NBA Commissioner Adam Silver issued the following statement on the 5-year anniversary of Kobe Bryant’s passing: “Kobe Bryant continues to serve as an inspiration to aspiring and current NBA and WNBA players, young athletes playing at all levels and those who are motivated solely by his relentless pursuit of excellence.

Basketball legend Kobe Bryant passed away on January 26, 2020 at the age of 41, in a tragic helicopter crash in Calabasas, California.

Bryant served as a coach to Gianna's youth team and had trained and bonded with some of the game's biggest superstars, including the likes of Phoenix Mercury legend Diana Taurasi — nicknamed 'White Mamba' by Bryant himself — and New York Liberty star Sabrina Ionescu.

First, Nick Nurse needed to wait for the NBA to determine if the Toronto Raptors and San Antonio Spurs would play their game scheduled for the night of Jan. 26, 2020. Then, his team decided to come up with a way to honor Kobe Bryant in the hours following his shocking death.

Social media was filled with photographs, memories and stories of Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant as people looked back at his life and career.

Five years after NBA great Kobe Bryant, 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others were killed in a helicopter crash in California, several women’s basketball players reflected on what he meant to t

Five years after the tragic passing of Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna Bryant, the sports world paid tribute to them.

A wave of tributes poured in online to commemorate the life of the late Kobe Bryant, whose 2020 death shook the sports world.

Somehow, with all that has happened between that awful moment and now, it remains surreal and hard to believe that it was five years ago today that Kobe Bean Bryant, along with his daughter Gianna and seven others,