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Timeline: A Look Back at Kobe Bryant's NBA Career

Harry How/Getty Images Kobe Bryant smiles at halftime as both his #8 and #24 Los Angeles Lakers jerseys are retired at Staples Center on December 18, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.
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The unstoppable Kobe Bryant, as told by the defenders tasked with stopping him

Editor's note: This story was originally published on Jan. 22, 2021. Thursday is the 20th anniversary of Kobe Bryant's 81-point game. DURING A STORIED 14-year NBA career, Tony Allen was named to six ...
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Kobe Bryant turned Chester-Lower Merion into a decades-long basketball rivalry in Pennsylvania: 'The history will never fade'

PHILADELPHIA — John Linehan and Kobe Bryant used to talk. A lot. This would not have been unusual for other AAU teammates, but these two were fierce high school rivals. Linehan was a scrappy point ...
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Looking back at Kobe Bryant's iconic 81-point game on 20th anniversary

What sparked the NBA legend's 81-point masterpiece? Former Raptors coach Sam Mitchell helps break it down, 20 years later. Shaun Powell On Jan. 22, 2006 Kobe put up his iconic 81-point performance.