Kobe 'Bean' Bryant was one of the most popular basketball players of all time. But although Kobe was well-known and loved by fans, he was a man who had a few 'friends' in the NBA. The Black Mamba ...

The former champion says that he is the reason that Kobe Bryant went straight to the NBA instead of going to college.

First-year Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick seemed to channel the ghost of fallen L.A. legend Kobe Bryant after a postgame presser on Friday night. Altho ...

A Southern California man now living in Mexico has pleaded guilty to selling fake memorabilia, including purported Kobe Bryant and Kardashian ... his final year in the NBA. The item had previously ...

Some rare NBA memorabilia is hitting the market, as the debut jerseys of Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant will be auctioned off by Sotheby's in the coming months. CNN reported the story on Thursday ...

There were some notable absentees -- dominant center Shaquille O'Neal may have expected a nod after winning three straight titles with Kobe. Big Diesel included Bryant in his own starting five ...

(CNN) — Retirement is a daunting prospect for every professional athlete. It’s even more panic-inducing if you’ve devoted 20-plus years of your life to little else but perfecting your craft ...

Dwight Howard entered the NBA as the No.1 pick, but it didn't take long for Kobe Bryant to give him a 'welcome to the league' moment. With a reputation that saw him widely recognized as America's ...

Prior to the game, a Detroit Pistons reporter noticed something interesting about rookie number five overall draft pick Ron ...

Former general manager of the Philadelphia 76ers, Brad Greenberg, previously shared why he thought Allen Iverson was a better choice than Kobe Bryant for their first overall pick of the 1996 NBA ...

Holland honored Kobe Bryant in a unique way prior ... for the fifth overall pick from last year's NBA draft. The Pistons famously beat Bryant's Los Angeles Lakers in five games during the 2004 ...