CNN announces Kobe Bryant docuseries premiering January 25
"Five years after his passing, we are honored to share the story of Kobe Bryant."
"Five years after his passing, we are honored to share the story of Kobe Bryant."
"I think if Nets GM John Nash had his way, they would have taken Kobe Bryant."
"I felt like Kobe let in, he let himself be known by me, or at least he tried. And it is now my job to tell the world about him."
"God rest his soul, him being gone, there's a void there. How many of the all-time greats are talking about the game? I don't know if there's anybody."
"Unless you're going to ban everybody on your staff from tweeting and social media posts completely, I still just don't understand what she did wrong."
"I don’t know if he was built to have fun. He was a great person, I liked him, rest in peace. But he was a real serious guy."
On this episode of the Awful Announcing Podcast, host Brandon Contes was joined by John Ireland, radio voice...
"Kobe, God rest his soul. Now he scared me. Kobe scared the living sh*t out of me"
Kobe fans will want to see this documentary
"He would say ‘go f***ing win this sh*t Hailey!'"
"I’m probably going to get in trouble for telling you this – we actually hired Kobe Bryant."
Who thought this was a good idea?
The special will air Sunday night, January 24, at 9 p.m. ET
"We know that Kobe's impact on the world was only just getting started and it's our responsibility to further his work by supporting our community."
ESPN and TNT did a great job to remember Kobe on his birthday.
"I told my wife I wasn't going to do this because I didn't want to have to look at that for the next three or four years!"
"I am mortified, I'm embarrassed, and I am very angry."
The only higher-viewed regular-season game ever on ESPN was Lakers-Rockets in 2003, the first game between Shaquille O'Neal and Yao Ming.
Planters, Hard Rock, Hyundai, Toyota, and GM all altered their Super Bowl plans.
"Between the time that I learned that TMZ had reported he was on that helicopter and the time that I was on the air announcing the news was 20 minutes, 25 minutes max. It was a quick turnaround."
"I was very honored to be able to share that moment with all of us -- with the entire world -- that we together could go through something that hurt so bad, together."
"Reporting the facts accurately is the cornerstone of our journalism. As he acknowledged on Sunday, Matt Gutman’s initial reporting was not accurate and failed to meet our editorial standards."
"It shook a lot of people in my life."
West called this the "saddest day of my life," while O'Neal said "I lost my little brother."
"This book has lost its reason," said Coelho.