Kobe Bryant

Vanessa Bryant, Kobe Bryant estate choose not to renew partnership with Nike

April 20, 2021April 20, 2021 Priyanka PatilKobe Bryant, Nike, Vanessa Bryant

With Kobe Bryant’s five-year, post-retirement endorsement extension with Nike having lapsed for this present month, Vanessa Bryant and the Kobe Bryant home chosen not to renew the partnership, she affirmed to ESPN in an explanation Monday night. “Kobe’s Nike contract expired on 4/13/21,” Vanessa Bryant, widow of the Lakers legend, told ESPN. “Kobe and Nike have made some of the most beautiful basketball shoes of all time, worn and adored by fans and athletes in all sports across the globe. It seems fitting that more NBA players wear my husband’s…

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Former LA Lakers & MSU Point Guard Keith Appling Transitions to a Motivational Speaker

January 30, 2020January 30, 2020 Joe RobinsonKeith Appling, Kobe Bryant, LA Lakers, MSU, NBA

Keith Appling grew up in the city of Detroit, where the crime rate is 2,057 per 100,000, and the second-highest in the nation after St. Louis. Detroit has a poverty rate nearly three times higher than the national average—roughly 35%, child poverty rate is even higher, at more than 50%. Sports played a huge role in Keith’s life. It allowed him to travel the world to get free education and chase his dream of becoming an NBA player. In September 2014, he signed with the LA Lakers where he was able to lace up the shoes…

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Kobe Bryant deserts a Business domain that extended past the Basketball court

January 27, 2020January 27, 2020 Hugo DonaldsonBasketball court, Business domain, Epic Games, Kobe Bryant, Magic Johnson Enterprises, NBA

Kobe Bryant’s inheritance stretches out past his time on the b-ball court. He was additionally referred to the business world as a brand-developer; a financial specialist; and a mentor to different competitors and friends organizers. Bryant kicked the bucket Sunday in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California at 41 years old. “For 20 seasons, Kobe gave us what is conceivable when exceptional ability mixes with an outright dedication to winning,” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said in an announcement Sunday. “He was liberal with the shrewdness he procured and considered it…