On his second death anniversary, the sports world is remembering the legacy of Kobe Bryant.
NBA updates Kobe Bryant. On Jan. 26, 2020, Bryant, his 13-year-old girl, Gianna, and seven others passed on in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California.
Bryant’s death sent stun waves over the globe, and two a long time afterward, Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe took to the “Undisputed” work area to honor Bryant on the commemoration of the catastrophe that took his life at age 41. NBA updates Kobe Bryant. Sharpe started by reflecting on how Kobe’s passing still appears stunning.
“Guys like Kobe, they supposed to get like 85, 90 and die — not tragically in a helicopter crash,” Sharpe said. “Even as I drive around downtown and I see the murals of Kobe and Gigi … it’s like, ‘Is Kobe really gone? For real? Kobe’s not supposed to die. Not like this.’
“Gigi is supposed to still be here. She’s supposed to be getting ready to go to college and play in the WNBA. Those families are supposed to be intact.”
Skip Bayless too called Kobe’s passing “surreal” and also. Recollected planning their appearance by another day. When he and Shannon were arranging to make a conversation with all the football players. Considering Super Bowl LV was planned for Feb. 7.
“We had to figure out how to discuss as tragic a loss as we could even fathom with a live crowd,” Bayless said. “The beauty of it for me, as I look back in memory, as challenging as it was, that crowd — the whole front row was 24 and 8 [jerseys]. Purple and gold. And it was beautiful.
“That crowd came to talk a little football and a whole lot of Kobe.”
