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Re: BREAKING: Former NBA star Kobe Bryant dead at 41 in a helicopter crash.
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2020, 02:49:54 pm »
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Re: BREAKING: Former NBA star Kobe Bryant dead at 41 in a helicopter crash.
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2020, 02:50:15 pm »
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I posted it as well in obits.

RIP Kobe.

All 5 people on the helicopter apparently are gone.
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« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2020, 02:51:12 pm »
That is just awful. RIP.
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Re: BREAKING: Former NBA star Kobe Bryant dead at 41 in a helicopter crash.
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2020, 02:53:31 pm »
Kobe Bryant 'dies in Calabasas helicopter crash'

Kobe Bryant was reportedly killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, on Sunday morning.   

The 41-year-old former Los Angeles Lakers basketball star's death was confirmed by TMZ.

The outlet reported that Bryant was traveling with four other people in his private helicopter when it crashed, killing everyone on board.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7931909/Kobe-Bryant-dies-Calabasas-helicopter-crash.html
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« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2020, 03:15:32 pm »
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Re: BREAKING: Former NBA star Kobe Bryant dead at 41 in a helicopter crash.
« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2020, 03:48:56 pm »
I've heard that it was his own privately owned helicopter.

His estate will be targeted if there are any other 'Big' names among the dead.

Just read that his eldest daughter, 13, was also among the dead.
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Re: BREAKING: Former NBA star Kobe Bryant dead at 41 in a helicopter crash.
« Reply #7 on: January 26, 2020, 03:57:55 pm »
Apparently it was foggy. Fog and mountains don't mix when flying at low altitudes.

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« Reply #8 on: January 26, 2020, 03:58:33 pm »
Wish we made this big a fuss when one of our military is killed....

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« Reply #9 on: January 26, 2020, 04:00:05 pm »
Just read that his eldest daughter, 13, was also among the dead.
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Unfortunately that's true, too.

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Re: BREAKING: Former NBA star Kobe Bryant dead at 41 in a helicopter crash.
« Reply #10 on: January 26, 2020, 04:00:35 pm »
Kobe Bryant Dead, Daughter Also Dies in Helicopter Crash
KOBE BRYANT DIES IN HELICOPTER CRASH ... Daughter Also Killed


1/26/2020 12:50 PM PT

12:49 PM PT -- President Trump just tweeted about Kobe's death ... saying, "Reports are that basketball great Kobe Bryant and three others have been killed in a helicopter crash in California. That is terrible news!"

12:35 PM PT -- Kobe's daughter Gianna Maria Onore -- aka GiGi -- was also on board the helicopter and died in the crash ... reps for Kobe tell TMZ Sports. She was 13.

https://www.tmz.com/2020/01/26/kobe-bryant-killed-dead-helicopter-crash-in-calabasas/
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Re: BREAKING: Former NBA star Kobe Bryant dead at 41 in a helicopter crash.
« Reply #11 on: January 26, 2020, 04:01:48 pm »
Kobe Bryant Dead, Daughter Also Dies in Helicopter Crash
KOBE BRYANT DIES IN HELICOPTER CRASH ... Daughter Also Killed


1/26/2020 12:50 PM PT

12:49 PM PT -- President Trump just tweeted about Kobe's death ... saying, "Reports are that basketball great Kobe Bryant and three others have been killed in a helicopter crash in California. That is terrible news!"

12:35 PM PT -- Kobe's daughter Gianna Maria Onore -- aka GiGi -- was also on board the helicopter and died in the crash ... reps for Kobe tell TMZ Sports. She was 13.

https://www.tmz.com/2020/01/26/kobe-bryant-killed-dead-helicopter-crash-in-calabasas/

Gosh his poor wife.  :0001:
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« Reply #13 on: January 26, 2020, 04:03:16 pm »
Wish we made this big a fuss when one of our military is killed....
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Kobe Bryant's Daughter Gianna, 13, Dead Alongside Father in Calabasas Helicopter Crash

The NBA legend and his daughter were both onboard the private helicopter
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Re: BREAKING: Former NBA star Kobe Bryant dead at 41 in a helicopter crash.
« Reply #16 on: January 26, 2020, 04:14:47 pm »
Wish we made this big a fuss when one of our military is killed....
Let's face it: people recognize Kobe's name. We don't televise war games live, and for good reason. You show a random headshot of one of our soldiers, and people would say "Who?" But when one does die, we honor them and mourn them. We have a whole holiday devoted to it.

But Kobe was a star. People know who he is, and he died young. That's why there's all the hullabaloo.

