Editor’s Note: A new series “Kobe: The Making of a Legend” traces the story of Kobe Bryant from his childhood in Italy to his athletic superstardom and provides an intimate look at his post ...

Kobe Bryant's shoes from his "Achilles game" set a high bar for future sales of the Black Mamba's memorabilia at auction. The shoes that Kobe wore when he shot a pair of iconic free throws after ...

For all of their success, one of the enduring legacies of Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal's partnership is the fact that they led the last successful three-peat in North America's four major ...

(CNN) — Retirement is a daunting prospect for every professional athlete. It’s even more panic-inducing if you’ve devoted 20-plus years of your life to little else but perfecting your craft ...

That seemed to be the case for Kobe Bryant in the final years of his trophy-laden NBA career, his body ravaged by a series of injuries. For a player who, by his own admission, had given full ...

That seemed to be the case for Kobe Bryant in the final years of his trophy-laden NBA career, his body ravaged by a series of injuries. For a player who, by his own admission, had given full-blooded, ...