1:24 AM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Trae Young had to compose himself a couple of times when asked about the death of Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna. It wasn’t easy for Young, who was mentored by Bryant and had a special relationship with the former NBA star’s 13-year-old girl, nicknamed Gigi. “One of
Month: January 2020
12:32 AM ET ESPN News Services Basketball fans in Europe and Asia reacted to the sudden death of former Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant with tributes and praise. Bryant and his daughter Gianna were among several people killed Sunday in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, a source confirmed to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Bryant
11:24 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — For the first time since he made his NBA debut, New Orleans Pelicans rookie Zion Williamson was on the floor when the final buzzer sounded inside the Smoothie King Center on Sunday night. It was also the first time Williamson walked off the NBA court a winner
11:51 PM ET The helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant and eight other passengers that crashed into a hillside in Southern California on Sunday was in a climbing left turn about 2,400 feet high before it dove to the ground, a person familiar with preliminary investigative information about the fatal crash told ESPN. The source, who spoke
11:00 AM ET The UFC’s heavyweight division was a hot topic of conversation Monday on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show as Daniel Cormier and Curtis Blaydes discussed Stipe Miocic‘s inactivity and what should be done with his championship belt. Cris Cyborg, Tyron Woodley and top prospects Maycee Barber and Sean O’Malley also joined the show to
11:00 AM ET The UFC’s heavyweight division got a new title contender during the weekend with Curtis Blaydes emerging after stopping Junior dos Santos. And the division’s top contender, Daniel Cormier, saw it all as he did commentary on the ESPN+ broadcast. Cormier, a former two-division UFC champion, will give his thoughts on that fight
8:56 PM ET We were visiting relatives on a brisk Thanksgiving afternoon on Cape Cod in 2007, and I was balancing a piece of piping-hot apple pie in my hand when my phone pinged to let me know I had a text message. It was from Kobe Bryant. “Hey Jackie, wishing you and your family
7:22 AM ET Just as 2019 was a record-setting season for home runs (6,776), it also set a new standard for strikeouts (42,823). Amid all that whiffing, both CC Sabathia and Justin Verlander notched their 3,000th career strikeouts, becoming the 17th and 18th pitchers in baseball history to reach the milestone, with Sabathia becoming just
8:24 PM ET Grief-stricken players and teams around the NBA paid their respects to Kobe Bryant on Sunday in myriad ways as the stunning news of the former Lakers great’s death shook the league. Nearly every team playing across Sunday’s eight-game schedule — not long after it was learned that Bryant died in a helicopter
9:15 AM ET A total of 17 nationalities have been represented in at least one NHL game so far this season. Nine nations were represented at this weekend’s NHL All-Star Game. And while Canada remains the largest producer of NHL talent, the demographics of the league have shifted rather significantly in the past 10 years.
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