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Jordan was born in Wallace, North Carolina, on July 31, 1936. While attending Charity High School, he met Deloris Peoples (born September 1941). The two began dating and remained together for the next three years. Upon graduation, Jordan joined the Air Force and was stationed in San Antonio, Texas. In 1956, he transferred to a base in Virginia ...
Kobe Bryant. Kobe Bean Bryant (/ ˈkoʊbi / KOH-bee; August 23, 1978 – January 26, 2020) was an American professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential players of all time ...
American comedian, actor and writer Ari Shaffir caused outrage with his video response on Twitter to Bryant's death. In it, Shaffir celebrated Bryant's death and claimed that Bryant was a rapist. In the video, Shaffir said "Kobe Bryant died 23 years too late today, he got away with rape because all the Hollywood liberals who attack comedy enjoy ...
At age 19, Kobe Bryant scored 33 points off the bench opposite Michael Jordan's dynastic Chicago Bulls in December 1997. Jordan scored 36 points en route to a 21-point win.
Bryant’s death comes four and a half years after his 41-year-old son Kobe and his 13-year-old granddaughter Gianna died in a tragic helicopter crash, along with seven others, on January 26, 2020 ...
The Michael Jordan farewell tour of 2003 bears some resemblance to Kobe Bryant's current edition. Jordan's retirement didn't seem as final; he had already retired twice before (in 1993 and 1998 ...
Kobe Bryant in 2006. Kobe Bryant was a shooting guard for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) for his entire 20-year career. Selected 13th overall by the Charlotte Hornets in the 1996 NBA draft, Bryant was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers for Vlade Divac a month later.
Michael Jordan retired before the 1993–94 season and in his absence Pippen emerged from Jordan's shadow. That year, he earned All-Star Game MVP honors and led the Bulls in scoring, assists, and blocks, and was second in the NBA in steals per game, averaging 22.0 points, 8.7 rebounds, 5.6 assists, 2.9 steals, and 0.8 blocks per game, while ...