Valentina Martinez is a Newsweek contributor based in Los Angeles. Her focus is reporting on sports, with an expertise in baseball. She has in depth knowledge of the Los Angeles sports community ...

Kobe Bryant may be gone, but his "Mamba Mentality" lives on. Five years after his death, Bryant's legacy continues to grow ...

Many WNBA players believe Kobe Bryant would be pleased with the overall progress of women’s sports, which have skyrocketed in popularity and reach in recent years.

Social media was filled with photographs, memories and stories of Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant as people looked back at his life and career.

Looking back on Kobe and Gianna Bryant's lives and legacies before they were tragically killed in a helicopter crash on January 26, 2020 in California.

basketball legend Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna “Gigi” Bryant this summer. Mamba & Mambacita Forever (MCD) is set to hit shelves on August 19, 2025, a few days before August 24, a day ...

The Lakers did not put out a formal statement but shared a photograph of Bryant sitting courtside of a basketball game with his arm around his Gianna. A statue of Kobe and Gianna together in front ...

alongside his 13-year-old daughter Gianna Bryant and seven others. The tragic death of the Los Angeles Lakers icon, who was posthumously inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of ...

Kobe Bryant's wife Vanessa Bryant reacted to a nostalgic video shared on the NBA's Instagram account on Tuesday.

Gianna, or Gigi, was only 13 when she ... “You asked for my hustle, I gave you my heart,” Bryant wrote in “Dear Basketball” – words he carried with him in all walks of life, during ...