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The Lakers appear set to retire Kobe Bryant’s jersey on Dec. 18, less than two years after he last doed it in a dazzling and dramatic 60-point sendoff. The only question will be which number hangs from the rafters: No. 8? No. 24? TMZ reported early Tuesday moing that the Lakers had informed season-ticket holders to “hold on to tickets” for the Dec. 18 game against Golden State for a “special e...

Kobe Paras was prepared to be wearing Bruin blue during March, but the former UCLA signee is just as happy sporting a different shade now.Paras signed with UCLA before the season and was plaing to help the Bruins to the NCAA Touament alongside fellow freshmen Lonzo Ball, TJ Leaf and Ike Anigbogu...

Flanked by his wife and two daughters, Kobe Bryant gried wide Wednesday as the Los Angeles City Council declared Aug. 24 as Kobe Bryant Day. Bryant’s wife, Vanessa, is pregnant with the couple’s third daughter and the retired Lakers superstar told his other two girls, Natalia and Giaa, they would need to help explain to their sister why Bryant had a day named in his honor. • PHOTOS: City of LA celebrates Kobe Bryant Day in council chambers “She’s going to have no idea that I was actually an OK basketball player,” he joked. Bryant retired from the Lakers in April, after 20 seasons, five championships and rising to No. 3 on the NBA’s all-time scoring list. Aug. 24 — 8/24, representing both je...

Four months after the final buzzer sounded on his playing career, Kobe Bryant rang the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday and aounced a foray into the world of investing. Bryant and entrepreneur Jeff Stibel aounced a $100 million fund that will support companies at the “convergence of technology, media and data,” Stibel said on CNBC Monday moing. The Bryant Stibel Investment Portfolio has already invested in 13 ventures, including The Players’ Tribune, video game company Scopely and Legal Zoom. Stipel is the former president of Web.com. Sporting a beard and a sharp blue suit on the floor of the NYSE, Bryant said he and Stibel have been quietly working on putting together ...

LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant will be keeping busy with daddy duties in retirement. The former Lakers superstar has aounced on Instagram that he and his wife, Vanessa, are expecting their third child, another daughter. Bryant, also known by his self-given nickname “Black Mamba,” posted a picture Tuesday of a onesie with “Baby Mamba” written on it alongside a baby pair of his signature Nike shoes. In the caption he writes, “Beyond blessed and excited to share that we are expecting our third baby girl!!!” Bryant’s other daughters, Natalia and Giaa, are 13 and 10, respectively. The five-time NBA champion retired in April after 19 seasons in Los Angeles. Advertisement This entry passed through the...

See the sweet Lakers-themed car that Snoop Dogg gave Kobe Bryant Snoop Dogg gave basketball great Kobe Bryant this purple-and-gold Lakers-themed car as a retirement gift. Bryant released this picture on Twitter. By Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant has received a one-of-a-kind retirement gift from rapper Snoop Dogg: a Los Angeles Lakers-themed convertible. Bryant retired from the Lakers in April after 20 seasons in L.A. He posted a picture on Twitter of him and Snoop standing by the purple and gold car Wednesday. Snoop Dogg put up some shots of the car on Instagram. Its hood features pictures of Bryant alongside other Lakers greats like Magic Johnson, James Worthy...

Incoming freshman guard Kobe Paras has withdrawn from UCLA after academic conditions of his admission were not met, according to the school. Paras, a 6-foot-6 guard who was admitted to the school upon condition, was a three-star recruit. He grew up in the Philippines, but spent his final two years of high school in L.A. He played his junior season at Cathedral High before playing his senior year for Middlebrooks Academy. According to the Los Angeles Times, a conflict between academic calendars in the Philippines and the United States would have exhausted Paras’ high school eligibility halfway through his senior season at Cathedral, prompting the transfer to the Middlebrooks Academy team. He ...

Incoming freshman guard Kobe Paras has withdrawn from UCLA after academic conditions of his admission were not met, according to the school. Paras, a 6-foot-6 guard who was admitted to the school upon condition, was a three-star recruit. He grew up in the Philippines, but spent his final two years of high school in L.A. He played his junior season at Cathedral High before playing his senior year for Middlebrooks Academy. The Bruins are still bringing in a highly rated class featuring 6-foot-5 five-star guard Lonzo Ball from Chino Hills High, 6-foot-9 five-star forward T.J. Leaf from Foothill Christian High in El Cajon, and 6-foot-10 four-star center Ike Anigbogu from Centeial High in Corona....