second edition to the New York Times bestseller The Wizenard Series: Training Camp, follows an aspiring basketball superstar named Reggie, whose only desire when […]
On Sunday, a towel Kobe Bryant used during his final game with the Lakers sold for over $30,000 in an online auction. There were 16 bids on the lot, which also included two tickets from that game on April 13, 2016. The winning bid eventually came in at $33,077.16. The Los Angeles Lakers legend died […]
With the NBA and the rest of sports out of commission due to coronavirus, the top 5 debate has returned to the timeline. Who your five best hoopers in the game? If you have someone like LeBron James or Michael Jordan, you match Trae Young. After naming Kobe Bryant, Ice Trae would throw in Kevin […]
The Staples Center in Los Angeles is at the center of an athletic coronavirus outbreak. The home to the Lakers and Clippers and the NHL’s Kings stepped up cleaning and sanitizing once the outbreak began. However, the arena hosted 39 events after the first case of COVID-19 was diagnosed in Los Angeles county. These included […]
The Source got the chance to link up with Bronx rapper Fred The Godson as he prepares ahead of the drop his second project of 2020, Payback. It comes five months removed from the God Level LP and two months after from Training Day hosted by comedian Jay Pharaoh. During our interview at the Heatmakerz […]
It was previously reported that there’s an ongoing investigation into the claims the Los Angeles authorities took unauthorized photos of Kobe Bryant’s helicopter crash site. It was initially reported that these gruesome images were being circulated between sheriffs and first responders. Then word got out that one of the sheriffs showed the image to a […]
Its been a little over a month since Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna Bryant, and seven other victims lost their lives in an unexpected helicopter crash. Their loved ones and the whole world continues to mourn the loss of all the innocent lives. So it must’ve been heart-wrenching to learn that there are disturbing […]
