The locker Kobe Bryant used for the majority of his legendary NBA career sold for $2.9 million on Friday in New York, as part of an auction of rare sports memorabilia at Sotheby's.

Joe "Jellybean" Bryant, a former NBA player and father of Basketball Hall of Fame guard Kobe Bryant, has died at the age of 69, La Salle University announced on Tuesday.

Novak Djokovic said Kobe Bryant, who died in a helicopter crash three years ago, had helped him through some of the most challenging times of his career -- notably a career-threatening elbow injury in 2017.

A trial in Los Angeles heard how some first responders showed the photographs of the crashed helicopter that killed Kobe Bryant and his daughter to members of the public -- including a bartender -- while one deputy texted them to a friend as the pair played video games

Kobe Bryant and his teenage daughter were among nine people who died when their chopper smashed into a hillside near Los Angeles in January 2020.

Relatives of people who perished in the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant will receive $2.5 million in compensation over graphic photos of the accident that were snapped surreptitiously by sheriff's deputies and firefighters.

Naomi Osaka, after winning the US Open title, said that she just wants to be the type of person person that Kobe Bryant thought she was going to be.

The LA Lakers paid tribute to Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna during the Western Conference contest against the Portland Trail Blazers.

Kobe Bryant, who died along with eight others in a helicopter crash in January, was schedule to be inducted into the Massachusetts-based Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame on August 29.

Kobe and Gianna Bryant were among nine people who died in the January 26 helicopter crash in the mountains west of Los Angeles.