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Kobe Bryant

Los Angeles Sparks head coach Joe Bryant smiles at a referee during the second half of a WNBA basketball game against the Chicago Sky in Los Angeles, September 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Lori Shepler)
July 19, 2024, 2:45 am
Kobe Bryant’s late father Joe once coached a Jewish day school’s girls basketball team
Philadelphia legend ‘Jellybean’ Bryant, who died Monday at 69, is famous for his sporting achievements and fathering an NBA great, but Akiba students knew him as a beloved coach
By Rob Charry
Celebratory 2020 balloons are hung from a storefront in Jerusalem on New Year's Eve, December 31, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 9, 2020, 10:05 pm
‘Corona,’ ‘Zoom’ and pancakes: Israel’s top trending Google searches in 2020
Israelis focused on the pandemic, politics and pop culture in a year like no other, searching online for information, solutions and distractions
By Luke Tress
Los Angeles Lakers' LeBron James (23) celebrates with his teammates after the Lakers defeated the Miami Heat 106-93 in Game 6 of basketball's NBA Finals Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
October 12, 2020, 7:49 am
Lakers top Heat to cap memorial season with 17th NBA championship
Less than a year after losing legend Kobe Bryant in helicopter crash, LA team takes first title since led by him a decade ago to finish off pandemic-interrupted season
By Tim Reynolds
'Parasite' cast and crew including Cho Yeo-jeong, Park So-dam, Choi Woo-shik, Kang-Ho Song,Yang Jin-mo, Jin Won Han, Kwak Sin-ae, Ha-jun Lee, Yang-kwon Moon, Kang-ho Song, Yeo-jeong Jo, Bong Joon-ho, and Sun-kyun Lee accept the Best Picture award onstage during the 92nd Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on February 09, 2020 in Hollywood, California (Kevin Winter/Getty Images/AFP)
February 10, 2020, 8:13 am
‘Parasite’ makes Oscars history with stunning best picture win
1st non-English-language win for best movie; Nazi satire ‘Jojo Rabbit’ wins best adapted screenplay; Natalie Portman wears cape with names of female directors who weren’t nominated
By Andrew MARSZAL
In this January 4, 2015 file photo Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant dunks during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Indiana Pacers in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
January 30, 2020, 10:04 pm
Comedy club drops comedian Ari Shaffir after comment about Kobe Bryant
Jewish comedian lambasted for celebrating a ‘great day’ after the basketball star and his 13-year-old daughter died in a helicopter crash
By JTA
This Feb. 26, 2018 file photo shows Vanessa Bryant, from left, Kobe Bryant, Natalia Bryant and Gianna Maria-Onore Bryant at the world premiere of "A Wrinkle in Time" in Los Angeles. . (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
January 30, 2020, 5:35 am
Vanessa Bryant in first public statement: ‘We are completely devastated’
Thanks people for support following death of husband Kobe Bryant and their daughter Gianna in helicopter crash; announces fund to help support other families affected by crash
By Tim Reynolds
Firefighters work the scene of a helicopter crash where former NBA star Kobe Bryant died, January 26, 2020, in Calabasas, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
January 27, 2020, 2:51 pm
NBA star Bryant’s helicopter flew in fog that grounded other choppers
Cause of crash is unknown, but conditions at the time were such that the Los Angeles Police Department and the county sheriff’s department wouldn’t fly
By STEFANIE DAZIO
In this April 13, 2016 file photo a giant banner congratulating Kobe Bryant is draped around Staples Center before his last NBA basketball game, a contest against the Utah Jazz, in downtown Los Angeles. Bryant, a five-time NBA champion and a two-time Olympic gold medalist, died in a helicopter crash in California on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020. He was 41. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, file)
January 27, 2020, 3:19 am
Obama, Michael Jordan lead tributes after death of ex-NBA superstar Kobe Bryant
Jordan mourns loss of ‘little brother’; President Trump calls his death, together with his daughter and 7 others in a California helicopter crash, ‘devastating’
By AP
In this July 26, 2018 file photo former Los Angeles Laker Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna watch during the US national championships swimming meet in Irvine, Calif. Bryant, the 18-time NBA All-Star who won five championships and became one of the greatest basketball players of his generation during a 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers, died in a helicopter crash Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020. Gianna also died in the crash. She was 13. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
January 27, 2020, 1:38 am
Israelis join world, NBA in mourning death of Kobe Bryant
PM Netanyahu calls ex-Laker ‘one of the greatest basketball players in history,’ fans stand and applaud in tribute as news of his death announced during Tel Aviv match
By ToI Staff and AP
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