Me? I'm holding my tongue because I have some not-so-nice things I would like to say about him that are not appropriate for a public venue. But this is not a contest, and it's rude to try and use our soldiers like this.
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« Reply #17 on: January 26, 2020, 04:20:13 pm »
There's more to this story and Fox says it is not reporting it until confirmed....I wonder if it is his other daughters or wife were on board..
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Jerry Kocharian was standing outside Church in the Canyon in Calabasas when he saw a helicopter vanish into a cloud of fog. Then there was a boom.

“There was a big fireball,” he said. “No one could survive that.”

The crash killed Kobe Bryant and 4 others
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« Reply #20 on: January 26, 2020, 04:54:48 pm »
I've heard that it was his own privately owned helicopter.

His estate will be targeted if there are any other 'Big' names among the dead.

Just read that his eldest daughter, 13, was also among the dead.

That's overwhelmingly sad....... 
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« Reply #21 on: January 26, 2020, 05:07:32 pm »
No comment.

Same here.  No one associated with the NBA either.
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« Reply #22 on: January 26, 2020, 05:14:41 pm »
No comment.

Certainly can respect that, @jmyrlefuller

That said, must be so uninterested in anything 'NBA'....or I've been living under a rock.

You've peaked my curiosity, now.

His 'public' image(s) are so wholesome.    :shrug:
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« Reply #23 on: January 26, 2020, 05:16:28 pm »
   I wont shed a tear.  He was a pervert who abused Women.
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« Reply #24 on: January 26, 2020, 05:20:09 pm »
I've heard that it was his own privately owned helicopter.

His estate will be targeted if there are any other 'Big' names among the dead.

Just read that his eldest daughter, 13, was also among the dead.

BREAKING

Bryant is survived by Vanessa, 37, and their daughters Natalia, 17, Bianka, 3, and Capri, 7 months.



This may change as some news outlets saying his other daughters were on board...
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« Reply #25 on: January 26, 2020, 05:22:05 pm »
   I wont shed a tear.  He was a pervert who abused Women.

Basketball in general has been a mouthpiece for the left for at least 20 years now too,
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« Reply #27 on: January 26, 2020, 05:27:33 pm »
I read that they were going to a travel game for Gianna (some reports say it was a practice).  The other three on board were the pilot, one of the members of her team, and a parent of the team member.
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« Reply #30 on: January 26, 2020, 05:33:44 pm »
Same here.  No one associated with the NBA either.

Traveling like a VIP does come with risks. In this case it would've been far better to be one of the untermensch stuck on the 405.




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Basketball in general has been a mouthpiece for the left for at least 20 years now too,

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« Reply #32 on: January 26, 2020, 05:40:44 pm »
News conference..9 people on board...all dead
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The Los Angeles County Sheriff says 9 people were aboard the helicopter when it crashed.

Kobe Bryant and his teen daughter, along with all of the other passengers, died in the crash.
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« Reply #34 on: January 26, 2020, 05:44:06 pm »
They reported it was very foggy this morning at the time of the flight...if that is the case wth was the pilot thinking..
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« Reply #35 on: January 26, 2020, 05:50:05 pm »
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   Sure, Cuban, POP and Kerr are all pretty anti-Trump and there're probably others but I have to give Commissioner Silver credit, that knelling $hit wasn't gonna cut it in the NBA and it's been good, so far.  Now if only he could fix the 'corrupt Ref' problem that would be Great, might even get @Cyber Liberty to start watching the Phoenix Suns again.

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Not a chance.  League-approved on-the-take Refs is the kind of scandal they will never deserve to recover from.  This is because Basketball is over-officiated on a good day, and also because there is no sign cheating by Refs will ever be addressed.  :shrug:

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I hope the reports of 9 on board are in error.  I fear they are not.

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« Reply #37 on: January 26, 2020, 06:24:12 pm »
I hope the reports of 9 on board are in error.  I fear they are not.


LA Times says 9 on board, no survivors.  Identities of others withheld pending notification of next of Kin.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-01-26/aircraft-slams-into-hillside-explodes-in-flames-near-calabasas
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« Reply #38 on: January 26, 2020, 06:34:31 pm »
LA Times says 9 on board, no survivors.  Identities of others withheld pending notification of next of Kin.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-01-26/aircraft-slams-into-hillside-explodes-in-flames-near-calabasas

Apparently the helicopter in the photo was the one that crashed.

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Heartbreaking. 

