The Los Angeles Lakers anticipate shedding more tears and feeling more grief during the one-year anniversary of Kobe and Gianna Bryant’s passing.
Author: Mark Medina, USA TODAY
How Sports Academy changed following Kobe and Gianna Bryant’s passing
Kobe Bryant launched The Mamba Sports Academy in 2018 in a venture with Chad Faulkner. But the facility was forced to change after Bryant’s death.
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Opinion: Gregg Popovich, Steve Kerr hope Joe Biden can unify nation after Donald Trump’s presidency
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich and Warriors coach Steve Kerr were critical of Donald Trump. They hope President Joe Biden can “settle the country down.”
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James Harden made a concerted effort to play the team game in his Nets debut, but will he have the same attitude when Kyrie Irving returns?
Timberwolves’ Karl-Anthony Towns reveals he tested positive for COVID-19
Karl-Anthony Towns, whose mother and six other family members died of COVID-19 last year, revealed Friday that he tested positive himself.
Opinion: Nets’ Kyrie Irving and James Harden won’t be able to coexist
James Harden and Kyrie Irving, soon to be Nets teammates, have consistently allowed their negative habits to overshadow their All-Star talent.
NBA coronavirus updates: Wednesday’s Suns-Hawks game postponed
The NBA and players association agreed on Tuesday to various enhanced protocols