The influence of the late Kobe Bryant clearly doesn't stop with the game's youngest players. The 21-year-old of the Houston Rockets, Amen Thompson, paid tribute to Bryant after defeating a bitter rival of the Los Angeles Lakers in the Boston Celtics last ...

Kobe Bryant sat out Tuesday night's game vs. the Dallas Mavericks, and he had a front-row seat for Dirk Nowitzki's game-winning shot. In fact, Bryant was his No. 1 cheerleader after Nowitzki hit a pull-up jumper over Julius Randle in front of the Lakers ...

Decades have passed, but Brian Shaw still has a vivid recollection of the first time he met Kobe Bryant. Shaw was playing pro ball in Italy when his teammate Joe Bryant introduced him to this vibrant and energetic kid -Kobe. According to Shaw, he was just ...

The accolades would seem to indicate that respect has not been an issue for Kobe Bryant — the respect of fans, the respect of his peers, the respect of the media. In his career, Kobe Bryant has been selected to the All-Star Game twelve times. He has been ...