Update: It looks like Nike Basketball is starting its Lunar New Year celebration earlier than anticipated as the “Eggplant” version of the Kobe 5 Protro “Year of the Mamba” is now expected ...

The Nike Kobe 5 Proto "Year of the Mamba Eggplant" releases today, January 9, 2025, in commemoration of the Year of the Snake. The sneakers are dressed in purple with golden snake graphics.

Five years after the tragic passing of Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna Bryant, the sports world paid tribute to them.

The ease which he bathes in the adulation of the crowd. The proto-jaw-jut as he walks back toward his competitors. As many have noted, Kobe has long sought to cultivate an identity as the game's ...

Kobe and Gigi are survived by Vanessa Bryant and her kids Natalia, 22, Bianka, 8, and Capri, 5, who are all growing up so fast as seen in their holiday ski photos as a family. On Sunday ...

It has been five years since Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant tragically passed away. However, it wasn't just Bryant that was lost that day as nine people ...