As the sports world and NBA continue to mourn the death of Kobe Bryant in a tragic helicopter crash that also claimed the life of his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, players leaguewide are taking further ...

Boston Celtics star Kemba Walker may become the latest player to change his jersey number to honor the late Kobe Bryant, who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday. Bryant famously had two jersey ...

BOSTON (CBS) -- NBA players are finding ways to honor the basketball legend Kobe Bryant, who was killed in a tragic helicopter accident over the weekend. That includes a handful of players changing ...

LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 16, 2014: Former NBA star Julius Erving, aka "Dr. J", at the 2014 ESPY Awards at the Nokia Theatre LA Live. (Photo credit: Shutterstock.com / Jaguar PS) NBA legend Julius “Dr. J ...

Joel Embiid took an extra step to honor Kobe Bryant during the Philadelphia 76ers’ game on Tuesday, but it came with a condition. Jersey No. 24 is already retired by the 76ers to honor Bobby Jones, ...

'Kobe Bryant, one of my favorite athletes of all time.... No. 8 is a special number.' The Tennessee Titans recently traded DeAndre Hopkins to the Super Bowl-contending team, the Kansas City Chiefs, ...

On Nov. 29, 2015, Kobe Bryant announced he was retiring. In a poem entitled “Dear Basketball,” the Lakers legend said his 20th season would be his final one. Two days after dropping that bombshell, ...

There are 181 players in men's Division I basketball who wear No. 24. So many of them do so in large part, if not solely, because of Kobe Bryant. They come from more than 30 states and 10 countries, ...

Spencer Dinwiddie and "multiple" other NBA players are planning on changing their jersey numbers in order to informally retire Kobe Bryant's old Nos. 8 and 24, according to The Athletic's Shams ...

The demand for tickets to the Feb. 24 memorial service celebrating the lives of Kobe and Gianna Bryant far exceeds the number of available seats. More than 90,000 people registered for tickets in the ...

The late Kobe Bryant wore both No. 8 and No. 24 jerseys during his career with the Los Angeles Lakers Jason Hahn is a former Human Interest and Sports Reporter for PEOPLE. He started at PEOPLE's Los ...