“People here knew him when he was Kobe Bryant, high school basketball star, excellent student, kid who we got along with in the hallways,” Sielski said. “They didn’t know him as Kobe ...

The basketball world took to social media Sunday to pay tribute to Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, who was killed in a helicopter crash five years ago along with eight other passengers ...

Bryant was 6 feet, 6 inches tall. His parents named him after a type of steak. The beef is from a species of cattle, Wagyu, raised in the Kobe region ... straight out of high school.