With 20+ years of basketball writing experience, Raul "Barry" Barrigon has covered NBA All-Star Games, Euroleague Final Four, and EuroBasket, while also interviewing stars from Jerry West to Kevin ...

Kevin Garnett gets real on why Kobe wore... The 23 is reference to the jersey number worn by Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan. Garnett feels Bryant was saying he was one better than Jordan ...

Kobe Bryant got the ultimate honor from the LA Lakers. He became the first player not to have one but to have jersey numbers retired by the same organization, an honor that was more than deserved.

Sunday marks the fifth anniversary of the tragic helicopter crash that claimed the lives of Kobe Bryant and eight ... the Nos. 8 and 24 jerseys hanging up in the rafters, the two statues sitting ...

“He said, ‘I just met the girl that I’m gonna marry,' " Kobe's former assistant says in the new documentary 'Kobe: The Making of a Legend' Lizzie Hyman is a Writer-Reporter for ...

A new docuseries chronicling the life of NBA great Kobe Bryant debuts on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025 at 9 p.m. ET on CNN. The first episode of “Kobe: The Making of a Legend, premieres one day before ...

“Kobe: The Making of a Legend,” a new three-part docuseries from the CNN Originals department, is not hagiography. It is a clear-eyed look at Kobe Bryant the basketball player driven by ...

Los Angeles Lakerslegend Kobe Bryant died Jan. 26, 2020 at age 41. Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, were among nine people killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California.

The Nike Kobe 5 Protro in the "Year of the Mamba" colorway. / Nike Thanks to its bold design, the "Year of the Mamba" colorway has already invoked a strong reaction from the sneaker community.

“Kobe: The Making of a Legend,” chronicles the private story of the unseen forces that propelled the late Kobe Bryant’s rise in the world of sports and the personal transformations he ...

Editor’s Note: A new series “Kobe: The Making of a Legend” traces the story of Kobe Bryant from his childhood in Italy to his athletic superstardom and provides an intimate look at his post ...