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Kobe Bryant : a tribute to a basketball legend / [Sports Illustrated].

Sports illustrated, (compiler.).

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Kobe Bryant: A Tribute to the Basketball Legend, a fully illustrated commemorative book celebrating Bryant's life and career. Featuring more than 100 photographs and written coverage from the pages of Sports Illustrated, this new volume provides readers a complete portrait of the international basketball superstar who transcended his sport to become a cultural icon. Relive every moment including the 1997 NBA Slam Dunk Contest in 1997, consecutive NBA Finals MVP awards in 2009 and 2010, the unforgettable 60-point farewell game, and the poignant tributes that followed Bryant's shocking death alongside his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others in a 2020 helicopter crash. This commemorative book features Sports Illustrated's best written coverage of Kobe Bryant, including pieces by Phil Taylor, Jack McCallum, Lee Jenkins, and more.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1629379492
  • ISBN: 9781629379494
  • Physical Description: 231 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
  • Publisher: Chicago, Illinois : Triumph Books LLC, [2021]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Phenom. School's out / by Michael Bamberger -- Show time! / by Ian Thomsen -- Boy II man / by Phil Taylor -- Superstar. Double dip / by Phil Taylor -- Roll of a lifetime / by Chris ballard -- Like Mike, or even better / by Rick Reilly -- Fallen star. Dark side of a star / by Jack McCallum -- End / by Jack McCallum -- Black Mamba. Eighty-one / by Jack McCallum -- Great unknown / by Jack McCallum and L.Jon Wertheim -- Kobe's killer instinct / by Chris Ballard -- Satisfaction / by Chris Ballard -- Kobe's final challenge / by Lee Jenkins -- Reflections on a cold-blooded career / by Lee Jenkins -- Twilight the saga / by Chris Ballard -- Fantastic voyage / by Lee Jenkins -- Passing of an icon. Mamba generation / by Chris Mannix -- Remembering Kobe and Gianna / by Michael Rosenberg.
Subject:
Bryant, Kobe, 1978-2020.
Los Angeles Lakers (Basketball team) > History.
African American basketball players > United States > Biography.
Athletes > Conduct of life.
Basketball players > Attitudes.
Genre:
Biographies.

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