kobe bryant

On a night where he needed 36 points to pass NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, as the league's All-Time leading scorer, LeBron James netted 38 points and added 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals. Tuesday night, on a signature fadeaway jumper with 10.9 seconds left in the 3rd quarter of the Los Angelas Lakers 133-130 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder, LeBron became the NBA scoring king.

Bryant's widow won't have to undergo psychiatric testing in her lawsuit over graphic photos of the helicopter crash that killed Kobe, her daughter, and others.

The NBA legend was just 41 years old.

Website TMZ.com has reported that former NBA star Kobe Bryant was killed Sunday in a helicopter crash in California.

On Sunday Kobe Bryant announced that the 2015-16 season would be his last. We figured, what better way to look back on his no-doubt first-ballot Hall of Fame career than by watching his 10 greatest plays (as compiled by the NBA).

Kobe Bryant -- 17-time NBA All-Star, five-time NBA champion, two-time Olympic gold medalist, 11-time all-NBA first teamer and a surefire Hall-of-Famer -- announced this season will be his last in a poem on The Players' Tribune.

This may come as a surprise, but none of the top five highest paid athletes in the world last year play in America's 'Big Four' sports - football, basketball, baseball or hockey.

Came across this great video of 'Identical Plays' featuring Michael Jordan and Kobe Byrant.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Kobe Bryant will have surgery Wednesday on his torn right rotator cuff, likely ending his 19th season with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Kobe Bryant poured in 34 points and Pau Gasol added 13, including a driving dunk in the closing second to cement L.A.'s 100-94 win over the Knicks on Christmas Day at Staples Center. Carmelo Anthony scored 34 of his own in the losing effort with J...