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« Reply #40 on: January 26, 2020, 06:47:31 pm »
   I'm glad all Trump did was Tweet, obummer would have lowered the Flags.
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« Reply #41 on: January 26, 2020, 07:24:36 pm »
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   Sure, Cuban, POP and Kerr are all pretty anti-Trump and there're probably others but I have to give Commissioner Silver credit, that knelling $hit wasn't gonna cut it in the NBA and it's been good, so far.  Now if only he could fix the 'corrupt Ref' problem that would be Great, might even get @Cyber Liberty to start watching the Phoenix Suns again.

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Apart from his activities outside of the game, Bryant's worth as a player is  much debated  on basketball forums.
For some reason many fans belittle how good he was.
He was a great, great player.  The best scoring guard after Michael Jordan whom he was very close to in overall ranking.
When judging players as far as how good they were,  I tend to separate players from their off the field/court actions.
Bryant may have been a sleazy customer, but he was a great player. I dislike LeBron James as a person, but he too is a great, great player.
Babe Ruth's off the field activities did not make him a saint either.
But I can still recognize greatness in what less than saintly athletes did in their chosen sport.

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Re: BREAKING: Former NBA star Kobe Bryant dead at 41 in a helicopter crash.
« Reply #42 on: January 26, 2020, 07:28:39 pm »
Not a chance.  League-approved on-the-take Refs is the kind of scandal they will never deserve to recover from.  This is because Basketball is over-officiated on a good day, and also because there is no sign cheating by Refs will ever be addressed.  :shrug:

RIP, Kobe.  All indications are you've been a class act since the sex scandal.
"League-approved on-the-take Refs"

And, of course, you have evidence for that statement?

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Re: BREAKING: Former NBA star Kobe Bryant dead at 41 in a helicopter crash.
« Reply #43 on: January 26, 2020, 07:40:52 pm »
"League-approved on-the-take Refs"

And, of course, you have evidence for that statement?

A number of years ago, a Ref threw out 3 of the 5 starters for the Phoenix Suns playoff team, before the last and final game of the series with the Spurs on a technical foul when the Spurs threw Nash, the center, over the scoring table.  The Suns lost the game without its starters. 

After the season, it came to light the Ref accepted a large bribe from the owner of the Spurs.  The next season, in the first game of the Phoenix Suns, that Ref was officiating.  He didn't even get fined.

I'd post a link, but it was too many years ago to get a Google search to turn up results in the five minutes I was willing to spend doing the job for you.  Sorry.
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Re: BREAKING: Former NBA star Kobe Bryant dead at 41 in a helicopter crash.
« Reply #44 on: January 26, 2020, 07:40:57 pm »
Orange Coast College baseball coach John Altobelli, wife and daughter die in helicopter crash with Kobe Bryant

https://www.ocregister.com/2020/01/26/orange-coast-college-baseball-coach-john-altobelli-dies-in-helicopter-crash-with-kobe-bryant/

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Re: BREAKING: Former NBA star Kobe Bryant dead at 41 in a helicopter crash.
« Reply #45 on: January 26, 2020, 07:55:30 pm »
Kinda funny.  I just read a couple of updates on this story, all of which say something like, Kobe Bryant, "others" killed in helicopter crash.  I guess at least a few news outlets are no longer giving a tally of the dead until the real facts come out.

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Re: BREAKING: Former NBA star Kobe Bryant dead at 41 in a helicopter crash.
« Reply #46 on: January 26, 2020, 08:00:39 pm »
Kinda funny.  I just read a couple of updates on this story, all of which say something like, Kobe Bryant, "others" killed in helicopter crash.  I guess at least a few news outlets are no longer giving a tally of the dead until the real facts come out.

I wish they always waited to give a tally until all next of kin are notified.  But, Nooooooooooo.
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Re: BREAKING: Former NBA star Kobe Bryant dead at 41 in a helicopter crash.
« Reply #47 on: January 26, 2020, 08:06:14 pm »
I wish they always waited to give a tally until all next of kin are notified.  But, Nooooooooooo.

I'm praying that it's not his wife and other daughters that make up the total.
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Re: BREAKING: Former NBA star Kobe Bryant dead at 41 in a helicopter crash.
« Reply #48 on: January 26, 2020, 08:07:02 pm »
I'm praying that it's not his wife and other daughters that make up the total.

Apparently she was at home with the baby.
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Re: BREAKING: Former NBA star Kobe Bryant dead at 41 in a helicopter crash.
« Reply #49 on: January 26, 2020, 08:22:44 pm »
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Grieving the tragic loss of Kobe Bryant and his young daughter. A true basketball legend who changed the game forever. Heidi & I are praying for God’s Peace and Grace for his family. RIP

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Can't argue with this. A very sad day.