The Brooklyn Nets could have taken Kobe Bryant in the 1996 NBA Draft and former Nets guard Kendall Gill explains what ...

Pictures, tech specs, and release information for the Nike Kobe 9 Elite Low EM Protro "Hornets" basketball shoes.

13 of the sneakers, representing each team that passed on Bryant, will come in white monochromatic looks from the sockliner and uppers all the way down to the outsole and laces. All braning, including ...

A jersey worn by a rookie Kobe Bryant during the 1996 basketball season is set to be auctioned off to the highet bidder. Goldin Auctions officials said the jersey was also worn in at least 4 games ...

In the mid-1990s, the Los Angeles Lakers were a good team, but they were a far cry from the transcendent team they had been not even a decade earlier. They needed a superstar to get to the next level, ...

The sports trading card world is abuzz with excitement as a rare and valuable piece of basketball history has surfaced on the secondary market. A Kobe Bryant 1996 Topps Finest RC 74 Rookie Signed PSA ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Warner Bros. is producing With the 8th Pick, a film about Kobe Bryant’s near selection by the New Jersey Nets in 1996. The story ...

Summer League wasn’t always the mainstream event that it has become now. The games used to be played at The Pyramid in Long Beach, CA, and were far less widely paid attention to than they are today.

Sports card collecting has exploded in recent years, with many 1990s kids getting back into the hobby after some time away, as well as a whole new wave of collectors diving in for the first time. As a ...

Want to see Kobe Bryant going off before he became the Black Mamba. Watch him show up other future stars in the 1996 McDonald’s All-American Game. Scouting high school basketball prospects is a messy ...

Shaquille O’Neal worked with a California shop to restore Kobe Bryant’s high school ride — a 1996 Toyota Land Cruiser — back to original condition. The SUV was revealed as a tribute to Kobe’s legacy ...

Ken Goldin of Goldin Auctions says the collector’s item could sell for a record-breaking amount over $500K A jersey worn by a rookie Kobe Bryant during the 1996 basketball season is set to be ...