[Newsbot]

Title: NBA legend Kobe Bryant, 41, killed in helicopter crash: reports
Category: Sports
Posted By: N_Fiddledog
Date: 2020-01-26 12:26:18

[N_Fiddledog]

Piss me off. The board software attacked me and was showing nothing but scrambled letters on the first try. So I posted again.

Anyway...poor Kobe and the Bryant family. This is big news as sports obituaries go.

[xerxes]

Just unbelievable. I think the global reaction is simply: “No fucking way. This can’t be possible.”

RIP to one of the GOAT of the game.

[Thanos]

A terrible thing. It's essentially professional basketball's Bill Barilko moment.

EDIT: unconfirmed report that one of his daughters, age 13, was also killed in the crash.

[N_Fiddledog]

TMZ and the Boston Herald are among the media reporting Kobe's daughter was among the dead:

$1:

NBA star Kobe Bryant’s daughter Gianna Bryant died with her dad in the tragic helicopter crash in Calabasas, according to TMZ Sports. Gianna was a teenage basketball player who aspired to be in the WNBA. Her dad once said she most wanted to keep his legacy alive.

The entertainment site broke the news and reported the tragic detail that Kobe’s 13 year old daughter Gianna Maria Onore was also on board the helicopter and died in the crash. The site attributed the information about Kobe’s daughter to his reps.

https://heavy.com/sports/2020/01/gianna ... hter-dead/

[CharlesAnthony]

Where is the helicopter?

The crash site is small and the fire-men are not too quick to get out their fire extinguishers.

[Freakinoldguy]

RIP Kobe and thanks for the memories both good and bad.

[Strutz]

$1:

Bryant's 13-year-old daughter Gianna Maria Onore Bryant was also killed, a source with knowledge of the situation tells CNN.

Bryant, 41, and his daughter were expected at the Mamba Sports Academy in Thousand Oaks for a basketball game scheduled for noon Sunday. Gianna was expected to play in the game and Bryant was expected to coach, according to Lady Mavericks team director Evelyn Morales.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/26/us/calab ... index.html

[CDN_PATRIOT]

xerxes xerxes:

Just unbelievable. I think the global reaction is simply: “No fucking way. This can’t be possible.”

RIP to one of the GOAT of the game.

I'm still shocked from this. I'm not really a basketball fan, but I always thought Kobe was one hell of a good guy. Add to the fact his daughter died with him, and it's been making me tear up now for a few hours. So tragic on so many levels....



R.I.P. Legend, and R.I.P. innocent child.

The sports world lost a true great today.

-J.

[CDN_PATRIOT]

CharlesAnthony CharlesAnthony:

Where is the helicopter?

The crash site is small and the fire-men are not too quick to get out their fire extinguishers.

Show some goddamn respect!

I normally give you a free pass, but you are denigrating and making fun of a situation where a respected sports hero, his daughter, and seven others perished in an accident!

You want to post like a bonehead? FINE, BUT NOT IN THIS THREAD!!!!

I'm so sick and tired of the turds you call posts!!!

ENOUGH!!!

-J.

[xerxes]

CDN_PATRIOT CDN_PATRIOT:

CharlesAnthony CharlesAnthony:

Where is the helicopter?

The crash site is small and the fire-men are not too quick to get out their fire extinguishers.

Show some goddamn respect!

I normally give you a free pass, but you are denigrating and making fun of a situation where a respected sports hero, his daughter, and seven others perished in an accident!

You want to post like a bonehead? FINE, BUT NOT IN THIS THREAD!!!!

I'm so sick and tired of the turds you call posts!!!

ENOUGH!!!

-J.

That’s why he’s the only person I’ve ever put on my ignore list.

[llama66]

Kobe was a generational talent. It upset me to hear that his daughter also was one of the 9 who died. Truly a tragedy.

[PluggyRug]

Not a basketball fan but RIP for all those who perished.


Some blowback going to happen here...

[PluggyRug]

Deny Deny

https://www.essence.com/news/alison-mor ... word-kobe/

[BartSimpson]

CharlesAnthony CharlesAnthony:

Where is the helicopter?

The crash site is small and the fire-men are not too quick to get out their fire extinguishers.

Other people also complained/observed that the initial news coverage of the crash did not include any aerial coverage of the crash site and was instead focused on the reaction from fans and people who knew Kobe.

Once you realize that Kobe's helicopter crashed partly due to foggy and low visibility conditions then it makes sense that there were no news helicopters over the scene.

On a media related note someone noticed the vast coverage clusterfuck by the media:

https://www.lacortenews.com/n/the-media ... ants-death